Tramping tracks in Canterbury

298 tracks in the Canterbury region. Open a track for its elevation profile, GPX download and route map.

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TrackDistanceElevation gainHighest pointDays
3 Passes Classic (planned)53.6 km2,217 m1,745 m3–4 days
Acheron tributary circuit15.1 km918 m1,654 m–
Ahuriri to Temple Stream14.3 km1,100 m1,927 m–
Aicken - Blimit circuit11.5 km1,560 m1,930 m–
Alma Stream24.5 km1,422 m2,501 m2 days
Amber Col - Sudden Valley14.5 km583 m1,904 m–
Amber Col route18.2 km1,425 m1,883 m–
Avalanche - Bealey traverse10.9 km1,636 m1,856 m–
Avalanche - Rome Ridge8.9 km1,315 m1,829 m–
Avalanche Peak7.8 km1,059 m1,802 m1 day
Baldy - Manson13.7 km1,687 m1,861 m–
Ball Pass Route38.8 km2,390 m2,131 m2 days
Barnett Park walk (Port Hills)12.7 km709 m417 m–
Bealey River track3.2 km843 m1,658 m–
Bealey Spur shortcut track1.2 km0 m997 m–
Ben More Circuit15.3 km1,219 m1,674 m–
Ben More Hut circuit15.7 km1,142 m1,620 m–
Ben More Surprise circuit6.8 km821 m1,473 m–
Big Ben - Macfarlane Strm circuit15.5 km1,451 m1,655 m–
Big tops trip circuit21.5 km2,338 m1,682 m3 days
Bivvy Track (Port Hills)0.7 km0 m413 m–
Black Hill route8.7 km1,162 m2,073 m–
Black Hill via Turtons11.5 km92 m2,077 m–
Black Range tarns route16.4 km2,005 m1,866 m2 days
Black Range tops17.4 km2,110 m1,912 m–
Brabazon Saddle28.0 km1,535 m1,715 m3 days
Browning Pass, Julia Creek, Julia Hut route9.4 km443 m1,801 m–
Bush paper road (Port Hills)1.4 km17 m203 m–
Bush Road Track (Port Hills)1.0 km236 m443 m–
Canyon Creek9.6 km113 m1,308 m–
Casey Hut Track38.7 km1,419 m1,096 m2 days
Cass Ridge Track (Port Hills)0.9 km0 m488 m–
Cass Ridge Track alternative (Port Hills)0.4 km0 m302 m–
Castle Hill circuit16.0 km1,596 m1,995 m–
Castle Hill circuit via Foggy16.0 km1,596 m1,995 m–
Castle Hill traverse11.5 km1,479 m2,004 m–
Castle Hill traverse (2020)11.7 km1,452 m2,003 m–
Cloudsley Enys circuit18.1 km1,859 m2,193 m–
Cloudy Hill circuit8.0 km1,076 m1,484 m–
Crystal Basin Circuit9.2 km1,336 m2,026 m–
Dales Circuit (Port Hills)11.1 km737 m424 m–
Dome route6.9 km1,446 m1,940 m–
Dry Acheron circuit12.1 km1,154 m1,540 m–
Duke Street (Port Hills)0.2 km6 m324 m–
Dumbell Lake - Mt Sutton route14.6 km354 m1,996 m2 days
Ellas Track (Port Hills)1.5 km70 m454 m–
Enys direct descent route7.5 km425 m2,188 m–
Falkners Track (Port Hills)2.3 km397 m452 m–
Falkners Track alternative (Port Hills)0.9 km6 m144 m–
Faust circuit18.4 km1,330 m1,719 m2 days
Foweraker track1.6 km0 m1,150 m–
Gerkin loop walk (Port Hills)15.2 km734 m481 m–
Gibraltar Rock Track (Port Hills)0.5 km17 m487 m–
Goat Hill circuit7.1 km388 m1,651 m–
Goat Hill crossover10.5 km1,249 m1,656 m–
Godley Peak Circuit14.4 km1,676 m2,084 m–
Harbour view walk (Port Hills)2.8 km232 m73 m–
Harry Ell Track (Port Hills)2.9 km6 m351 m–
Jordan Saddle, Avoca, Sphinx Saddle, Anti Crow circuit22.1 km1,028 m1,546 m2 days
Kanuka Track (Port Hills)0.4 km5 m241 m–
