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Paparoa Track Plan and prepare PAPAROA TRACK Duration: 3 days hiking Great Walks season: 2 days mountain biking All year Distance 55.1 km hiking (one way): 56.2 km mountain biking Elevation profile & track guide Moonlight PAPAROA 1,400 m Tops Hut Ces Clark Hut 20 bunks 16 bunks TRACK 1,200 m 1,000 m Pike River Mine Interpretation Centre Experience our newest Great Walk 800 m CK Smoke-ho Under construction, RA opening date to be T – a purpose-built, shared-use hiking car park 600 m confirmed. L IA and mountain biking track within R O 400 m EM M the Paparoa National Park on the 9 E2 West Coast of the South Island. 200 m PIK This Great Walk crosses the Paparoa 0 m Hiking: 4 – 5 hr / 10.3 km Hiking: 3 hr / 9.7 km Range, taking you through alpine Biking: 2 – 3 hr / 10.3 km Biking: 1 hr 30 min – 2 hr 30 min / 9.7 km tops, limestone karst landscapes and thriving rainforests. Once completed, the Pike29 Memorial Track will lead from the Paparoa Track to the site of the former Pike River Mine. The Paparoa Track provides walking and cycling access through the remote and spectacular wilderness of the Paparoa National Park. The track is challenging in poor weather. You will need a good level of fitness and the right equipment. Day 1: Smoke-ho car park to Moonlight Tops Hut The track is well marked and signposted, but some sections are steep and Hiking: 7 – 8 hours, 20 km rough, and the track may be muddy. Biking: 3 hr 30 min – 5 hr 30 min, 20 km This brochure describes a 3-day hike The Great Walk begins at its southern end at Smoke-ho car for independent non-guided walkers park near Blackball, about a 45-minute drive from Greymouth. travelling from Smoke-ho car park to Beginning on the historic Croesus Track, with remnants of the Pororari River car park. area’s gold mining history, the track ascends through beech and podocarp forest before reaching Ces Clark Hut. There is also a 4-day hike option, This part of the track is much rougher than the rest of the spending the first night at Ces Clark Hut. Paparoa Track because of its historic nature. This is a good alternative for families. Beyond the hut you pass through alpine scrub and tussock, and you will be rewarded with expansive views of Grey River/ Māwheranui to the east and the Tasman Sea to the west. Moonlight Tops Hut provides spectacular views. Duration: 3 days hiking 2 days mountain biking Distance (one way): 55.1 km hiking ABOVE LEFT TO RIGHT: Photo: Stewart Nimmo; Photo: Jason Blair; 56.2 km mountain biking Photo: Shaun Barnett/Black Robin Photography Great Walks season: MAIN PHOTO: Photo: Stewart Nimmo All year COVER: Photo: Jason Blair car hut interpretation Moonlight park centre Tops Hut 20 bunks Pororari Hut Pororari 20 bunks CK River RA car park T Track under Waikori (exit for L construction, Road IA opening date to hikers) R car park O be confirmed. EM (exit for M 9 Inland bikers) E2 PIK Pack Track junction Hiking: 5 – 7 hr / 19.1 km Hiking: 4 – 5 hr / 16 km Biking: 4 – 5 hr / 19.1 km Biking: 2 hr 30 min – 3 hr 30 min, 17.1 km Day 2: Moonlight Tops Hut to Pororari Hut Day 3: Pororari Hut to Pororari River car park Hiking: 5 – 7 hours, 19.1 km Hiking: 4 – 5 hours, 16 km Biking: 4 – 5 hr, 19.1 km Biking: 2 hr 30 min – 3 hr 30 min, 17.1 km On day 2, open tops give way to alpine forest stunted by the The Paparoa Track descends and follows the upper Pororari harsh environment. The Paparoa Track winds along the top of River valley, until it joins an old track built to establish the escarpment, with steep cliffs and stunning views. About settlement in the upper valley. The track sidles along a half-way to Pororari Hut, you descend from the escarpment spectacular gorge and descends through beech forest through ancient podocarp forest. The track then follows the interspersed with northern rātā. At the junction with the ridge above Tindale Creek to Pororari Hut. Keep an eye out for historic Inland Pack Track, hikers and mountain bikers the Lone Hand, a gnarled outcrop of rock on the north side of diverge: hikers follow the track beside the Pororari River the Pororari River. through the lower gorge; mountain bikers must exit into the Punakaiki River valley, ending at Waikori Road car park. Both pass through lush rainforest with glades of nīkau palms. Mountain biking Photo: Jason Blair The Paparoa Track is a shared- Can I do it? use track for hikers and mountain The Paparoa Track is a tough ride and Respect others, respect bikers. This is the first purpose- not to