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Route Guide: Otira to Mt Cook Village (pt 1)

Track. 12 – 21 days. Hard. One way. Updated 16 May 201116 May 2011. Distance from location: 5.7km.

One possible route down the main divide from Otira on the Arthur's Pass road to Mt Cook Village. Otira Hotel to the Mountaineer's Bar - file this one under 'tramps starting and ending at a pub'. More ▶︎

Route Guide: Otira to Mt Cook Village (pt 2)

Track. 12 – 21 days. Hard. One way. Updated 11 February 201111 February 2011. Distance from location: 5.7km.

One possible route down the main divide from Otira on the Arthur's Pass road to Mt Cook Village. Otira Hotel to the Mountaineer's Bar - file this one under 'tramps starting and ending at a pub'. More ▶︎

Whitcombe Pass

Track. 5 – 7 days. Medium/hard. One way. Updated 3 June 20133 June 2013. Distance from location: 7.1km.

This route follows the famous journey by John Henry Whitcombe and the Swiss guide Jakob Lauper across the Main Divide in 1863. Whitcombe and Lauper were not the first across the pass: it was already well used by Maori. Following ... More ▶︎

Erewhon Station - Garden Of Eden - Perth River - Whataroa

Track. 5 – 7 days. Hard. One way. Updated 7 May 20127 May 2012. Distance from location: 21km.

Erewhon Station, McCoy Hut, Wee MacGregor Glacier, Garden Of Eden, Adverse Creek, Perth River, Whataroa More ▶︎

Kettle Hole Walk

Track. Easy. Return by the same track. Created 9 September 20149 September 2014. Distance from location: 22km.

A short walk to a small ephemeral pond. More ▶︎

Mystery Lake Track

Track. 1 – 2 days. Easy. Loop track. Updated 21 March 201421 March 2014. Distance from location: 22km.

Circuit track to a small tarn in the Ashburton Lakes. More ▶︎

Lake Hill Track

Track. Easy. Return by the same track. Created 9 September 20149 September 2014. Distance from location: 23km.

A short walk to a modest hill with grand views over Lake Heron. More ▶︎

Mount Sunday, Rangitata River

Track. Easy. Return by the same track. Updated 12 November 201412 November 2014. Distance from location: 24km.

Short walk to a roche moutonnée, a rocky outcrop in the Rangitata River channel. The hill was used as the location for Edoras in recent Lord of the Rings films. More ▶︎

Mount Guy

Track. 1 day. Medium. Loop track. Created 18 June 201418 June 2014. Distance from location: 27km.

This loop takes in a little mountain and expansive views over Lake Clearwater and the Hakatere Basin. More ▶︎

Manuka Hut via Lake Emily

Track. Easy. Return by the same track. Updated 3 November 20143 November 2014. Distance from location: 29km.

A short walk to a hut at the foot of the Mount Somers Range. More ▶︎

Te Araroa Trail

Track. 95 days. Medium. One way. Updated 19 July 201719 July 2017. Distance from location: 30km.

Te Araroa is a walking trail running the entire length of the North and South Islands. The trail opened 3 December 2011. More ▶︎

Toaroaha Saddle-Frew Saddle Circuit

Track. 4 – 6 days. Medium. One way. Updated 13 November 201113 November 2011. Distance from location: 31km.

A great tramp in a remote location, crosses two alpine saddles, ice-axes and crampons needed in winter. More information on the DOC website. More ▶︎

Lake Emma to Lake Camp

Track. Easy. Loop track with a road section. Updated 10 November 201410 November 2014. Distance from location: 31km.

Easy day walk across flat country, visiting an historic hut. More ▶︎

Mt Barrosa

Track. 1 day. Medium. Return by the same track. Updated 23 October 201823 October 2018. Distance from location: 37km.

A volcanic summit (1364m) in the Clent Hills with sweeping views across the Ashburton Lakes basin. More ▶︎

Miners Track to Woolshed Creek Hut

Track. Easy. Return via same track. Updated 30 May 201130 May 2011. Distance from location: 40km.

This track follows, in part, the line the miners took to the old Blackburn Mine. The track, if accessed via Woolshed Creek picnic area, climbs steeply along the hand-built jig that used to transport coal from the Blackburn Mine to ... More ▶︎

Mt Somers Track (South Face)

Track. 1 day. Easy/medium. Return by the same track. Updated 27 May 201327 May 2013. Distance from location: 40km.

Woolshed Creek Hut - Rhyolite Ridge Track junction (4 km) Time: 2 hr. The route takes in dynamic scenery with regenerating mountain beech forest within a vaulted landscape of waterfalls, deep, icy pools and forbidding rocky tors. From the hut ... More ▶︎

Redcliffe Stream

Track. 1 – 2 days. Easy/medium. Return by the same track. Created 28 May 201328 May 2013. Distance from location: 40km.

Short walk to an old musterers' hut near the Hutt Range. More ▶︎

Wilberg Walk

Track. Easy. Loop track with a road section. Created 7 February 20137 February 2013. Distance from location: 40km.

Short forest walk in Harihari. More ▶︎

Manuka Range/Stour R. Circuit

Track. 2 – 3 days. Easy/medium. Loop track with a road section. Updated 28 April 201128 April 2011. Distance from location: 41km.

2 day circuit extended to 3 days by going into Woolshed Creek via Burma Rd then traversing Manuka Range More ▶︎

Peak Hill

Track. Easy/medium. Return via same track. Updated 22 March 200922 March 2009. Distance from location: 41km.

An easy walk up a small hill near Lake Coleridge with excellent views of the Rakaia river and Lake Coleridge. More ▶︎

Forest Creek. Bullock Bow Saddle, Bush Stream circuit

Track. 2 – 4 days. Medium. Loop track with a road section. Updated 7 May 20117 May 2011. Distance from location: 42km.

3 day circuit (1 full day) involving retired pastoral lease runs. Middle section especially attractive as it traverses unfolding rolling country parallel to Bush Stream. Part of this route follows Te Araroa and includes 3 former musterers' huts in the ... More ▶︎