The Head of Lake Wakatipu. The Head of Lake Wakatipu. Walking and tramping around Glenorchy. Walking and tramping around Glenorchy.

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1 14 Hais Weka Intoduction Wakatipu Wakatipu Walking and tamping aound Glenochy 15 Scott Ceek Walking and tamping aound Glenochy TRACK CLASSIFICATION Shot Walk Easy walking fo up to an hou fo most fitness levels on well-fomed tacks. Walking Walking fom a few minutes up to a day on mostly well-fomed tacks; shoe standad and suitable fo people with low to modeate fitness and abilities. 16 Glacie Bun Easy Tamping Comfotable multi-day tamping/hiking on geneally well fomed tacks. Some sections may be ough, muddy o steep. Majo steam and ive cossings ae bidged. Light tamping/ hiking boot standad; suitable fo people with limited backcounty expeience. Tamping Challenging day o multi-day tamping on mostly unfomed tacks that may be ough and steep; boot standad. Suitable fo people with modeate to high-level backcounty skills and expeience, navigation and suvival skills equied. Steams and ives may not be bidged. Glenochy Lagoon with Humboldt Mountains Glenochy, at the head of Wakatipu, is 48 kilometes fom Queenstown. In the mountain valleys beyond the township ae some of New Zealand s best-known multi-day tacks. Thee ae also geat day walks on these tacks and many shote walks. Histoy Glacies sculpted this mountainous landscape until, some 15,000 yeas ago, ice melt stated filling Wakatipu. Tectonic uplift and weatheing still shape the schist whee it is not coveed by tussock, beech foest and subalpine shubland. Māoi fist visited hee in seach of pounamu/geenstone and moa. They wee hapū o extended family goups fom Otago and the Southland coast, who left evidence of about 30 summe campsites. The fist Euopean settles wee unholde William Rees and his family in By 1862 the lue of gold bought many moe. The dawcads fo ealy settles wee esouces: gold, scheelite, gazing land and timbe, but touism soon followed. Commecial mountain guiding began in 1882 on Mt Eanslaw/ Pikiakatahi, and within seven yeas thee wee six hotels and guesthouses at the head of the lake. Until 1962, when the Glenochy Road was opened, touists elied on boats and pack tacks to get hee. Two yeas afte the oad came though Mount Aspiing National Pak was fomed. By 1990 the national pak was vitually twice the size and became pat of Te Wāhipounamu South West New Zealand Wold Heitage Aea; a classification that ecognises the egion s significance to global landscape consevation.

2 Intoduction Explanation of the symbols can be found on the map. in Whakaai Consevation Explanation of the symbols can be foundaea on the map. 5Walks Ceek 2 Mt Judah 2 3 hous one way Stat/finish: Whakaai ca pak Fom the ca pak on the Queenstown Glenochy Road, thee kilometes befoe Glenochy, an easy climb leads up onto the old Mt Judah Road which sidles aound the nothen side of Mt Judah. The tack passes the emains of the Glenochy Battey and the State Mine, last opeated in the 1960s. 6Scheelite Invincible Gold Mine The Bonnie Jean Hut (day use only) is a half-hou climb up a maked tack fom the end of the old Mount Judah Road. Ten minutes befoe Bonnie Jean Hut, a shot signposted tack leads to The Booze Hut, elocated and estoed in Glenochy Lagoon with Humboldt Mountains Glenochy Boadwalk 1 Glenochy Walkway 1 2 hou loop tack Stat/finish: signposted fom Glenochy watefont Histoy A geat family walk, with views of Mt Eanslaw/Pikiakatahi, Mt Alfed/Ai and the suounding anges. This tack has ecently been extended. Dogs ae allowed on a lead only. The boadwalk taveses wetlands just noth of Glenochy with plenty of oppotunity to view bid life. Native species include, pied stilt/poaka, South Island pied oystecatche/ tōea, Austalasian bitten/matuku, New Zealand shovelle/ kuuwhengu, gey teal/tete (in sping), gey duck/pāea, and scaup/pāpango. The New Zealand falcon/kāeaea may be seen soaing above the wetland hunting fo pey. In heavy o polonged ain the Glenochy Lagoon section of the walkway becomes flooded. Cae is equied. 