Kennedys Bush Track (Port Hills)4.9 km340 m426 m–
Kirks link track (Port Hills)1.1 km139 m283 m–
Kirks Track (Port Hills)3.4 km209 m485 m–
Lake Mavis29.2 km1,479 m1,605 m2 days
Lake Mavis - Edwards route17.0 km465 m1,885 m–
Lake Mavis route11.4 km1,081 m1,594 m–
Lake Mavis via Williams Saddle14.8 km591 m1,822 m–
Lake Sally route1.8 km159 m1,713 m–
Long Valley Stream circuit16.4 km1,141 m1,899 m–
Lookout Peak - Roche Pass circuit10.8 km1,037 m1,660 m–
Mackenzies Peak route12.5 km32 m2,192 m–
McLeod Stream16.7 km1,410 m1,876 m–
Mid Hill, Bruce Saddle, Bealey Spur traverse29.6 km2,272 m1,912 m2 days
Minchin - Worsley pass (planned)58.5 km2,764 m1,406 m3–4 days
Mt Armstrong route5.4 km899 m2,100 m–
Mt Barron circuit8.0 km1,394 m1,723 m–
Mt Bealey route5.1 km1,272 m1,839 m–
Mt Binser traverse16.1 km1,683 m1,871 m–
Mt Bruce Broad Stream circuit12.2 km1,026 m1,639 m–
Mt Bruce circuit8.1 km1,060 m1,644 m–
Mt Foweraker circuit15.3 km1,315 m1,803 m–
Mt Guinevere route3.1 km1,075 m2,036 m–
Mt Heim circuit8.2 km1,046 m2,196 m–
Mt Longfellow from Evangeline6.1 km1,380 m1,895 m–
Mt Longfellow via Gabriel8.3 km709 m1,879 m–
Mt Lyndon circuit10.3 km777 m1,495 m–
Mt Manson Circuit12.8 km1,421 m1,855 m–
Mt Misery circuit12.1 km1,211 m1,762 m–
Mt Oakden8.1 km1,181 m1,642 m–
Mt Oates route1.1 km455 m2,047 m–
Mt Peel Track9.3 km982 m1,286 m1 day
Mt Philistine8.7 km1,088 m1,935 m1 day
Mt Philistine route4.2 km10 m1,959 m–
Mt Pleasant circuit (Port Hills)10.6 km548 m526 m–
Mt Plenty circuit10.7 km1,170 m1,841 m–
Mt Potts circuit13.1 km1,657 m2,189 m–
Mt Rolleston route5.7 km1,439 m2,285 m–
Mt Scott and Mt Wilson route5.9 km1,243 m2,043 m–
Mt Somers Circuit24.7 km1,891 m1,179 m2 days
Mt Stuart circuit11.7 km1,484 m1,901 m–
Mt Stuart from Barrack Creek4.0 km66 m1,901 m–
Mt Stuart route2.4 km66 m1,901 m–
Mt Thomas Forst24.0 km1,915 m1,073 m1 day
Mt Torlesse direct3.6 km38 m1,992 m–
Mt Valiant, East Hawdon route13.9 km1,246 m1,838 m–
Mt Wakefield12.1 km1,534 m2,047 m–
Mt White route17.2 km1,389 m1,747 m5 days
New Stan Helms Track (Port Hills)1.2 km221 m336 m–
Ngaio Track (Port Hills)0.7 km117 m278 m–
Nina Tops circuit21.7 km2,357 m1,868 m3 days
Norma circuit15.5 km1,223 m1,733 m–
Northern Boundary Track (Port Hills)0.3 km0 m419 m–
O'Farrells Track (Port Hills)3.2 km126 m262 m–
Olympus - Enys traverse4.4 km1,081 m2,086 m–
Orongomai Trail (Port Hills)2.5 km201 m443 m–
Otarama from Avoca10.6 km1,800 m1,956 m–
Otehake - Tarn Col - Amber Col8.8 km962 m1,644 m–
Oxford Ashley circuit15.8 km1,185 m1,369 m–
Paradise Creek Route2.5 km111 m1,147 m–
Peveril Peak route6.2 km1,324 m1,765 m–
Pfeifer Biv route9.5 km698 m1,692 m–
Pfeifer Biv scree route13.0 km218 m1,344 m–
Poulter - Hawdon via Trudge Col10.3 km1,130 m1,774 m–
Purple Hill circuit8.1 km1,191 m1,685 m–
Pyramid circuit11.6 km1,186 m1,617 m–
Pyramid Gully route1.7 km0 m1,561 m–
Pyramid traverse12.7 km1,241 m1,625 m–
Red Hill circuit via Coleridge Pass13.2 km1,231 m1,638 m–
