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Tracks

Ruataniwha Conservation Park

Track • 95 days. Medium. One way.

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

Hopkins Valley

Track • 3 – 4 days. Easy/medium. Return via same track.

A very long, straightforward valley at the head of Lake Ohau.

Huxley Valley

Track • 2 days. Easy/medium. Return via same track.

Easy walking at the head of Lake Ohau.

South Temple Hut

Track • 1 – 2 days. Easy/medium. Return by the same track.

Beech forest walk at the head of Lake Ohau. This Track is best done as an overnight walk with a stay in the hut. It is about 3 and half hours from carpark to hut and crosses 2 rivers so prior exper...

Dasler Pinnacles

Track • 2 days. Medium/hard. Return via same track.

This trail leads from the flat valley floor steeply up to Dasler Biv and beyond the the Pinnacles themselves.

Temple Valleys Circuit

Track • 2 – 3 days. Medium. Loop track.

Tramping the North and South Temple Valleys connecting the two over Gunsight Pass.

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.