Skyline track on city’s doorstep

January 2016

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The Summit Track is just a stone's throw from Christchurch. Photo: Dennis Radermacher
 Walkers are spoilt for choice when it comes to backcountry huts within a few hours’ drive of Christchurch, but a new development on Banks Peninsula aims to get more people exploring the front country on their doorstep, writes Anna Pearson It’s mid-October, just after lambing season, when Andy Thompson and I pull into a gravel […]
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