be underestimated – to ride the rules, respect the track. built, shared-use Great Walk safely you need to be fit, experienced Follow the mountain biking constructed by the Department and have good equipment. This should rules below: include a well-maintained mountain of Conservation. Biking on the You are not permitted to bike, a comprehensive bike tool kit, take a mountain bike into track is allowed year-round. quick release chain link, spare tube/ any hut or shelter, or onto fresh patch kit, pump/CO2 pump, hut porches. cable ties and duct tape. For a list S tay on the formed and 2 days and 1 night of essential equipment, see www. mountainsafety.org.nz/activities/ designated mountain bike Smoke-ho car park to Moonlight Tops mountain-biking. tracks. Hut: 20 km, 3 hr 30 min – 5 hr 30 min E lectric bikes are not You can expect Moonlight Tops Hut to Waikori Road allowed on the track. car park: 36.2 km, 6 hr 30 min – A well-formed 56.2 km track maintained B ikers must give way 8 hr 30 min to Advanced: Grade 4 mountain biking to walkers. Note: Once the Pike29 Memorial Track standard, with numerous swing and N ight riding is not permitted. is open, there will be route options suspension bridges. that include the Pike River Mine Plan to spend one night on the track. Interpretation Centre. You are responsible for: You will encounter changeable weather conditions, including extremely Obeying the mountain cold temperatures, rain, high winds bikers code. The track is shared with hikers and other MTB grade: Advanced and possibly snow; steep slopes and bikers – show respect for (Grade 4) generally avoidable obstacles; and track other users. A mixture of long, steep climbs, sections that are prone to flooding. F ollowing signs and other narrow track, poor traction and Refer to the ‘Know before you go’ markers that clearly identify obstacles that are difficult to section of this brochure for more avoid or jump over. Generally where mountain bikes can information. exposed at the track’s outside be ridden and where they edge. Most riders will find some are not allowed. sections easier to walk. Highlights 1 Air New Zealand partners with the Photo: Tom Hopkins (DOC) Department of Conservation to bring birdsong back to 2 our Great Walks. 1 Explore the spectacular Pororari River Gorge, with dramatic limestone cliffs, beech forests and glades of subtropical nīkau palms. Photo: Stewart Nimmo (nimmophoto.co.nz) 2 Sit back and enjoy incredible sunsets over the Tasman Sea from Moonlight Tops Hut. 3 Follow in the footsteps of gold miners on the 3 4 historic Croesus Track. Take a side trip to Garden Gully to see gold-mining remains, including a 1930s miner’s hut and a century- old quartz crushing battery (45 min return). 4 Admire the stunning waharoa at the Paparoa Track entrances and exits. These waharoa were carved by a team of Ngāti Waewae carvers, led by Mahana Coulston. Conservation story 5 The Department of Conservation works in partnership with Air New Zealand (DOC’s Photo: Baptiste Maryns Photo: Stewart Nimmo National Partner for Conservation) and the Paparoa Wildlife Trust in the south-east ranges bordering the Paparoa National Park to increase the size of existing populations of 5 threatened native birds. These partnerships enable a pest-control trapping network to be maintained across 15,000 hectares of land. This programme, in conjunction with the 12.5-hectare pest-proof kiwi crèche on the Atarau plains and the Paparoa great spotted kiwi/roroa project, is delivering significant Photo: Lynne Maguire gains for kiwi and many other species. www.pwt.org.nz Te Miko! Pororari F reek o k C ! oc s ll s # u i B l Mount Lodge No public access to ! Cave C Dile r mm 1447m Creek e a C Hiker ! e ree k Resurgence k k Punakaiki rac Pike29 Memorial Track ENTRY/EXIT k T " " " ac t Bovis Ro P M ute d Mount Bovis n ! # Dolomite Point la 1252m Access to the Pike29 Memorial In Track is not possible or safe until Punakaiki Po Mountain bike ro " ra Marine ENTRY/EXIT ri after the official track opening. R iv E Reserve e Paparoa r G At the time of printing this National Park N Waikori A 659m Lone Hand # R 947m publication, large sections of the # # Mount Johnston Pike29 Memorial Track are still 1241m Tin da le C Mount Pecksniff under construction. The opening re # e 1306m Pororari Hut k A " O R B date is yet to be confirmed. i A g R P # i W v A White Knight e Visit a P r www.doc.govt.nz/ i 1224m w k h e e re r C o Hawera paparoatrack for updates.
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