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Head of Lake Wakatipu: Walking and Tramping Around Glenorchy 12 Routeburn Flats 17 Lake Rere Introduction Walks in Whakaari Conservation Area 12 Routeburn Flats 17 Lake Rere Introduction Walks in Whakaari Conservation Area 2 Mt Judah Track 2 Mt Judah Track All photos: DOC photos: All Cover phots: (top) Earnslaw burn, (middle) Lake Rere, (bottom) Lake Sylvan track bridge. bridge. track Sylvan Lake (bottom) Rere, Lake (middle) burn, Earnslaw (top) phots: Cover All photos: DOC photos: All Cover phots: (top) Earnslaw burn, (middle) Lake Rere, (bottom) Lake Sylvan track bridge. bridge. track Sylvan Lake (bottom) Rere, Lake (middle) burn, Earnslaw (top) phots: Cover 13 Routeburn Falls Earnslaw Burn Track 13 Routeburn Falls Earnslaw18 Lake Burn Wakatipu’sTrack Islands Glenorchy Lagoon with Humboldt Mountains 18 Lake Wakatipu’s Islands Glenorchy Lagoon with Humboldt Mountains 3 Heather Jock Track 3 Heather Jock Track Further Information Further Further Information Further History History 4 Mt McIntosh Loop Track 9 Lake Sylvan 4 Mt McIntosh Loop Track 9 Lake Sylvan 10 Sugarloaf–Rockburn Track Routeburn Falls 10 Sugarloaf–Rockburn Track Routeburn Falls 14 Harris Saddle Explanation of the symbols can be found on the map. 5 Diamond Creek 14 Harris Saddle 12 Routeburn Flats 17 Lake Rere Weka Introduction Walks in Whakaari Conservation Area Explanation of the symbols can be found on the map. 5 Diamond Creek 2 Mt Judah Track The Head of The Head of Lake Wakatipu Lake Wakatipu Walking and tramping around Glenorchy Walking and tramping DOC photos: All 6 Invincible Gold Mine around Glenorchy bridge. track Sylvan Lake (bottom) Rere, Lake (middle) burn, Earnslaw (top) phots: Cover 6 Invincible Gold Mine 13 Routeburn Falls 15 Scott Creek Track TRACK CLASSIFICATION Earnslaw Burn Track 15 Scott Creek Track TRACK CLASSIFICATION 18 Lake Wakatipu’s Islands – Easy walking for up to an hour for most Glenorchy Boardwalk Short Walk Glenorchy Lagoon with Humboldt Mountains fitness levels on well-formed tracks. – Easy walking for up to an hour for most Glenorchy Boardwalk Short Walk fitness levels on well-formed tracks. 3 Heather Jock Track 1 Glenorchy Walkway Walking Track – Walking from a few minutes up to a Glenorchy, at the head of Lake Wakatipu, is 48 kilometres from Queenstown. In the mountain valleys beyond the township 1 Glenorchy Walkway day on mostly well-formed tracks; ‘shoe’ standard and Walking Track – Walking from a few minutes up to a are some of New Zealand’s best-known multi-day tracks. There suitable for people with low to moderate fitness and day on mostly well-formed tracks; ‘shoe’ standard and Information Further are also great day walks on these tracks and many shorter walks. abilities. suitable for people with low to moderate fitness and abilities. Lake Harris on Routeburn Track Easy Tramping Track – Comfortable multi-day History 7 Earnslaw Burn Track Lake Harristramping/hiking on Routeburn Track on generally well formed tracks. Easy Tramping Track – Comfortable multi-day Glaciers sculpted this mountainous landscape until, some 15,000 7 Earnslaw Burn Track Some sections may be rough, muddy or steep. Major tramping/hiking on generally well formed tracks. years ago, ice melt started filling Lake Wakatipu. Tectonic uplift Routeburn Track day-walk options 16 Glacier Burn stream and river crossings are bridged. Light tramping/ Some sections may be rough, muddy or steep. Major and weathering still shape the schist where it is not covered by Routeburnhiking Track boot standard; day-walk suitable options for people with limited 16 Glacier Burn stream and river crossings are bridged. Light tramping/ tussock, beech forest and subalpine shrubland. 11 Routeburn Nature Walk backcountry experience. hiking boot standard; suitable for people with limited Māori first visited here in search of pounamu/greenstone 4 Mt McIntosh Loop Track 9 Lake Sylvan 11 Routeburn Nature Walk backcountry experience. Tramping Track – Challenging day or multi-day and moa. They were hapū or extended family groups from Otago and the Southland coast, who left evidence of about 30 tramping on mostly unformed tracks that may be Tramping Track – Challenging day or multi-day summer campsites. rough and steep; ‘boot’ standard. Suitable for people tramping on mostly unformed tracks that may be with moderate to high-level backcountry skills and rough and steep; ‘boot’ standard. Suitable for people The first European settlers were runholder William Rees and experience, navigation and survival skills required. with moderate to high-level backcountry skills and his family in 1860. By 1862 the lure of gold brought many more. Streams and rivers may not be bridged. experience, navigation and survival skills required. The drawcards for early settlers were resources: gold, scheelite, grazing land and timber, but tourism soon followed. Streams and rivers may not be bridged. 