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

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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

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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

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Walking and tramping around Glenorchy 6 Invincible Gold Mine

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– 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

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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 walking for up to an hour for most Short Walk – Easy walking for up to an hour for most Glenorchy Boardwalk Glenorchy Boardwalk Short Walk 3 Heather Jock Track fitness levels on well-formed tracks. fitness levels on well-formed tracks. This track was built by miners in the 1880s and features great 1 Glenorchy Walkway 3–41 hoursGlenorchy one way Walkway views of the Rees Valley and Mt Earnslaw/Pikirakatahi. Walking Track – Walking from a few minutes up to a Walking Track – Walking from a few minutes up to a

Start/finish: end of the old Mt Judah Road, 2 hours from car park 1–2 hour loop track Remains of the water wheel and a unique set of seven berdans— day on mostly well-formed tracks; ‘shoe’ standard and day on mostly well-formed tracks; ‘shoe’Information standard andFurther Start/finish: signposted from Glenorchy waterfront large, slowly revolving cast iron bowls that ground the ore—are suitable for people with low to moderate fitness and suitable for people with low to moderate fitness and also visible. abilities. abilities. History From the Mt Judah Road below Bonnie Jean Hut, a marked track Lake Harris on Routeburn Track Lake Harris on Routeburn Track Easy Tramping Track – Comfortable multi-day Easy Tramping Track – Comfortable multi-day follows an old mining road up a zigzag to Heather Jock Hut 7 Earnslaw Burn Track 7 Earnslaw Burn Track tramping/hiking on generally well formed tracks. tramping/hiking on generally well formed tracks. A great family walk, with views of Mt Earnslaw/Pikirakatahi, (3 bunks). From there the track sidles down and across to Bonnie Mt Alfred/Ari and the surrounding ranges. This track has 4–6 hours one-way Some sections may be rough, muddy or steep. Major Some sections may be rough, muddy or steep. Major Jean Hut, before dropping back down to Mt Judah Road. 16 Glacier Burn recently been extended. Dogs are allowed on a lead only. RouteburnStart/finish: theTrack true day-walk left bank of options the Earnslaw Burn partway 16Routeburn Glacier Burn Track day-walk options stream and river crossings are bridged. Light tramping/ stream and river crossings are bridged. Light tramping/ along Lovers Leap Road, a right turn o the gravelled hiking boot standard; suitable for people with limited hiking boot standard; suitable for people with limited The boardwalk traverses wetlands just north of Glenorchy 4 Mt McIntosh Loop Track 9Glenorchy–Paradise Lake Sylvan Road, 20 minutes from Glenorchy 11 Routeburn Nature Walk 11 Routeburn Nature Walk backcountry experience. backcountry experience. with plenty of opportunity to view bird life. Native species 8–10 hours return include, pied stilt/poaka, South Island pied oystercatcher/ Starts at Whakaari car park, finishes on the Tramping Track – Challenging day or multi-day Tramping Track – Challenging day or multi-day tōrea, Australasian bittern/matuku, New Zealand shoveller/ Queenstown–Glenorchy Road beside the Buckler Burn, Following the Earnslaw Burn through bush to the tussock basin tramping on mostly unformed tracks that may be tramping on mostly unformed tracks that may be kuruwhengu, grey teal/tete (in spring), grey duck/pārera, 15 minutes walk from the car park at the head of the valley, there are impressive views of an icefall rough and steep; ‘boot’ standard. Suitable for people rough and steep; ‘boot’ standard. Suitable for people and scaup/pāpango. The New Zealand falcon/kārearea may on Mt Earnslaw/Pikirakatahi. An overhanging rock just within with moderate to high-level backcountry skills and with moderate to high-level backcountry skills and be seen soaring above the wetland hunting for prey. the forest on the true right of Earnslaw Burn provides useful experience, navigation and survival skills required. experience, navigation and survival skills required. In heavy or prolonged rain the Glenorchy Lagoon section of shelter. Crossing the river to the bivvy is dangerous in heavy rain. Streams and rivers may not be bridged. Streams and rivers may not be bridged. the walkway becomes flooded. Care is required. From The Junction (1 hour 30 min from the car park) follow the marked track which drops steeply down to the Buckler Burn. 8A Keasteady Basin climb onTrack an old mining road leads to McIntyre Hut 8 Kea Basin Track (3 bunks). A further 1 hour 30 min on is McIntosh Hut (4 bunks) Time: 4–5 hours one-way from Muddy Creek, 1 hour 15 on the flanks of Mt McIntosh, this is a half-hour climb beyond minutes from the sign on the terrace before the bush edge Long Gully Saddle. Dropping back to Long Gully Saddle, a steep Start/finish: Rees Valley Road – Muddy Creek car park, climb leads along a ridge giving superb views of Lake Wakatipu, 30 minutes from Glenorchy; gravel road with fords) Mt Earnslaw/Pikirakatahi, and the Dart Valley. The track, going through overgrown bush in some sections, drops steeply along a 10 Sugarloaf–Rockburn Track fence line to the Glenorchy Road beside the Buckler Burn. It is well worth the half-day climb to this beautiful subalpine Routeburn Falls River crossing experience is essential. 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