Red Peak north route6.7 km1,302 m1,853 m–
Red Peak Traverse17.5 km1,722 m2,004 m–
Rhodes Track (Port Hills)2.6 km34 m473 m–
Rome Ridge to Mt Bealey16.8 km1,751 m1,819 m1 day
Smooth Peak route7.9 km772 m1,798 m–
Snowy Gorge Creek12.9 km69 m1,123 m–
South Boundary Track (Port Hills)1.1 km90 m336 m–
Sudden Valley - Hawdon route11.0 km723 m1,577 m–
Sudden Valley tops7.4 km1,317 m1,795 m–
Summit Road short cut (Port Hills)0.2 km58 m285 m–
Sylvia Tops23.2 km1,381 m1,601 m2 days
Sylvia Tops route7.4 km700 m1,663 m–
Temple Stream to Watson Stream12.4 km1,203 m1,922 m–
The Dome route10.6 km1,207 m1,954 m–
The Gap circuit18.0 km1,531 m1,995 m–
Thompson Pass - Moss Pass - Waiau Pass76.7 km4,138 m1,868 m4 days
Titoki Track (Port Hills)1.1 km30 m333 m–
Torlesse - Castle Hill Peak traverse19.5 km2,302 m2,001 m–
Totara Log Track (Port Hills)1.3 km5 m454 m–
Townsend Hut - Koropuku Hut6.3 km649 m1,676 m–
Trent tops route10.7 km1,507 m1,598 m–
Unnamed track (Port Hills)0.3 km5 m227 m–
Wai-iti Track (Port Hills)0.7 km63 m238 m–
Waimakariri Falls Hut, Waimakariri Col, Rolleston River route11.0 km537 m1,788 m–
Waimakariri River, Harman Pass, Ariels Tarns, Whitehorn Pass, Browning Pass route28.5 km1,745 m1,749 m2 days
Walk to the Gondola (Port Hills)13.4 km692 m505 m–
Walker Pass - Trudge Col traverse6.7 km1,264 m1,817 m–
Watlings Track (Port Hills)0.3 km0 m424 m–
Watson Stream to Snowy Gorge15.0 km835 m1,813 m–
West Harper route12.8 km1,079 m1,634 m–
Woolshed Hill circuit11.5 km1,582 m1,453 m–

DOC tracks

Great Walks, tramping tracks and routes from the Department of Conservation, with distance and elevation worked out by TrailTreks, nearby huts and a GPX download.

TrackDistanceElevation gainHighest pointTime (DOC)
Ahuriri Valley Track16.5 km206 m958 m6 hr one way
Allans Track2.2 km227 m609 m2 hr
Avalanche Peak - Crow River Route11.8 km1,371 m1,812 m2 days
Avalanche Peak Route5.7 km1,041 m1,812 mVarious options, 3-4 hr to summit
Avoca Valley Track24.6 km404 m1,022 m8 hr
Baikie Hut Track4.1 km110 m755 m3 hr one way
Baldy Knob Route11.5 km567 m1,625 m3-4 hours (Otamatapaio Scenic Reserve to Oteake Co
Ball Hut Track8.6 km329 m1,040 m3-4 hr one way
Berwen Track5.4 km214 m939 m1 hr 30 min to 2 hr
Birch Creek access route2.3 km84 m827 m1 hr one way
Black Hill Hut tracks9.2 km880 m1,198 m2 days
Bob’s Camp Bivouac Route4.5 km355 m1,042 m5 hr one way
Braemar Road to Landslip Creek15.9 km717 m1,490 m3 hr one way
Bridge Hill Track0.7 km66 m1,045 m15 min one way
Buicks Bridge to Potts Bridge Track21.3 km384 m882 m7 hr
Bush Stream and Camp Stream tracks61.0 km2,595 m1,933 m2-3 days
Bypass Track2.8 km460 m837 m1-2 hr
Camp Saddle Track2.4 km445 m1,495 m1 - 2 hr
Camp Stream Hut Track15.2 km911 m1,933 m3 - 4 hr
Canyon Creek Track4.2 km245 m975 m3 hr 50 min one way
Carrington Hut Route15.3 km309 m806 m4-6 hr to Carrington Hut one way
Casey Saddle - Binser Saddle Route42.6 km1,409 m1,098 m2 days