3 Heathe Jock 45 minutes one way to Reid Stat/finish: Glenochy Road, 15 minutes fom Glenochy Following the tue left bank of Ceek, a popula tout fishing steam, this sometimes boggy tack to Reid povides good oppotunities fo viewing watefowl and Paadise and the Dat Valley. 6 Invincible Gold Mine 1 h 30 min up, 1 hou down Stat/finish: Eanslaw Bun Rees Valley Road (gavel, with fods) 30 minutes fom Glenochy Glenochy Boadwalk 3 4 one waywalkway 1 hous Glenochy Stat/finish: end of the old Mt Judah Road, 2 hous fom ca pak Fom the Mt Judah Road below Bonnie Jean Hut, a maked tack an old mining up a zigzag to Heathe Jock Hut 7follows Eanslaw Bun oad (3 bunks). Fom thee the tack sidles down and acoss to Bonnie Jean Hut, befoe dopping back down to Mt Judah Road. 4 Mt McIntosh Loop 8 10 hous etun Stats at Whakaai ca pak, finishes on the Queenstown Glenochy Road beside the Buckle Bun, 15 minutes walk fom the ca pak Fom The Junction (1 hou 30 min fom the ca pak) follow the maked tack which dops steeply down to the Buckle Bun. 8A Kea steadybasin climb on an old mining oad leads to McIntye Hut (3 bunks). A futhe 1 hou 30 min on is McIntosh Hut (4 bunks) on the flanks of Mt McIntosh, this is a half-hou climb beyond Long Gully. Dopping back to Long Gully, a steep climb leads along a idge giving supeb views of Wakatipu, Mt Eanslaw/Pikiakatahi, and the Dat Valley. The tack, going though ovegown bush in some sections, dops steeply along a fence line to the Glenochy Road beside the Buckle Bun. Rive cossing expeience is essential. 5 Ceek This tack was built by mines in the 1880s and featues geat views of the Rees Valley and Mt Eanslaw/Pikiakatahi. Remains of the wate wheel and a unique set of seven bedans lage, slowly evolving cast ion bowls that gound the oe ae also visible. Hais on 7 Eanslaw Bun 4 6 hous one-way Stat/finish: the tueday-walk left bank of options the Eanslaw Bun patway along Loves Leap Road, a ight tun off the gavelled 9 Sylvan Road, 20 minutes fom Glenochy Glenochy Paadise 11 Natue Walk Following the Eanslaw Bun though bush to the tussock basin at the head of the valley, thee ae impessive views of an icefall on Mt Eanslaw/Pikiakatahi. An ovehanging ock just within the foest on the tue ight of Eanslaw Bun povides useful shelte. Cossing the ive to the bivvy is dangeous in heavy ain. 8 Kea Basin Time: 4 5 hous one-way fom Muddy Ceek, 1 hou 15 minutes fom the sign on the teace befoe the bush edge Stat/finish: Rees Valley Road Muddy Ceek ca pak, 30 minutes fom Glenochy; gavel oad with fods) 10 Sugaloaf Rockbun It is well woth the half-day climb to this beautiful subalpine

3 10 Sugaloaf Rockbun Walks in Whakaai Consevation Aea 5 Ceek 2 Mt Judah 6 Invincible Gold Mine Eanslaw Bun 2 3 hous Sylvan to Rockbun hut, 6 8 hous Rockbun 12 Flats Hut to ca pak Stat/finish: Sylvan ca pak, 30 min fom Glenochy 17 Ree Flats h 30 min 2 h 30 min one way, 6.5 km Hais Fom Sylvan (#9) the maked tack taveses moaine though beech foest. Afte sevee stom damage the Rockbun Hut had to be emoved, but a neaby camp shelte, owned by Dat Rive Jet Safais, is available fo public use. Rive beaches and pools and a chasm ae close by. Climb though foest to the fagile Sugaloaf with geat