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Dawson Falls and East Egmont Walks Other tracks Dogs Dogs and other pets are not allowed in Egmont York Road Loop Track Dawson Falls National Park, even inside vehicles. 3 hr (return) This family friendly historic walk begins at the end of York and East Road, just north of Midhirst on State Highway 3. It follows the Further information path of an old railway line. This forest walk has interpretation For park information, hut tickets, Konini Lodge bookings: Egmont Walks panels about the areas history and wildlife, and passes many Taranaki/Egmont National Park Visitor Centre interesting relics. (North Egmont) Nga hīkoi o Mounga Taranaki Track categories (Open daily) Egmont Road Egmont National Park Choose the type of track that most suits the skills and abilities Inglewood of your party. Phone: (06) 756 0990 Easy access short walk: suitable for people of all E-mail: [email protected] abilities, wheelchairs and children’s buggies. Dawson Falls Visitor Centre Short walk: well formed, easy walking for up to an hour. (limited opening hours - check website) Manaia Road Walking track: well formed easy walks from a few Kaponga minutes to a day. Phone: (027) 443 0248 Tramping track: mostly unformed but have track E-mail: [email protected] directional markers, poles or cairns. Route: unformed, suitable only for people with high level backcountry skills and experience. Check, Clean, Dry CK Plan and prepare E H C Stop the spread of didymo and other L C It is important to plan and prepare your trip and be well E freshwater pests. A Y N R equipped. Before you go, know the Outdoor Safety Code – D Remember to Check, Clean, Dry all items 5 simple rules to help you stay safe: before entering, and when moving 1. Plan your trip: take a map/track brochure and remember BETWEEN WATERWAYS between, waterways. to buy hut tickets for overnight stays. 2. Tell someone responsible where you are going and your estimated return time. See www.adventuresmart.org.nz. Cover photo: Dawson Falls Visitor Centre. Photo: Sorrel Hoskin 3. Be aware of the weather: check weather forecasts before you go on 0900 999 24 or www.metservice.com. 4. Know your limits Published by: 5. Take sufficient supplies and consider taking a personal Department of Conservation locator beacon – available for hire from Taranaki/Egmont Ngāmotu/New Plymouth Office National Park Visitor Centre (North Egmont). PO Box 462 New Plymouth 4320 www.doc.govt.nz Weather on the mountain changes rapidly. You must New Zealand be well prepared with suitable clothing and equipment November 2015 for all weather and conditions. Snow, high rainfall and storm Editing and design: damage can make tracks impassable – many rivers and streams Publishing Team, DOC National Office This publication is produced using paper sourced from are unbridged. Check with visitor centres for up-to-date track well-managed, renewable and legally logged forests. information. Your safety is your responsibility Welcome Plants and animals Lush rainforest on the Nei rā te mihi atu ki ā koutou i raro i te korowai ō tō tātou nei mountain’s lower slopes tauheke a Taranaki. is evidence of the park’s Greetings to everyone who sits under the cloak of our ancestor high rainfall. Dripping Mounga (Mount) Taranaki. with moss and lichens Dawson Falls this tōtara and kamahi Only 30 minutes drive from Stratford, the picturesque Dawson Falls forest is sometimes road end/Te Rere o Kapuni (902 m altitude) is home to the 18 m referred to as ‘goblin forest’. On higher slopes high waterfall, Dawson Falls or Te Rere o Noke. A small visitor st the forest gives way to dense re fo centre (check opening hours) has information and displays. n The Mighty Mounga bli Konini Lodge offers booked backpacker-style accommodation subalpine shrubs and alpine herb Go The majestic andesitic volcano Mount Taranaki or Mount for individuals and groups. Also at this road end is the privately fields. Egmont (2,518 m) is the central point of the 34,170 ha Egmont operated Dawson Falls Mountain Lodge. National Park. Around 125,000 years old, it is the park’s most Common forest birds East Egmont recent volcanic peak. It last erupted around 1755 AD, and is include: tomtits/ At 1,172 m altitude East Egmont , also called Pōpō, has the highest considered dormant. miromiro, tūī, bellbirds/ road end in Egmont National Park. Offering spectacular alpine views, Local Māori believe Mounga (Mount) Taranaki once stood with korimako, and it is just 20 min drive from Stratford. Three kilometres before the road the mountains of the central North