8 Kea Basin Track Commercial mountain guiding began in 1882 on Mt Earnslaw/ 8 Kea Basin Track Pikirakatahi, and within seven years there were six hotels and guesthouses at the head of the lake. Until 1962, when the Glenorchy Road was opened, tourists relied on boats and pack tracks to get here. Two years after the road came through Mount Aspiring National Park was formed. By 1990 the national park was virtually twice the size and became part of Te Wāhipounamu–South West New Zealand World Heritage Area; 10 Sugarloaf–Rockburn Track a classification that recognises the region’s significance to global Routeburn Falls landscape conservation. 14 Harris Saddle Explanation of the symbols can be found on the map. 5 Diamond Creek The Head of Lake Wakatipu Walking and tramping around Glenorchy 6 Invincible Gold Mine 15 Scott Creek Track TRACK CLASSIFICATION – Easy walking for up to an hour for most Glenorchy Boardwalk Short Walk fitness levels on well-formed tracks. 1 Glenorchy Walkway Walking Track – Walking from a few minutes up to a day on mostly well-formed tracks; ‘shoe’ standard and suitable for people with low to moderate fitness and abilities. Lake Harris on Routeburn Track Easy Tramping Track – Comfortable multi-day 7 Earnslaw Burn Track tramping/hiking on generally well formed tracks. Some sections may be rough, muddy or steep. Major Routeburn Track day-walk options 16 Glacier Burn stream and river crossings are bridged. Light tramping/ hiking boot standard; suitable for people with limited 11 Routeburn Nature Walk backcountry experience. Tramping Track – Challenging day or multi-day tramping on mostly unformed tracks that may be rough and steep; ‘boot’ standard. Suitable for people with moderate to high-level backcountry skills and experience, navigation and survival skills required. Streams and rivers may not be bridged. 8 Kea Basin Track 12 Routeburn Flats 1712 Lake Routeburn Rere Flats 17 Lake Rere Introduction WalksIntroduction in Whakaari Conservation Area Walks in Whakaari Conservation Area 2 Mt Judah Track 2 Mt Judah Track All photos: DOC photos: All All photos: DOC photos: All Cover phots: (top) Earnslaw burn, (middle) Lake Rere, (bottom) Lake Sylvan track bridge. bridge. track Sylvan Lake (bottom) Rere, Lake (middle) burn, Earnslaw (top) phots: Cover Cover phots: (top) Earnslaw burn, (middle) Lake Rere, (bottom) Lake Sylvan track bridge. bridge. track Sylvan Lake (bottom) Rere, Lake (middle) burn, Earnslaw (top) phots: Cover 13 Routeburn Falls 13 Routeburn Falls Earnslaw Burn Track Earnslaw Burn Track 18 Lake Wakatipu’s Islands 18 Lake Wakatipu’s Islands Glenorchy Lagoon with Humboldt Mountains Glenorchy Lagoon with Humboldt Mountains 3 Heather Jock Track 3 Heather Jock Track Further Information Further Further Information Further History History 4 Mt McIntosh Loop Track 94 Lake Mt McIntosh Sylvan Loop Track 9 Lake Sylvan 10 Sugarloaf–Rockburn Track 10 Sugarloaf–Rockburn Track Routeburn Falls Routeburn Falls 1412 Harris Routeburn Saddle Flats 1714 LakeHarris Rere Saddle ExplanationIntroduction of the symbols can be found on the map. 5Walks ExplanationDiamond in Whakaari ofCreek the symbols Conservation can be found Area on the map. 5 Diamond Creek 45 minutes one way to Lake Reid 2 Mt Judah Track Start/finish: Glenorchy–Routeburn Road, 2–3 hours one way 15 minutes from Glenorchy Start/finish: Whakaari car park The Head of The Head of Following the true left bank of Diamond Creek, a popular trout From the car park on the Queenstown–Glenorchy Road, three fishing stream, this sometimes boggy track to Lake Reid provides Lake Wakatipu Lake Wakatipu kilometres before Glenorchy, an easy climb leads up onto the good opportunities for viewing waterfowl and Paradise and the old Mt Judah Road which sidles around the northern side of Dart Valley. Walking and tramping Walking and tramping Mt Judah. The track passes the remains of the Glenorchy DOC photos: All Cover phots: (top) Earnslaw burn, (middle) Lake Rere, (bottom) Lake Sylvan track bridge. aroundbridge. track GlenorchySylvan Lake (bottom) Rere, Lake (middle) burn, Earnslaw (top) phots: Cover around Glenorchy 6Scheelite Invincible Battery Gold and theMine State Mine, last operated in the 1960s. 6 Invincible Gold Mine The Bonnie Jean Hut (day use only) is a half-hour climb up a 1 hr 30 min up, 1 hour down marked track from the end of the old Mount Judah Road. Ten 13 Routeburn Falls Start/finish:Earnslaw Burn ReesTrack Valley Road (gravel, with fords) minutes before Bonnie Jean Hut, a short signposted track leads 30 minutes from Glenorchy 15 Scott Creek Track 15TRACK18 Scott Lake CLASSIFICATION CreekWakatipu’s Track Islands TRACK CLASSIFICATION Glenorchy Lagoon with Humboldt Mountains to The Boozer Hut, relocated and restored in 2011. – Easy
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