Lonely Lake to Adelaide Tarn - High Route

  • 5 hr – 8 hr one way
  • Hard

single day traverse including 2 exposed sections involving non-technical rock climbing or descents dependent on direction of travel

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Lonely Lake to Adelaide Tarn - High Route: Key information
Walking time
1 – 2 days
5 hr – 8 hr
Distance
6.0km
Type
One way
One way
Grade
Hard
Hazardous exposed travel with some markers en route Grades explained
Bookings
No bookings — open access
No — open access
Lonely Lake to Adelaide Tarn - High Route: Find it
Starts
Lonely Lake
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Ends
Adelaide Tarn
Maps
NZTopo50-BP23
Altitude
1,270m – 1,663m
Altitude change 393m
Lonely Lake to Adelaide Tarn - High Route: More information
Link
www.tristanriley.co.nz/blog/archives/261http://www.tristanriley.co.nz/blog/archives/261

Apparently some guy has done some track work on the high route so you may get on to the start of it from the saddle south of Adelaide Tarn between Mt Douglas and the high point just south of the tarn. I’ve very crudely marked the high route in blue from a very old (1990) map but be warned it is as rough as guts as the map is very crude and simplistic. I think in actual fact people travel along the ridge from the pass above Lonely Lake to AnatokiPeak. There is a route description on the net by a guy called Tristan Riley about the high route. There used to be a wire but it was nasty and was removed in 1990.

 http://www.tristanriley.co.nz/blog/archives/261
 
Map
ID 5273

About this track

Added 7 April 2010 by HonoraHonora. 2 revisions, most recently 14 May 2010 by HonoraHonora.
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