Cass-Lagoon Saddle Track32.3 km1,344 m1,342 m2 - 3 days
Chatterton River Track4.6 km405 m865 m2 hr 30 min return via same track
Coach Stream Route4.2 km493 m1,141 m2–3 hr down, 2–4 hr up
Coal Pit Spur Track4.1 km225 m837 m1 hr 15 min
Cockayne Alley Track3.2 km433 m1,312 m2 hr
Craigieburn Edge Track4.4 km424 m1,292 m1 hr 15 min
Craigieburn Sidle 73 Track1.0 km0 m831 m20 min
Cuckoo Creek Track1.5 km282 m1,138 m1 hr
Deep Stream Track1.2 km28 m301 m1 hr one way
Devilskin Saddle Route9.0 km678 m1,243 m6 hr
Dog Gully Route5.4 km460 m1,084 m2 hr
Double Hill access tracks2.9 km233 m793 m–
Doubtful Valley Track17.1 km511 m1,003 m5 hr 30 min
Dracophyllum Flat Track5.8 km217 m949 m–
Dromedary Hill Track4.7 km132 m771 m6 - 8 hr
Dry Acheron Track7.8 km275 m679 m–
Dusky Trail23.1 km430 m842 m7-8 hr
East Ahuriri Track20.4 km758 m1,442 m1 - 2 days
Edwards - Hawdon Route29.9 km1,113 m1,381 m2-3 days
Edwards - Otehake Route27.3 km1,531 m1,269 m2 - 3 days
Ellangowan Scenic Reserve Track2.1 km151 m720 m40 min return
Ewe Range Track6.4 km756 m1,430 m3 hr
Flanagan Pass Trail11.5 km500 m1,235 m6 hr
Fowlers Pass Track15.4 km540 m1,294 m5 hr 30 min
Godley River Route23.6 km213 m945 m8 hr | 11 hr
Greta Track15.6 km928 m1,397 m6 to 7 hrs loop
Harper Pass Route60.7 km1,119 m970 m4-5 days
Harper Pass Track20.6 km572 m970 m7 hr 30 min
Hawdon Hut Track9.4 km189 m762 m6-8 hr
Helicopter Hill Track0.5 km113 m1,247 m15 - 30 min one way
Hideaway Hut Route2.0 km7 m741 m2 hr one way
Hogs Back Track (Easy Up Track and Descent Track)10.4 km341 m1,050 m2 hr 30 min
Hook Bush Route2.1 km271 m500 m1 hr one way
Hope Kiwi Track16.9 km345 m667 m18 hr 30 min
Hope Pass Track17.4 km403 m960 m7 hr
Hopkins valley tracks29.7 km817 m1,028 m7 - 11 hr 30 min hr one way
Hut Creek Track1.1 km120 m985 m30 min one way
Huxley valley tracks17.9 km835 m1,000 mUp to 9 hr one way
Jollie Brook Circuit37.9 km804 m781 m18 hr 30 min
Jollies Pass Track to Mt Isobel2.7 km507 m1,314 m4-5hr return
Kaituna Valley Packhorse Hut Track3.7 km418 m457 m1 hr 20 min
Lake Emily to Glenrock Stream (Rakaia Valley) Track41.0 km1,597 m1,484 m14 hr 30 min
Lake Heron tracks7.2 km258 m900 m10 min | 45 min | 1 hr | 3 hr one way
Lake Man Route8.1 km690 m1,356 m6 hr 30 min
Leith Hill Loop Track4.2 km306 m1,030 m2 hr
Little Mt Peel/Huatekerekere tracks8.3 km939 m1,290 m4–7 hr return
Lucretia Hut Route5.7 km364 m917 m4 hr
Macaulay Hut Track18.3 km262 m1,010 m5 hr one way
Mackenzie Stream Route8.0 km181 m764 m5 hr
Manuka Hut Track12.0 km296 m857 m1 hr 30 min one way
Maryburn Stream Track6.8 km45 m524 m2 hr
Melina Ridge Track35.8 km1,407 m1,546 m8 - 10 hr
Minchin Pass Route42.0 km1,105 m1,104 m3 - 4 days
Mingha - Deception Route23.8 km826 m1,080 m2 - 3 days
Mistletoe Track2.1 km335 m1,134 m1 hr 30 min
Mount Barrosa Track3.3 km833 m1,361 m2 hr 30 min one way
Mount Bealey Track1.4 km614 m1,364 m2-4 hours return to the bushline
Mount Herbert Walkway/Te Ahu Pātiki6.5 km785 m903 m6 – 8 hr return