views of the Rockbun and valleys. The descent to the is steep. Fom the ca pak at the shelte, coss a swing bidge to the well-fomed tack weaving though beech foest. Beyond Sugaloaf Steam, the tack follows the old bidle path, built in the 1870s, up to Bidal Veil Steam and a sidle above Goge. The thid swing bidge takes you back acoss the Route Bun to open gassed flats. At the maked junction, tun ight to Flats Hut (bookings equied late Octobe to late Apil), o left to continue towads the Eanslaw Bun Sylvan Loop 49 Mt McIntosh 40 minutes one way o 1 h 40 min etuning via the tamline loop Stat/finish: Sylvan ca pak, 30 minutes fom Glenochy (gavel oad) 15 Scott Ceek Follow the tack to Flats as above, continue left towads the. It is a steady climb though stunning beech foest cossing two swing bidges. A ecent slip allows excellent views of the valley below. Cae should be taken cossing this slip, especially afte heavy ain. The impessive ae situated on the edge of the bushline next to Hut (bookings equied late Octobe to late Apil). Hais on 9 Sylvan day-walk options 16 Glacie Bun 11 Natue Walk Time: 40 min 1 h etun This ecently upgaded, well-defined tack leads though old moaine ive teaces and vey tall ed beech/tawhaiaunui to petty Sylvan, home to bown tout and numeous small native fish. Retuning via the 1920s tamline loop, you can egeneating 8compae Kea Basin beech in this cutove aea to the untouched foest that you walk though on the way in. Fom the Shelte ca pak, coss the on the swing bidge and follow the main fo appoximately minutes. A maked tunoff on the left takes a winding path down fom the main tack onto the valley floo, whee you pass though beautiful ed beech/tawhaiaunui-dominated foest. Note: The tamline loop includes a ive cossing. Afte meandeing its way though this flat aea fo minutes, the tack ejoins the main at Sugaloaf Steam. Fom hee you can eithe cay on acoss the Sugaloaf swing 10 Sugaloaf Rockbun bidge up the, o tun back and follow the main tack back to the ca pak (20 30 minutes). 10 Sugaloaf Rockbun 2 h 30 min 4 h one way, 8.8 km 18 Wakatipu s Islands tussock basin beneath Mt Eanslaw/Pikiakatahi, with stunning views up the Rees Valley towads Rees. The zigzag tack 3stats Heathe Jock on the low teace noth of Lennox, whee the bush edge meets the teace. One hou up, Eanslaw Hut (basic) has 4 bunks; 15 minutes futhe on thee is a ock bivvy just above the bushline. Kea Basin adjoins the Mt Eanslaw/Pikiakatahi Tōpuni, which ecognises the histoic and cultual impotance of this mountain to Kāi Tahu. Take geat cae cossing the Rees Rive and its tibutaies, they become dangeously swift when high. Rive cossing expeience is 7essential. Eanslaw Bun

4 14 Hais 4 h 6 h 30 min one way, 12 km 17 Ree A sidle though moaine and above Hais leads to the high point of the tack at Hais /Taahaka Whakatipu (1255 m). Please keep to the tack as vegetation in this subalpine aea is vey fagile. Hais is located on the bounday between Mt Aspiing National Pak and Fiodland National Pak. A day shelte and toilet ae located hee. Tavelling clockwise, coss the bidge and follow the maked tack along Wakatipu to Elfin Bay, cossing Station land fo an hou. Fom hee, climb steeply though ed beech foest. The tack eases befoe eaching pictuesque Ree a popula touist destination in the 19th centuy. Walk though patches of mountain beech and gasslands, eventually joining the to etun to the ca pak. 1513Scott Ceek Bewae of steam cossings in heavy ain. TRACK CLASSIFICATION 3 4 hous one way Stat/finish: signposted nea Scott Ceek Bidge Glenochy Road, 20 minutes fom Glenochy (gavel oad) 16 Glacie Bun 2 hous one way, 1 h 30 min back