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Day walks below range in time taken and fitness ability.
Diamond Creek
Double Barrel Creek
Earnslaw Burn
Glacier Burn
Glenorchy Lagoon Walkway
Invincible Mine
Kea Basin and Mount
Earnslaw
 Lake
Rere
Lake Sylvan
Mt Alfred
Paradise
Routeburn Day Walk
Scotts Creek Track
Sugarloaf / Rockburn
Track
Twelve Mile Delta
to Bob's Cove Track
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Diamond Creek, 20 minutes
one way
From Glenorchy on the Routeburn Road you can follow
Diamond Creek up to Reid Lake. This track is sometimes
boggy as it is one of Glenorchy's wet lands allowing
great viewing of birdlife and magnificent mountain views
of Paradise and the Dart Valley. Excellent fishing.
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Barrel Creek, 30 minutes one way
This easy short walk from the Routeburn Shelter will
take you through a tall red beach forest overlooking
Sugarloaf Pass, the cirqued rock face of Momus, and
Bridal Veil Falls cascading from the hanging valley.
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Earnslaw Burn, 4
-6 hours one way
This tramping track can be made in one day or camp overnight.
The Earnslaw Burn is on the left as you follow the Paradise
Road. By following the Earnslaw Burn through bush to
the tussock basin at the head of this valley, you will
gain impressive views of the icefall on Mt Earnslaw.
An overhanging rock just within the forest on the true
right (looking downstream) of Earnslaw Burn can be used
for shelter.
This track is mostly unformed and can be tricky to find
in places. The bivvy river crossing is dangerous in
heavy rain. It is suitable for people with moderate
to high levels of backcountry skill and experience including
navigation and survival.
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Glacier Burn, 2 -4
hours one way
A well signed tramping track from the Kinloch Road.
Follow the creek until the marker shows where to cross
to the true left (looking downstream) and start climbing
through beech forest. You can see old saw-milling sign
lines near the start of the track. After two hours you
will be in Glacier Basin. You can follow the creek further
up to view the Humboldt Mountains.
This challenging day walk or overnight camping trip
is a great opportunity to take photos and view native
bird life.
NOTE: Do not go above the bush line in winter and spring,
as the area is prone to avalanches.
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 Glenorchy
Lagoon Walkway, 1 hour loop track
From the Glenorchy waterfront this gentle, well formed
track follows the flood bank around the Rees River and
Lagoon Creek and back through the Glenorchy Golf Cource.
A great place for a picnics with strategically placed
tables and benches overlooking views of Mt Earnslaw.
Glenorchy Lagoon Walkway offers excellent opportunities
to view bird life, including black swans, paradise ducks
and Canada Geese as the boardwalk traverses wetlands
near Glenorchy.
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Invincible Mine,
3 hours return
From the Rees Road this well formed historic walking
track is for people with moderate fitness and abilities
Part of the Otago Goldfields Park, the walk gradually
works its way up giving you wonderful views of the Rees
Valley and Mt Earnslaw.
Remains of the water wheel and a unique set of seven
berdans - large, revolving cast iron bowls in which
the ore was ground - are also visible. Miners built
the track in the early 1880s.
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 Kea
Basin and Mount Earnslaw, 4 -5 hour hike one way or
Multi Day
From Muddy Creek in the Rees Valley follow the vehicle
track and marker poles across the grassy flats beyond
Arthurs Creek. Once at Twenty Five Mile the track to
Kea Basin and Mount Earnslaw starts approximately opposite
to the hut on the other side of the river and north
of Lennox Falls.
It takes half a day to climb to this beautiful sub-alpine
tussock basin beneath Mt Earnslaw. The zigzag track
starts on the low terrace north of Lennox Falls, where
the bush edge meets the terrace. Half way up, Earnslaw
Hut * and there's a rock bivvy just above the bush-line.
Views up the Rees Valley towards Rees Saddle are stunning.
* Earnslaw Hut is a very basic shelter with 4 bunks
and heating. There is no charge or hut ticket required
to stay here.
NOTE: Be careful crossing the Rees River and its tributaries,
as they become dangerously swift when high. River crossing
experience essential.
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 Lake
Rere, 4 -6 hours Loop track clockwise
In the late 1800's Lake Rere was a popular destination
for steamer excursions, and the steam ship would stop
at the Elfin Bay wharf while the tourists walked to
the lake.
From the Greenstone car park cross the bridge and follow
the marked route across Greenstone Station's open paddocks
for an hour to Elfin Bay. An initially steep climb through
red beech eases before reaching picturesque Lake Rere.
Pockets of mountain beech and grassland lead you to
a second bridge and a brief climb to join the Greenstone
Track. The Greenstone Station was used for scenes in
the Lord of the Rings – Return of the Kings.
