Traverse rugged Skippers Creek to see New Zealands first industrial hydro power scheme or take the trail to the heart of Skippers� quartz reef mining history.
Category: Tramping track
Cascade Saddle Route
The Cascade Saddle Route is an alpine crossing between the West Matukituki and the Dart valleys in Te Wahipounamu � South West New Zealand World Heritage Area.
Category: Route
Distance: Approx. 60 km
Completion Time: 1 – 2 days
Earnslaw Burn Track
Following Earnslaw Burn through bush to the tussock basin at the head of this valley for impressive views of an icefall on Mt Earnslaw/Pikirakatahi.
Category: Tramping track
Completion Time: 4 – 6 hr one way
Glacier Burn
At Glacier Burn you’ll climb through beech forest to Glacier Basin. Follow the creek beyond to view the Humboldt Mountains.
Category: Tramping track
Completion Time: 2 – 4 hr
Greenstone & Caples tracks
The Caples and Greenstone tracks start from the car park at the end of Greenstone Road, 86 km from Queenstown, via Glenorchy. Alternatively, they can be started from Howden Hut on the Routeburn Track.
Category: Great Walk/Easy tramping track
Completion Time: 4 – 5 days
Kea Basin Track
It takes half a day to climb to this beautiful sub-alpine tussock basin beneath Mt Earnslaw/Pikirakatahi.
Category: Tramping track
Completion Time: 4 – 5 hr one way
Mount Alfred
A good zigzag track climbs three quarters of the way up Mt Alfred. From there you’ll follow a marked route to the bushline.
Category: Tramping track
Completion Time: 3 – 4 hr
Rees-Dart Track
The Rees-Dart Track is a 4 – 5 day tramping circuit which follows the Rees River and the Dart River, through leasehold farmland and the southern part of Mount Aspiring National Park.
Category: Great Walk/Easy tramping track
Completion Time: 4 – 5 days
Scott Creek Track
This route to a bush-line musterers’ hut is for experienced trampers. It is irregularly marked, steep and in parts obscure and washed out.
Category: Tramping track
Completion Time: 8 hr
Sugarloaf / Rockburn Track
This marked track traverses moraine through beech forest from Lake Sylvan.
Category: Tramping track
Completion Time: 8 hr