Worse storms, longer track closures to come

September 2023

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September 2023

This year’s wild weather has damaged many tramping tracks and over the past decade numerous winter weather events have caused widespread damage. Last year on the Dusky and Kepler tracks, heavy snow was followed by significant wind that caused many trees to fall. DOC is prepared for avalanche damage on known tracks and every year […]

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