down Stat/finish: signposted off the Glenochy Kinloch Road, 25 minutes fom Glenochy on a gavel oad Follow the ceek until the make indicates the cossing to the tue left, and stat climbing though beech foest. Thee ae old log hauling snig lines nea the stat of the tack. You will each Glacie Basin in two hous. Fom thee you can follow up the ceek to view the Humboldt Mountains, an aea with abundant bid life. Do not go above the bush line in winte and sping, it is avalanche pone. Shot Walk Easy walking fo up to an hou fo most 18 Wakatipu s Islands fitness levels on well-fomed tacks. Walking Walking fom a few minutes up to a day on mostly well-fomed tacks; shoe standad and suitable foand people withisland/wāwāhi low to modeatewaka fitness Pig Island/Mātau Pigeon aeand both abilities. accessible to the public by boat. On Pigeon Island/Wāwāhi Waka you ll find walking tacks of vaying difficulty, between 30 Easy Tamping Comfotable multi-day minutes and 2 hous long. Camping is pemitted, and thee is one tamping/hiking on geneally well fomed tacks. basic eight-bunk hut fo public use on the island, managed by the Somes sections may Council. be ough,contact muddy o steep. Queenstown Distict QLDC onmajo steam and ive cossings 0499 when planning to use the hut.ae bidged. Light tamping/ hiking boot standad; suitable fo people with limited Thanks to engaged community goups, Pigeon Island s vegetation backcounty expeience. is ecoveing fom devastating fies. The mild micoclimate allows podocaps to gow, as well as southenday ātā,okōwhai and a small Tamping Challenging multi-day patch oftamping ed beech. the islands ae tacks pedato onas mostly unfomed thatfee, maynative be bid life is thiving. In a joint poject between Kāi Tahu Papatipu Rūnaka ough and steep; boot standad. Suitable fo people i Aaiteuu, Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu and DOC, buff weka with modeate to high-level backcounty skills and wee e-established in Otago. They disappeaed fom the mainland in expeience, navigation and suvival skills equied. the 1920s because of pedatos and habitat loss. In 2002, 30 buff Steams and ives may not be bidged. weka wee tansfeed fom the Chathams to Stevensons Island (Peka Kaaa) on Wanaka. The poject was extended to Wakatipu with weka eleased on Pigeon/Wāwāhi Waka in 2006 and Pig/Mātau Island in Please potect the islands and buff weka: Walking and tamping aound Glenochy No dogs Light no fies Do not feed the weka Take you ubbish away with you Futhe Infomation Futhe Infomation This tack is iegulaly maked, steep, and in pats obscue and washed out. In some places, you must follow the ceek bed. Access can be gained to Kay Ceek, which leads to the Caples Valley. Please note that the Scott Ceek hut has been emoved. Wakatipu Cove phots: (top) Eanslaw bun, (middle) Ree, (bottom) Sylvan tack bidge. Follow the tack towads the as above. Fom hee, the tack climbs steadily to the outlet of the ive at Hais. Stop occasionally and look behind you fo geat views of the Valley. 4 6 hous, loop tack Stat/finish: ca pak, 1 hou fom Glenochy, on a gavel oad with fods All photos: DOC 12 Flats Fo futhe infomation please contact: Whakatipu-wai-Māoi/Queenstown Visito Cente 50 Stanley Steet Queenstown fax queenstownvc@doc.govt.nz Cove phots: (top) Eanslaw bun, (middle) Ree, (bottom) Sylvan tack bidge. All photos: DOC Published by: Depatment of Consevation Whakatipu-wai-Māoi/Queenstown Visito Cente PO Box 811, Queenstown 9300 New Zealand May 2016 Editing and design: Publishing Team, DOC National Office This publication is poduced using pape souced fom well-managed, enewable and legally logged foests.