NOTE: Beware of unbridged stream crossings in heavy
rain.
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Lake Sylvan Track,
40 mins to Lake Sylvan
Situated left before the Routeburn Shelter Hut this
well-defined gentle track leads through an old moraine
river terraces and giant red beech trees to Lake Sylvan.
This Lake is an excellent fishing
spot with brown trout and numerous small native fish.
(Link to Fishing). Returning via the 1920s tramline
loop, you can compare regenerating beech in this area
to the untouched forest that you walk through on the
way in. This area is part of an Operation
Ark site where DOC staff are working to
protect the endangered yellowhead/mohua.
NOTE: Tramline loop includes a river crossing.
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walking tours to Lake Sylvan.
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Sugarloaf / Rockburn
Track, 8 hours one way
You can start this walk at either end by starting at
the Routeburn car park or start from The Lake Sylvan
Track connects onto the Sugarloaf / Rockburn Track.
Designed for people with moderate to high levels of
backcountry skills and experience.
The marked track traverses moraine through beech forest
from Lake Sylvan. The Rockburn hut is nestled in the
forest, with a chasm, river beaches, pools and views
of the Rockburn and Routeburn Valleys. The descent to
the Routeburn Track is steep.
The Rockburn Hut / McIntyres Hut is basic with 4 bunks,
mattresses and heating. There is no charge or hut tickets
required.
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 Mt
Alfred, 3 -4 hours one way.
A pleasant day can be spent walking up this mountain.
The approach is on the Western (Dart) side of the peak
- look for a carpark on the right hand side of the road.
A good zigzag track climbs three quarters of the way.
After this, a marked route can be followed as far as
the bushline.
NOTE: You will need permission from Earnslaw Station
to complete the upper part of Mt Alfred, from the bushline
to the top. This section of the track is steep, exposed
and is to be taken at your own risk. This track is not
recommended for young children and you should have a
good level of fitness and backcountry skill and experience.
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Paradise, 30 mins - All
Day. Hut accommodation is available on request.
There are approximately 4 km of wheelchair accessible
tracks at the Paradise Property, part of the Paradise
Trust established by David Miller in 1998. From the
Paradise Road in the Dart Valley take the left past
the Arcadia House. Care must be taken not to disturb
people staying in the huts on this 300 acre area and
a donations will be gratefully received to help with
the up keep of the tracks in order to make this property
accessible for everyone of all abilities.
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here for the guided walk
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 Routeburn
Day Walk
From the Routeburn Shelter Hut, take this popular day
walk up to Routeburn Flats Hut, or if you feel you would
like more of a challenge then the extra 3 km onwards
to the Routeburn Falls waterfall is well worth a visit.
The Routeburn Track is listed as one of New Zealand’s
Great Walks and is rich in native flora and birdlife.
To find out more about guided
walking tours in the Routeburn
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Scotts Creek Track,
8 hour one way
This track is suitable for people with moderate to high
level backcountry skills and experience. Situated north
of Glenorchy and signposted near the Scott Creek bridge
left on the Routeburn/Kinloch Road.
This route to a bushline musterers hut is irregularly
marked, steep and in parts obscure and washed out. In
some places, you must follow the creek bed. You can
access Kay Creek, which leads to the Caples Valley from
the old musterers hut.
WARNING: This track is irregularly marked and requires
river crossings, which can be dangerous during high
rainfall. You can be bluffed out at the saddle in poor
visibility. Not recommended for children, route finding
skills essential.
Scotts Basin hut is very basic and in poor condition.
It has 4 bunks and heating. No charges or hut tickets
are required.
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Twelve Mile Delta to
Bob's Cove Track, Few minutes - All Day
Twelve miles (18km) out of Queenstown on the Glenorchy
Road is Twelve Mile Delta Camping and Picnic Area. Budding
geologists will delight in the ancient marine sediments
to be found between Bob’s Cove – Picnic
Point and Twelve Mile Creek. Fossils of oyster shells,
other molluscs and algae can be found at Farry’s
Beach. Keep an eye out for summer’s red rata flowers
amount the lakeshore Pittosporum and the large white
flowered native clematis in spring. Scenes from the
movieLord of the Rings – The Two Towers were filmed
here.
Multi Day walks
Safety on walks
Arawhata Bridle Track
Diamond Creek
Double Barrel Creek
Earnslaw Burn
Glacier Burn
Glenorchy Lagoon Walkway
Invincible Mine
Kea Basin and Mount
Earnslaw
Lake Rere
Lake Sylvan
Mt Alfred
Paradise
Routeburn Day Walk
Scotts Creek Track
Sugarloaf / Rockburn
Track
Twelve Mile Delta
to Bob's Cove Track
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