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– 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.

8 Kea Basin Track 12 Routeburn Flats 17 Lake Rere Introduction Walks in Whakaari Conservation Area

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13 Routeburn Falls Earnslaw Burn Track 18 Lake Wakatipu’s Islands Glenorchy Lagoon with Humboldt Mountains

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4 Mt McIntosh Loop Track 9 Lake Sylvan

10 Sugarloaf–Rockburn Track 2–3 hours Lake Sylvan to Rockburn hut, 6–8 hours Rockburn Routeburn Falls 12 Routeburn Flats 1217 RouteburnLake Rere Flats 17 Lake Rere Introduction WalksIntroduction in Whakaari Conservation Area Walks in Whakaari Conservation Area Hut to Routeburn car park Start/ﬁnish: Lake Sylvan car park, 30 min from Glenorchy 114 hr 30Harris min – Saddle 2 hr 30 min one way, 6.5 km 5 Diamond Creek 2Explanation Mt Judah of Track the symbols can be found on the map. 2 Mt Judah Track

From Lake Sylvan (#9) the marked track traverses moraine From the car park at the Routeburn shelter, cross a swing bridge through beech forest. After severe storm damage the Rockburn to the well-formed track weaving through beech forest. Beyond Hut had to be removed, but a nearby camp shelter, owned by Dart Sugarloaf Stream, the track follows the old bridle path, built in The Head of River Jet Safaris, is available for public use. River beaches and the 1870s, up to Bridal Veil Stream and a sidle above Routeburn pools and a chasm are close by. Climb through forest to the fragile Gorge. The third swing bridge takes you back across the Route

Sugarloaf Saddle with great views of the Rockburn and Routeburn Burn to open grassed ﬂats. At the marked junction, turn right Lake Wakatipu

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valleys. The descent to the Routeburn Track is steep. to Routeburn Flats Hut (bookings required late October to late 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

April), or left to continue towards the Routeburn Falls. Walkingbridge. track andSylvan Lake tramping(bottom) Rere, Lake (middle) burn, Earnslaw (top) phots: Cover around Glenorchy 6 Invincible Gold Mine 13 Routeburn Falls 13 Routeburn Falls Earnslaw Burn Track Earnslaw Burn Track 2 hr 30 min – 4 hr one way, 8.8 km 18 Lake Wakatipu’s Islands 18 Lake Wakatipu’s Islands Glenorchy Lagoon with Humboldt Mountains Glenorchy Lagoon with Humboldt Mountains tussock basin beneath Mt Earnslaw/Pikirakatahi, with stunning views up the Rees Valley towards Rees Saddle. The zigzag track 15 Scott Creek Track TRACK CLASSIFICATION 3 Heather Jock Track 3 Heather Jock Track starts on the low terrace north of Lennox Falls, where the bush Follow the track to Routeburn Flats as above, continue left towards – Easy walking for up to an hour for most Glenorchy Boardwalk Short Walk edge meets the terrace. One hour up, Earnslaw Hut (basic) has the Routeburn Falls. It is a steady climb through stunning beech ﬁtness levels on well-formed tracks.