Island. After a dispute over woodpigeon/kererū. end at Pōpō, the privately operated Ngāti Ruanui Stratford Mountain the maiden Pihanga, Taranaki fled his ancestral home, carving Other birds present but House offers café dining and accommodation. Many walks start from out the bed of the Whanganui River on his journey to the coast. Tūī feeding on mountain flax. Photo: D. Devery-Smith less likely to be seen are here. Egmont National Park became New Zealand’s second national the North Island brown park (after Tongariro) in 1900. Named Mount Egmont by kiwi, fern bird/mātātā Captain Cook, the traditional Māori name of Mount Taranaki is and blue duck/whio. now more widely used. An endemic giant land This mounga is sacred to Māori. Visitors are asked to show snail and many species respect by not standing directly on the summit peak, not of native fish are also in camping or cooking on Pied tomtit/miromiro. Schilov Photo: P. the park. or around the summit, and removing all rubbish. Dawson Falls This 18m waterfall was named after Thomas Dawson the first Stoats prey on native wildlife European to discover it in 1885. To Māori Stoats, rats, possums the falls are known as and goats pose a threat Te Rere o Noke (the to the forest and its Falls of Noke), a Māori wildlife. Stoats and warrior who hid from rats are trapped using his pursuers behind the rectangular trap boxes falls. along several tracks within the park. Goat and Setting stoat traps Dawson Falls/Te Rere o Noke. possum control is done Photo T. Weston regularly. Dawson Falls and East Egmont Walks Mt Taranaki or Mt Egmont 2518 m Fanthams Peak/Panitahi 1966 m Syme (R o Hut ut e) ) e t u o R ( Tahurangi Lodge (Private) To Waiaua (Route) Manganui Gorge Hut Skifield Su mm Manganui Lodge it T Kapuni rack rack (Private) ve T Lodge e Di Lak (Private) per Up Manganui ck Gorge Manganui Hooker Shelter ra To North Egmont k T Track Shelter 1140 m ea P To Lake s Stratford Plateau m Dive Hut a h 1172 m nt L a o Hillary Seat F Wilkies Pools w e Jackson’s r k L ac To a Tr lookout Curtis Falls ke p Pe D o m Maketawa iv o E br e T s L n ok Hut rac ol ch e k Po a R es nt o Hasties Hill lki ed a Wi T d ra k c Dawson Falls Visitor Centre ac k Tr Pa 902 m e tea idg Lo R Swingbridge op T Cu Konini Lodge rac rtis Dawson Falls Mountain Lodge k Fal ls Tra ck Dawson Falls Power Station W a in g Kamahi oad o ia R n Loop ana gor ck M Kapuni Dawson Falls/Te Rere o Noke Waingongoro o Tra Track Loop Hut Track Dawson Falls Lookout East Egmont/Pōpō Ngāti Ruanui Track category The perspective of this map may distort distances. This Stratford map does not show rivers and streams and is not suitable Mountain Short walk Tramping track To Potaema for navigation. For greater detail refer to Egmont National House Walking track Track Route Parkmap 273-09 and NZTopo50 map series. Tramps more than 4 hours Dawson Falls road end Hooker Shelter 1 hr (round trip) Fanthams Peak/Panitahi and Syme Hut Walks under 1 hour From the visitor centre the Fanthams Peak Track climbs Time: 5–6 hr (return) Dawson Falls Power Station through forest up to the Hillary Seat (built by the Egmont Known as Panitahi by Māori, Fanthams Peak was named after 5 min (one way) Alpine Club as a tribute to Sir Edmund Hillary). Continue on Fanny Fantham who was the first European woman to climb the This barrier free walk begins 50 m down Manaia Road from to Hooker Shelter (1,140 m) to enjoy spectacular views. This peak in 1887. the Dawson Falls Visitor Centre and visits one of the world’s shelter was named after a respected member of the Egmont This challenging tramp climbs through forest to Hillary Seat. oldest continuously operating generators. Alpine Club and was once the site of an old ski hut. From here it continues uphill past Hooker Shelter (1140 m) and the turnoff to Kapuni Lodge before ascending a staircase Dawson Falls waterfall/Te Rere o Noke Waingongoro Hut (from Dawson Falls) 1 hr 30 min (one way) to reach steep scoria slopes. Snow poles mark 10 min (one way) the route to Fanthams Peak/Panitahi (1,966 m) This family friendly tramp begins on the Wilkies Pool Loop From the visitor centre walk 400 m down Manaia Road and Syme Hut (10 bunks), named after local Track then joins the Ridge Track to climb uphill before to the sign to Dawson Falls. From here descend the short mountain climbing pioneer Rod Syme. This route is exposed descending past the Waingongoro swing bridge to the stepped track to join the Kapuni Loop Track and turn right to and not recommended in ice and snow unless an experienced 16-bunk hut.
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