New Zealand 2009

Steve’s Tramping Adventures

 

The objective in January was to complete a number of overnight tramping trips so my desire for long hikes was “out of my system” by the time Patty arrived in February.  A total of six tracks were chosen which add up to 163 miles (263 km) of tramping, not including the optional side trips.  I kept a journal each day during January, the journal entries appear in italics on each page.

 

Milford Track & Milford Sound

Kepler Track

Rakiura Track & Stewart Island

Routeburn & Caples Tracks

Rees-Dart Track

Aoraki/Mount Cook

 

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Above is a map of the south part of the south island showing bus routes I took in purple.  The area in the black box is blown up in the map to the right, which shows boat routes and tracks in addition to the bus routes.  I stayed in this area from January 5 when I arrived in Queenstown until I left this map on January 30 on my way to Mt. Cook.

 

 

The table below shows the distance breakdown of each track.

 

track

from

to

km

miles

Milford Track

Glade Wharf

Clinton Hut

5.0

3.1

Clinton Hut

Mintaro Hut

16.5

10.3

Mintaro Hut

Dumpling Hut

14.0

8.7

Dumpling Hut

Sandfly Point

18.0

11.2

Total

53.5

33.3

Kepler Track

Control Gates

Luxmore Hut

13.8

8.6

Luxmore Hut

Iris Burn Hut

14.6

9.1

Iris Burn Hut

Moturau Hut

16.2

10.1

Moturau Hut

Control Gates

15.5

9.6

Total

60.1

37.4

Rakiura Track

Oban

Port William Hut

12.0

7.5

Port William Hut

North Arm Hut

12.0

7.5

North Arm Hut

Oban

12.0

7.5

Total

36.0

22.4

Routeburn/Caples Tracks

Routeburn Shelter

Routeburn Falls Hut

8.8

5.5

Routeburn Falls Hut

Lake Mackenzie Hut

11.3

7.0

Lake Mackenzie Hut

Howden Hut

9.0

5.6

Howden Hut

Upper Caples Hut

12.0

7.5

Upper Caples Hut

Greenstone Car Park

15.0

9.3

Total

56.1

34.9

Rees-Dart Track

Muddy Creek

Shelter Rock Hut

16.5

10.3

Shelter Rock Hut

Dart Hut

9.0

5.6

Dart Hut

Daleys Flat Hut

15.5

9.6

Daleys Flat Hut

Chinamans Flat

16.0

9.9

Total

57.0

35.4

 

 

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