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Montana Heritage Trail

Montana Heritage Trail- Waitakere Ranges

Track • Easy. Loop track.

A beaut walk in kauri forest, from the Cascades carpark. A good introductory tramp in a half day. Take your niece or nephew. Hug a kauri tree, ogle a dam. There's some interpretation info along the...

Fence Line Track

Track • Easy. One way.

A section of the Montana Heritage Trail, following the banks of the Waitakere Reservoir.

Auckland City Walk

Track • Easy. Loop track.

Beautiful short walk in the Waitakere Ranges.

Upper Kauri Track

Track • Easy. One way.

A section of the Montana Heritage Trail, along a kauri ridge between Smyth Corner and the Falls car park.

Track grades

Easy: Unusually smooth, well-marked track, easy gradients. Up to about 4 hours per day.
Easy-medium: Typical lowland track. Generally easy walking and well marked. Ascents of up to 1000m. Some easy river crossings, unmarked travel along rivers.
Medium: Typical tops track. Experienced trampers only. Rough, muddy and poorly marked or unmarked. Ascents of up to 2000m. River crossings, open tops, passes. Up to about 8 hours per day.
Medium-hard: Navigation and snow skills (use of ice axe and crampons) required. Glaciers, exposure to falls.
Hard: Rough or non-existent tracks. Following ridges, bush spurs, and rivers. Steep ascents, arduous travel, hazardous conditions, snow and navigation skills essential.