4 bunks; 15 minutes further on there is a rock bivvy just above the forest crossing two swing bridges. A recent slip allows excellent

Further Information Further 1 Glenorchy Walkway bushline. Kea Basin adjoins the Mt Earnslaw/Pikirakatahi Tōpuni, views of the valley below. Care should be taken crossing this slip, Walking Track – Walking from a few minutes up to a Information Further which recognises the historic and cultural importance of this especially after heavy rain. The impressive Routeburn Falls are day on mostly well-formed tracks; ‘shoe’ standard and History History mountain to Kāi Tahu. situated on the edge of the bushline next to Routeburn Falls Hut suitable for people with low to moderate fitness and Take great care crossing the Rees River and its tributaries, they (bookings required late October to late April). abilities. become dangerously swift when high. River crossing experience is Lake Harris on Routeburn Track Easy Tramping Track – Comfortable multi-day essential. 7 Earnslaw Burn Track tramping/hiking on generally well formed tracks. Some sections may be rough, muddy or steep. Major 4 Mt McIntosh Loop Track 49 MtLake McIntosh Sylvan Loop Track 9Routeburn Lake Sylvan Track day-walk options 16 Glacier Burn stream and river crossings are bridged. Light tramping/ 40 minutes one way or 1 hr 40 min returning via hiking boot standard; suitable for people with limited the tramline loop 11 Routeburn Nature Walk backcountry experience. Start/finish: Lake Sylvan car park, 30 minutes from Time: 40 min – 1 hr return Glenorchy (gravel road) 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 This recently upgraded, well-defined track leads through old From the Routeburn Shelter car park, cross the Routeburn on the moraine river terraces and very tall red beech/tawhairaunui to swing bridge and follow the main Routeburn Track for approxi- experience, navigation and survival skills required. pretty Lake Sylvan, home to brown trout and numerous small mately 10–15 minutes. A marked turno¯ on the left takes a wind- Streams and rivers may not be bridged. native fish. Returning via the 1920s tramline loop, you can ing path down from the main track onto the valley floor, where 8compare Kea Basin regenerating Track beech in this cutover area to the untouched you pass through beautiful red beech/tawhairaunui-dominated forest that you walk through on the way in. forest. Note: The tramline loop includes a river crossing. After meandering its way through this flat area for 10–15 minutes, the track rejoins the main Routeburn Track at Sugarloaf Stream. 10 Sugarloaf–Rockburn Track 10From Sugarloaf–Rockburn here you can either carry on Track across the Sugarloaf swing bridge up the Routeburn Track, or turn back and follow the main track back to the car park (20–30 minutes). Routeburn Falls Routeburn Falls 14 Harris Saddle 14 Harris Saddle Explanation of the symbols can be found on the map. 5Explanation Diamond of Creek the symbols can be found on the map. 5 Diamond Creek

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15 Scott Creek Track 15TRACK Scott CreekCLASSIFICATION Track TRACK CLASSIFICATION

Short Walk – Easy walking for up to an hour for most – Easy walking for up to an hour for most Glenorchy Boardwalk Glenorchy Boardwalk Short Walk ﬁtness levels on well-formed tracks. ﬁtness levels on well-formed tracks.

1 Glenorchy Walkway 1 Glenorchy Walkway Walking Track – Walking from a few minutes up to a Walking Track – Walking from a few minutes up to a day on mostly well-formed tracks; ‘shoe’ standard and day on mostly well-formed tracks; ‘shoe’ standard and suitable for people with low to moderate ﬁtness and suitable for people with low to moderate ﬁtness and abilities. abilities.

Lake Harris on Routeburn Track Lake Harris on Routeburn Track Easy Tramping Track – Comfortable multi-day Easy Tramping Track – Comfortable multi-day 7 Earnslaw Burn Track 7 Earnslaw Burn Track tramping/hiking on generally well formed tracks. tramping/hiking on generally well formed tracks. Some sections may be rough, muddy or steep. Major Some sections may be rough, muddy or steep. Major Routeburn Track day-walk options Routeburn16 Glacier TrackBurn day-walk options 16 Glacierstream Burn and river crossings are bridged. Light tramping/ stream and river crossings are bridged. Light tramping/ hiking boot standard; suitable for people with limited hiking boot standard; suitable for people with limited 11 Routeburn Nature Walk 11 Routeburn Nature Walk backcountry experience. backcountry experience.