Mount Somers summit hike5.1 km1,229 m1,671 m3 hr 30 min one way
Mount Somers Track16.1 km1,024 m1,179 m2 days
Mt Alford Track4.3 km708 m1,166 m3 hr
Mt Isobel Track3.7 km783 m1,309 m6 hr return
Mt Nimrod Track2.9 km384 m643 m2 - 3 hrs
Mt Oxford Track4.9 km969 m1,356 m4 hr
Mt Potts Easement Track to Mt Potts Conservation Area boundary1.5 km214 m802 m30 min one way
Mutton Creek Track5.5 km428 m1,161 m3 hr
Mystery Lake Track11.4 km422 m1,118 m4 hr
Nīkau Palm Gully Scenic Reserve walk5.1 km284 m210 m5–6 hr return
Nina Valley Track13.1 km310 m814 m5 hr
North Temple Track4.9 km358 m954 m5 - 6 hr
Otamatakou Track5.5 km220 m587 m1hr 30 min – 2 hr
Otamatapaio River easement10.5 km397 m958 m3 hr
Otira Valley Track1.6 km110 m1,004 m1 hr one way
Pavilion Peak Track32.0 km1,657 m1,625 m8 - 10 hr
Peak Hill Route3.0 km632 m1,225 m3 hr return
Pinchgut Track5.7 km267 m408 m3 hr one way
Potts Hut Track14.5 km826 m1,540 m9 hr
Pudding Hill Stream Route7.7 km608 m1,081 m3 hrs one way
Pyramid Track7.2 km247 m751 m2 hr each way
Red Beech Track6.4 km819 m923 m3-4 hr one way
Rhoboro Track9.8 km201 m726 m–
Richardson Track3.2 km659 m1,045 m3 hr
Richmond Trail15.9 km451 m1,193 m4 - 5 hr
Ridge Track7.0 km853 m1,030 m3 hr 30 min to summit
Saddle Hill Summit Track1.5 km178 m817 m90 mins
Saddle Ridge Track10.5 km397 m958 m3 hr
Sawyers and Parsons Creek to Freehold Creek Track2.9 km125 m654 m8 hrs one way
Scotts Saddle Track4.3 km615 m1,141 m2 hr
South Face Track11.9 km914 m1,085 m7 hr
South Temple Track7.0 km240 m828 m6 - 8 hr
Spur Track2.5 km363 m830 m3 hr return via same track
St James Walkway63.0 km1,279 m1,140 m5 days
Stanley River Route16.1 km468 m986 m6 hr
Stour Track14.2 km203 m701 m5 hr one way
Summit Track3.1 km692 m1,015 m2 hr to summit
Tarn Hut tracks22.7 km1,091 m1,403 m2 days
Tasman River tracks11.7 km91 m641 m2 or 3 hr one way
Te Ara Pātaka/Summit Walkway27.7 km1,481 m909 m2-3 days
Te Kiekie Route2.4 km510 m1,687 m2 hr
Temple Basin Track2.1 km487 m1,377 m1 hr 30 min one way
Temple Viewpoint Track1.7 km111 m713 m1 hr
Tenahaun Conservation Area tramping tracks13.5 km215 m635 m–
The Luge Track3.0 km249 m1,134 m1 hr 45 min
Thomas River Track1.4 km65 m785 m30 min
Three Mile Stream Track and Route22.9 km882 m918 m–
Three Passes Route45.2 km2,286 m1,746 m4 - 5 days
Track to Woolshed Creek Hut4.9 km387 m929 m3 hr
Trig M Route3.1 km388 m1,230 m2-3 hr
Tui Track11.2 km105 m587 m3 hr
Tutakakahikura Scenic Reserve Track1.3 km137 m449 m1 hr return
View Hill to Mt Oxford Track5.7 km859 m1,342 m4 hr
Wairepo Kettleholes Track2.7 km0 m621 m1 hr one way
Water Intake Track0.8 km0 m824 m10 min
Wether Range tracks10.4 km211 m1,455 m1.5-2 hr one way
Wharfedale/Townshend Track14.2 km560 m760 m1–2 days
Woolshed Hill Track2.1 km627 m1,196 m–
Youngman Stream Track13.2 km356 m742 m4-5 hr one way

Source: Department of Conservation, used under CC BY 4.0.

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