5 Base map image supplied by Geogaphx (NZ) Ltd s Shot Walk Public Consevation Land Walking Road Tamping / Geat Walk Shelte Kea Basin Toilet DOC Huts 8 DOC Campsites Geat Walk Hut Geat Walk campsite Seviced Hut Standad campsite Eanslaw Mt Eanslaw / Pikiakatahi 2819m 2816m Standad Hut Dat Backcounty campsite Lennox 2231m 2499m Basic Hut Dat Road End Neeus Peak 1967m Kilometes Rees 2341m 1929m HU Mt Xenicus 1912m Always contact the neaest DOC Visito Cente fo the latest infomation on facilities and conditions, and ensue you ae pepaed fo the weathe conditions. Highe altitude tacks can be exposed and icy fom autumn though winte, and well into sping. Hais / Taahaka Whakatipu Ho Hais 14 ive Ocean Peak 1848m 13 Mackenzie 2120m Hollyfod McKenzie (50 Bunks) Reid Rees Valley m Ceek Temple Peak 2091m W ha ka tip 1951m m u Please espect pivate land Black Peak 1987m Respect the landowne s popety whee tacks coss pivate land. Stay on the tack, don t distub livestock and leave gates as you find them. Thank you. Howden (28 Bunks) The Divide Key Summit 919m Mt McIntosh Loop m Mt Bonpland 2348m Glacie Bun Howden 16 Bold Peak 2128m Jean Batten Peak 2012m es pl Heathe Jock (3 Bunks) LEGEND 470m 18 Wakatipu's Islands T A 823m 1679m e Ree 17 e en sto ne S Riv 1580m Ree Pig Is/ Mātau G IN Fishing visit Fish & Game NZ at game.og.nz 2103m Capak Steele Ceek N Histoic site Home Hill 1608m U View point Mt Lakins 2265m Bonnie Jean, Jean and Booze Huts (day use only) Pigeon Is/ Wāwāhi Waka 1864m 1658m Mountain biking Mt Alaska 1958m O Hose iding Mid Caples (24 Bunks) M Dogs on leash 3 Heathe Jock Caples 2103m Bidwatching 2 Mt Judah 1416m Mt Judah Wakatipu ve Ri To Te Anau McIntyes (5 Bunks) B u n Kinloch Whakaai Capak A A I L S McKella (24 Bunks) k le Ca McKella ake unn Buc Glenochy McKella McIntosh 700m m Mt McIntosh 1695m 1177m Glenochy Walkway Kinloch Fegus Bedans fo goldmining on Invincible Mine tack es Mt Alfed / Ai 1386m a Aw The map in the bochue should not be used fo navigational puposes. We stongly ecommend puchasing topogaphical maps fom the DOC Visito Cente: NZ Topo50 CA10, CB09, CB10. Scott Ceek Re Te Maps ae guides only 2079m Rive / Emily Peak 1820m Sylvan S IN TA UN MO (48 Bunks) R d Follow the Outdoo Safety Code: Plan you tip Tell someone Be awae of the weathe Know you limits Take sufficient supplies Natue Walk Flats Invincible Gold Mine 6 Paadise 11 Dat o llyf Remembe you safety is you esponsibility. Choose a tack that suits you level of fitness and expeience. n Bu 12 Hais Sylvan 9 Sylvan Shelte te Rou Flats (20 Bunks) dy C e ek Eanslaw 7 Bun 1792m Suga Loaf 1320m T GENERAL INFORMATION Mu d Sugaloaf Wilson Muddy Ceek Capak Ri ve Mt Eebus 1990m m OLD nea Flats Hut MB Noth Banch Sugaloaf/ Rockbun To Queenstown (20 Bunks) DOC CAMPSITES Thee ae two designated Consevation campsites in the Glenochy aea. Sylvan campsite is within Mount Aspiing National Pak, 30 minutes dive fom Glenochy. The Kinloch campsite is located on the nothen shoe of Wakatipu, also 30 minutes fom Glenochy. GREAT WALK CAMPSITES usually equie bookings: see geatwalksbookings@doc.govt.nz o visit a DOC Visito Cente. Facilities include toilets, hand-washing sinks and a wate supply. Moe about Geat Walk campsites can be found in Geat Walk bochues. CHECK, CLEAN, DRY Stop the spead of didymo and othe feshwate pests. Remembe to Check, Clean, Dy all items befoe enteing, and when moving between, wateways. STANDARD CAMPSITES wok on a fist in, fist seved basis and fees ae paid via the selfegistation system. Facilities ae moe limited: toilets (usually composting o pit vaiety), wate Jean Hut supply (tap, steam, o lake) and vehicle o boat access. Wood BBQs and fieplaces, picnic tables and a cooking shelte may be povided. BACKCOUNTRY CAMPSITES also wok on a fist in, fist seved basis and have toilets and a wate supply, which may be fom a steam. Some have picnic tables, cooking sheltes o fieplaces. FIND OUT MORE DOC s website doc.govt.nz povides extensive infomation about whee you can go, what you can do and whee you can stay in New Zealand s outdoos.