Tramping Track – Challenging day or multi-day Tramping Track – Challenging day or multi-day tramping on mostly unformed tracks that may be tramping on mostly unformed tracks that may be rough and steep; ‘boot’ standard. Suitable for people rough and steep; ‘boot’ standard. Suitable for people with moderate to high-level backcountry skills and with moderate to high-level backcountry skills and experience, navigation and survival skills required. experience, navigation and survival skills required. Streams and rivers may not be bridged. Streams and rivers may not be bridged.

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rough and steep; ‘boot’ standard. Suitable for people people for Suitable standard. ‘boot’ steep; and rough 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

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Tramping Track Track Tramping 13 Routeburn Falls multi-day or day Challenging –

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backcountry experience. experience. backcountry 11 Routeburn Nature Walk Nature Routeburn 11

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stream and river crossings are bridged. Light tramping/ Light bridged. are crossings river and stream

Routeburn Track day-walk options day-walk Track Routeburn 16 Glacier Burn Glacier 16

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History and ﬁtness moderate to low with people for suitable day on mostly well-formed tracks; ‘shoe’ standard and and standard ‘shoe’ tracks; well-formed mostly on day

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Explanation of the symbols can be found on the map. the on found be can symbols the of Explanation 10 Sugarloaf–Rockburn Track Creek Diamond 5

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Explanation of the symbols can be found on the map. 5 Diamond Creek 4 hr – 6 hr 30 min one way, 12 km Track Sugarloaf–Rockburn 10 12 Routeburn Flats 17 Lake Rere Introduction Walks in Whakaari Conservation Area 4–6 hours, loop track Start/ﬁnish: Greenstone car park, 1 hour from Glenorchy, 2 Mt Judah Track Follow the track towards the Routeburn Falls as above. From here, the track climbs steadily to the outlet of the river at Lake Harris. on a gravel road with fords Stop occasionally and look behind you for great views of the The Head of Routeburn Valley. A sidle through moraine and above Lake Harris leads to the high Travelling clockwise, cross the bridge and follow the marked track Lake Wakatipu point of the track at Harris Saddle/Tarahaka Whakatipu (1255 m). along Lake Wakatipu to Elﬁn Bay, crossing Greenstone Station Please keep to the track as vegetation in this subalpine area is land for an hour. From here, climb steeply through red beech Walking and tramping very fragile. Harris Saddle is located on the boundary between forest. The track eases before reaching picturesque Lake Rere – a around Glenorchy

6 Invincible Gold Mine popular tourist destination in the 19th century. Walk through

Mt Aspiring National Park and Fiordland National Park. A day DOC photos: All shelter and toilet are located here. patches of mountain beech and grasslands, eventually joining the bridge. track Sylvan Lake (bottom) Rere, Lake (middle) burn, Earnslaw (top) phots: Cover

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Beware of stream crossings in heavy rain. Track Loop McIntosh Mt 4 1513 Scott Routeburn Creek TrackFalls TRACK CLASSIFICATION Sylvan Lake 9 Earnslaw Burn Track 3–4 hours one way Short Walk – Easy walking for up to an hour for most Glenorchy Boardwalk Start/ﬁnish: signposted near Scott Creek Bridge Glenorchy– 18 Lake Wakatipu’s Islands Glenorchy Lagoon with Humboldt Mountains ﬁtness levels on well-formed tracks. Routeburn Road, 20 minutes from Glenorchy (gravel road) 1 Glenorchy Walkway Walking Track – Walking from a few minutes up to a 3 Heather Jock Track

day on mostly well-formed tracks; ‘shoe’ standard and suitable for people with low to moderate ﬁtness and History

This track is irregularly marked, steep, and in parts obscure Pig Island/Mātau and Pigeon Island/Wāwāhi Waka are both and washed out. In some places, you must follow the creek bed. accessibleabilities. to the public by boat. On Pigeon Island/Wāwāhi Information Further Waka you’ll ﬁnd walking tracks of varying di±culty, between 30 Further Information Lake Harris on Routeburn Track Access can be gained to Kay Creek, which leads to the Caples Easy Tramping Track – Comfortable multi-day minutes and 2 hours long. Camping is permitted, and there is one History 7 Earnslaw Burn Track Valley. Please note that the Scott Creek hut has been removed. tramping/hiking on generally well formed tracks.

