Mt Lyndon
- 1 hr 30 min – 4 hr return by the same track
- Easy/medium
Day trip of moderate ascent of 650 m hill overlooking Lake Lyndon near Porters Pass. Route goes via low open scrub and easily climbed sections of scrubby groundcover and open patches of rock-studded soft earth.
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Walking time
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0 – 1 day
1 hr 30 min – 4 hr
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Distance
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5.6km |
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Type
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Return by the same track
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Grade
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Easy/medium
Navigational ability required in low visibility to avoid taking wrong spur. Grades explained
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Bookings
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No bookings — open access
No — open access
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Starts
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At Poplars, just short of lodge at south end of Lake Lyndon |
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Ends
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same place or you can do the grand traverse and then walk around the lake or take a side spur |
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Maps
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NZTopo50-BW21
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Altitude
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840m
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1,489m
Altitude change 649m
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The bottom section of this climb is on private land but I can't advise you whose permission is required. Not sure if it's ever grazed. The lodge belongs to the SDA church I'm told.
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ID 10269
About this track
Added 7 June 2014 by HonoraHonora.
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