Mt Stokes Track, Marlborough Sounds
My affliction is this: put a map before my eyes and I am lost. Not lost in the sense that I cannot find my way, but lost in my…
- Distance
- 6km return
- Time
- 5hr return
- Grade
- Easy/Moderate
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Marlborough
Mt Fell Hut via Timms Creek Track, Mt Richmond Forest Park
Mt Fell Hut is situated on the bushline, 1 km south of Mt Fell summit (1602 m), just below an alpine meadow. It’s well worth heading up to this…
- Distance
- 10.8km to hut
- Time
- Te Rou Road to Mt Fell Hut, 6-8hr; To Mt Richmond, 2.5-3hr return
- Grade
- Moderate
Mt Tapuae-o-Uenuku, Seaward Kaikoura Range
From Gladstone Downs, head up the Hodder River. The narrow ravine cuts through steep, broken hinterland, hemmed in by vertiginous, crumbling walls that rise to a slash of blue…
- Distance
- 17.7km to summit
- Time
- Gladstone Downs to Hodder Huts, 6-8hr; Hodder Huts to Tapuae-o-Uenuku, 4-6hr
- Grade
- Difficult
Scotts Knob Loop, Leatham Conservation Area
Use a 4WD to gain access to the Branch River. Go as far as you can (the author of this trip made it as far as May Stream). Carry on…
- Distance
- 57.9km
- Time
- Branch River to Mid Silverstream Hut, 7hr; Mid-Silverstream Hut to Bull Paddock Stream Biv, 7-10hr; Bull Paddock Stream Biv to Lost Stream Biv, 8-9hr; Lost Stream Biv to Greigs Hut, 8-9hr
- Grade
- Difficult
Paske Hut via Paske Saddle, Rainbow Conservation Area
A look at the topo map will reveal something of the character of the Paske Valley: several high peaks, nudging over 2000m, large rolling expanses of sub-alpine grasslands, and…
- Distance
- 15.8km
- Time
- 6-8hr
- Grade
- Moderate
Paske Hut via Turk Ridge, Rainbow Conservation Area
Directly south of Paske Hut stands Turk Ridge, a high rugged dividing range between the Paske and upper Wairau, which has several crossing points at high cols to the…
- Distance
- 13.7km
- Time
- 7-8hr
- Grade
- Moderate/Difficult
Paske Hut via Rainbow Valley, Rainbow Conservation Area
This is the easiest route into Paske Hut as it involves no high climbs, however a high clearance 4WD vehicle is required to reach the Rainbow River along the…
- Distance
- 17.4km
- Time
- 5-6hr
- Grade
- Moderate
Paske Hut via Island Gully Hut, Rainbow Conservation Area
An option from off the Wairau-Hanmer Springs Hydro Road is to park at Island Gully Hut and tramp up the Wairau River and cross over Turk Ridge at the…
- Distance
- 11.9km
- Time
- 4-6hr
- Grade
- Moderate
Isolation Hut, Isolated Hill Scenic Reserve
Sawcut Gorge is an area of spectacular gorges and dense forested terrain which has become an increasingly popular destination in recent years. Fine, warm weather is a prerequisite for…
- Distance
- 4.8km one way
- Time
- Road end to Sawcut Gorge, 2hr; Gorge to Isolation Hut, 90min
- Grade
- Easy
Cape Campbell, Marlborough
On an outgoing tide, follow an unmarked route along the coastline to the first point of interest at Mussel Point, where the London Hills fault enters Cook Strait. Carry…
- Distance
- 6.92km
- Time
- 1.5hr
- Grade
- Easy
Mt Fell Hut, Mt Richmond Forest Park
Take dun Mountain Walkway to Windy Point from where you can take a shortcut to Rocks Hut by dropping down to Collins Creek. This will save an hour or…
- Distance
- 38km
- Time
- 2-3 days
- Grade
- Difficult
Rocks Hut via Dun Mountain, Mt Richmond Forest Park
This route to Rocks Hut also takes in a diversion to Dun Mountain (1129m), one of the highest hills in the Bryant Range. Take the Dun Mountain Walkway to…
- Distance
- 17.6km
- Time
- 5-7hr
The Snout, Victoria Domain, Picton
The track ascends from the car park in Victoria Domain through regenerating native forest to a viewpoint about halfway along the track. The trail is broad and the views…
- Distance
- 3.12km
- Time
- 3.5hr return
- Grade
- Easy
Lake Chalice Hut, Mt Richmond Forest Park
The Mount Richmond Forest Park is often considered a poor cousin to Abel Tasman, but for a quick trip close to home, Lake Chalice Hut is hard to beat.…
- Distance
- 2.19km return
- Time
- 1hr
- Grade
- Easy