basic eight-bunk hut for public use on the island, managed by the For further information please contact: Some sections may be rough, muddy or steep. Major Whakatipu-wai-Māori/Queenstown Visitor Centre Track Jock Heather 3 Routeburn Track day-walk options 16 Glacier Burn Queenstown Lakes District Council. Contact QLDC on 03 441

0499 whenstream planning and river to use crossings the hut. are bridged. Light tramping/ 50 Stanley Street

Queenstown 9300 Mountains Humboldt with Lagoon Glenorchy 2 hours one way, 1 hr 30 min back down hiking boot standard; suitable for people with limited Islands Wakatipu’s Lake 18 Thanks to engaged community groups, Pigeon Island’s vegetation

11 Routeburn Nature Walk Start/ﬁnish: signposted o the Glenorchy–Kinloch Road, backcountry experience. 03 442 7935 | fax 03 442 7934

25 minutes from Glenorchy on a gravel road is recovering from devastating ﬁres. The mild microclimate allows [email protected] Track Burn Earnslaw 9 Lake Sylvan Falls Routeburn 13 4 Mt McIntosh Loop Track podocarpsTramping to grow, Track as well – Challenging as southern day rātā, or kōwhai multi-day and a small www.doc.govt.nz patch oftramping red beech. on As mostly the islands unformed are trackspredator that free, may native be bird life is thriving.rough In aand joint steep; project ‘boot’ between standard. Kāi SuitableTahu Papatipu for people Rūnaka Cover phots: (top) Earnslaw burn, (middle) Lake Rere, (bottom) Lake Sylvan track bridge. Follow the creek until the marker indicates the crossing to the true i Araiteuru,with Te moderate Rūnanga to ohigh-level Ngāi Tahu backcountry and DOC, skills bu¯ andweka were All photos: DOC left, and start climbing through beech forest. There are old log re-establishedexperience, in Otago. navigation They disappearedand survival skillsfrom required.the mainland in Published by: hauling snig lines near the start of the track. You will reach Glacier the 1920s because of predators and habitat loss. In 2002, 30 bu¯ Streams and rivers may not be bridged. Department of Conservation Basin in two hours. From there you can follow up the creek to weka were transferred from the Chathams to Stevensons Island Whakatipu-wai-Māori/Queenstown Visitor view the Humboldt Mountains, an area with abundant bird life. (Peka Karara) on Lake Wanaka. The project was extended to Lake Centre 8 Kea Basin Track PO Box 811, Queenstown 9300 Do not go above the bush line in winter and spring, it is avalanche Wakatipu with weka released on Pigeon/Wāwāhi Waka in 2006 New Zealand prone. and Pig/Mātau Island in 2008. May 2016

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17 Lake Rere Lake 17 • Do not feed the weka Flats Routeburn 12 • Take your rubbish away with you 10 Sugarloaf–Rockburn Track Routeburn Falls

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.

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DOC CAMPSITES There are two designated Conservation campsites in supply (tap, stream, or lake) and vehicle or boat the Glenorchy area. Lake Sylvan campsite is within access. Wood BBQs and fireplaces, picnic tables Mount Aspiring National Park, 30 minutes drive and a cooking shelter may be provided. from Glenorchy. The Kinloch campsite is located BACKCOUNTRY CAMPSITES also work on a first on the northern shore of Lake Wakatipu, also 30 in, first served basis and have toilets and a water minutes from Glenorchy. supply, which may be from a stream. Some have GREAT WALK CAMPSITES usually require picnic tables, cooking shelters or fireplaces. CHECK, CLEAN, DRY bookings: see www.doc.govt.nz, email FIND OUT MORE Stop the spread of [email protected] or visit a DOC Visitor Centre. Facilities include toilets, DOC’s website doc.govt.nz provides extensive didymo and other hand-washing sinks and a water supply. More information about where you can go, what you freshwater pests. about Great Walk campsites can be found in can do and where you can stay in Remember to Check, Great Walk brochures. New Zealand’s outdoors. Clean, Dry all items before entering, and STANDARD CAMPSITES work on a first in, when moving between, first served basis and fees are paid via the self- waterways. registration system. Facilities are more limited: toilets (usually composting or pit variety), water

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