Nearby | Te Kiekie route - Mt Somers

Mount Somers Summit Track

Track • 1 day. Easy/medium. Return by the same track. • Distance: less than 100m away

The quicker, steeper route to the summit, from Sharplin Falls. More ▶︎

Hakatere Conservation Park

Place • Conservation Park. 600.00km². • Distance: less than 100m away

This park protects high country between the Rakaia and Rangitata Rivers in the Ashburton Lakes District, Mid-Canterbury. More ▶︎

Mt Somers

Photograph • Distance: less than 100m away

This high foothill,1688m,gives great panoramas of the Canterbury Plains and views of Mts Cook,Winterslow,Hutt,Taylor,D`Archiac,Peel,Tripp,and more.About seven hours return.This view taken ... More ▶︎

Mount Somers summit (from Woolshed Creek)

Track • 2 days. Easy/medium. Return by the same track. • Distance: less than 100m away

A gentle climb over untracked tussock land to this easy summit. More ▶︎

Arrowsmith Range

Photograph • Distance: 132m away

Arrowsmith range taken from Mt Somers. Lake Heron also visible. taken October 2006. More ▶︎

Geological contrasts

Photograph • Distance: 135m away

The ragged rhyolite cliffs of Mount Somers in the foreground, and the smoother Torlesse greywacke of the Winterslow Range beyond. ... More ▶︎

Coprosma perpusilla

Photograph • Distance: 202m away

Bog at the head of Trifalls Stream, Mount Somers summit. More ▶︎

Mount Somers summit

Photograph • Distance: 234m away

This the main rout to the summit: the ridge leading down to Staveley Hill. More ▶︎

Mount Somers summit

Photograph • Distance: 468m away

South Face cliffs, November. More ▶︎

Mount Somers summit

Photograph • Distance: 648m away

Head of Trifalls Stream, looking west. More ▶︎

Trifalls Stream, near the summit

Photograph • Distance: 923m away

From a boggy flat near the Mount Somers summit, Trifalls Stream sets off under a rock field and drops into ... More ▶︎

Pinnacles hut

Photograph • Distance: 1.2km away

Pinnacles hut, Mt Somers. taken October 2006 More ▶︎

Pinnacles Hut (Hakatere)

Hut • Serviced Hut (DOC). Capacity: 19. • Distance: 1.2km away

A well-situated hut on the Mount Somers Track. The columnar basalt cliffs of Mount Somers provide a handsome backdrop. Limited ... More ▶︎

Staveley Hill

Track • Easy. Return via same track. • Distance: 1.3km away

Part of the Mt Somers circuit, Staveley Hill climbs from Sharplin Falls carpark and past Hookey Knob along the south ... More ▶︎

Mt Somers waterfall

Photograph • Distance: 1.6km away

A bit over half way into Pinnacles Hut,the track goes behind this pretty little falls;shady & cool on a summers ... More ▶︎

Evening, Mount Somers

Photograph • Distance: 2.0km away

Camping at 1270m on Mount Somers. More ▶︎

Evening, Mount Somers tarns

Photograph • Distance: 2.0km away

Camping on the gentle tussock slopes at around 1270m. More ▶︎

Gentle summit

Photograph • Distance: 2.0km away

The easy tussock slopes of the Mount Somers summit. More ▶︎

Acland Shelter

Photograph • Distance: 2.2km away

Acland Shelter. 10-March-2018 More ▶︎

Ranunculus enysii

Photograph • Distance: 2.4km away

Growing in damp patches amongst tussocks on the slopes of Mount Somers. More ▶︎

Sharplin falls

Photograph • Distance: 2.4km away

At the end of the walk to sharplin falls you'll find this. More ▶︎

Sharplin falls

Track • Easy/medium. • Distance: 2.4km away

Walk along a stream to the Sharplin Falls. Different walks are possible. More ▶︎

Sharplin Falls

Article • Distance: 2.4km away

Easy walk in fern forest. More ▶︎

Mt Somers Track (South Face)

Track • 1 day. Easy/medium. Return by the same track. • Distance: 2.7km away

Woolshed Creek Hut - Rhyolite Ridge Track junction (4 km) Time: 2 hr. The route takes in dynamic scenery with ... More ▶︎

MtSomers sunrise

Photograph • Distance: 2.7km away

a couple of years ago,we camped at 1200m above the South Face of Mt Somers.Stunning light evening & morning,before we ... More ▶︎

Miners Track to Woolshed Creek Hut

Track • Easy. Return via same track. • Distance: 2.8km away

This track follows, in part, the line the miners took to the old Blackburn Mine. The track, if accessed via ... More ▶︎

Woolshed Creek Hut

Hut • Serviced Hut (DOC). Capacity: 26. • Distance: 2.9km away

A new hut situated in a handsome tussock landscape on the Mount Somers Track. Ample camping nearby. More ▶︎

WoolShed Creek Hut

Photograph • Distance: 2.9km away

Serviced Hut in Mt Somers More ▶︎

Woolshed Creek Hut surrounds

Photograph • Distance: 3.1km away

The steeply gorged rhyolite landscape around the new hut, with Woolshed Creek at left, Morgan Stream at right, and the ... More ▶︎

Mount Somers Track

Track • 2 days. Easy/medium. One way. • Distance: 3.2km away

Leading around the back of Mount Somers, an ancient volcano, this track explores a fascinating landscape with handsome grasslands and ... More ▶︎

Woolshed hut

Photograph • Distance: 3.2km away

One of two huts on the mount somers walkway and is more like a hotel than a hut. More ▶︎

Muehlenbeckia axillaris

Photograph • Distance: 4.5km away

This species is widespread around the Blackburn Mine site, Mount Somers. More ▶︎

Mount Somers looking north

Photograph • Distance: 7.4km away

The south face is steep and eroded. From the west, a gentle plain rises to the summit. More ▶︎

Snoopys head on Manuka range

Photograph • Distance: 8.3km away

To get to this rock you clime up behind the Manuka hut and it's an easy walk along the top ... More ▶︎

Manuka Range/West Stour area

Photograph • Distance: 8.4km away

Manuka Hut is found at the far end of this low range.If you`re keen on MTB riding,old farm tracks will ... More ▶︎

Manuka Range/Stour R. Circuit

Track • 2 – 3 days. Easy/medium. Loop track with a road section. • Distance: 8.4km away

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

Mt Alford

Track • 0 – 1 day. Easy/medium. Return by the same track. • Distance: 8.9km away

A walk through beech forest, open farmland and alpine scrub with great views of Mt Somers, Mt Winterslow and Mt ... More ▶︎