All for Alford

September 2015

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September 2015

View from the summit Of Mt Alford to the upper reaches of the Ashburton valley. Photo: Kendrick Chittock
Mt Alford Track, Alford Scenic Reserve, Canterbury / easy   Rising just high enough for an entry-level taste of altitude and only 90-minutes from Christchurch sits Mt Alford. It’s a worthwhile day hike with the easy track rising gradually through regenerating beech forest and up through steeper sub-alpine tussock to the 1171m summit. The track […]

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