Tramping tracks in West Coast
109 tracks in the West Coast region. Open a track for its elevation profile, GPX download and route map.
On the TrailTreks map
| Track | Distance | Elevation gain | Highest point | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Passes Loop (planned) | 76.9 km | 3,966 m | 1,745 m | 4–5 days |
| Adams Col - McCoy Hut | 14.1 km | 308 m | 2,127 m | – |
| Baker Peak route | 0.8 km | 0 m | 2,259 m | – |
| Butler Saddle route | 30.0 km | 1,168 m | 1,961 m | 3 days |
| Campbell Pass, Bijleveld Col, Hunts Creek | 11.0 km | 985 m | 1,640 m | – |
| Campbells Creek route | 5.3 km | 621 m | 1,420 m | – |
| Carrington Peak Route | 19.7 km | 58 m | 2,021 m | – |
| Clarence - E Sabine - Waiau circuit | 42.3 km | 3,345 m | 2,112 m | 4 days |
| Clyde River | 18.2 km | 29 m | 906 m | – |
| Direct Dunns Creek | 3.5 km | 397 m | 693 m | – |
| East Matakitaki - Waiau route | 10.5 km | 946 m | 1,814 m | – |
| Franz Josef | 15.7 km | 1,191 m | 1,290 m | 2 days |
| Gloriana - Three Tarns | 13.8 km | 1,726 m | 2,216 m | 3 days |
| Griffin Hut to Harringtons | 5.9 km | 410 m | 958 m | – |
| Griffin Range - Wainihinihi | 6.5 km | 770 m | 1,523 m | – |
| Hunts Creek, Waimakariri Col route | 3.1 km | 847 m | 1,967 m | – |
| Ivory Lake route | 27.6 km | 3,721 m | 2,128 m | 4 days |
| Julia Hut - Campbell Pass | 3.7 km | 1,004 m | 1,551 m | – |
| Julia Hut, Harman Pass route | 5.3 km | 677 m | 1,321 m | – |
| Jumble Top traverse | 8.0 km | 1,095 m | 1,588 m | 2 days |
| Lake Christabel | 57.1 km | 2,443 m | 1,427 m | 3 days |
| Lake Morgan route | 8.9 km | 1,434 m | 1,467 m | – |
| Lambert Col - Adams Col route | 10.2 km | 783 m | 2,154 m | – |
| Lambert Col route | 6.7 km | 940 m | 1,971 m | – |
| Meins Knob track | 3.5 km | 452 m | 1,288 m | 4 days |
| Meins Track | 3.6 km | 431 m | 1,288 m | – |
| Mid Taipo, Dry Creek, Hunts Creek | 9.7 km | 1,205 m | 1,508 m | – |
| Mt Alexander route | 3.3 km | 707 m | 1,974 m | 2 days |
| Mt Newton from Newton Biv | 5.9 km | 192 m | 1,702 m | – |
| Mt O'Shanessy to Haupiri | 6.2 km | 156 m | 1,459 m | – |
| Mt Paske circuit | 8.0 km | 1,267 m | 2,214 m | – |
| Mt Warner | 14.0 km | 1,531 m | 2,240 m | – |
| Observation Col | 8.9 km | 835 m | 1,807 m | – |
| Olderog via Big Wainihinihi | 12.4 km | 456 m | 1,445 m | – |
| Paske Hut via Paske Saddle | 12.6 km | 694 m | 1,817 m | – |
| Paske Hut via Turk Ridge | 14.1 km | 1,286 m | 1,923 m | – |
| Red Deer Col | 8.6 km | 841 m | 1,575 m | – |
| Rocky Creek to Griffin Hut | 13.0 km | 975 m | 911 m | – |
| Tara Tama direct route | 2.5 km | 0 m | 1,853 m | – |
| Tara Tama range | 8.4 km | 421 m | 1,492 m | – |
| Top Oldreg via Big Wainihinihi | 12.4 km | 456 m | 1,445 m | – |
| Trovatore circuit | 15.6 km | 1,462 m | 1,739 m | – |
| Turpentine circuit | 23.3 km | 1,962 m | 1,506 m | 2 days |
| Waiau - Moss - David - Enid Pass circuit | 57.6 km | 4,261 m | 1,866 m | 5 days |
| Wainihinihi, Tara Tama, Dunns Creek | 10.8 km | 1,309 m | 1,855 m | – |
| Yeats Ridge to Zit Saddle | 4.1 km | 757 m | 1,675 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.
| Track | Distance | Elevation gain | Highest point | Time (DOC) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Knob Track | 7.6 km | 1,103 m | 1,295 m | 8 hr |
| Arahura and Styx valleys tracks | 42.0 km | 1,072 m | 879 m | 2–4 days |
| Ballroom Overhang Track | 1.0 km | 15 m | 87 m | 4 hr return |
| Big River – Golden Lead Battery | 20.3 km | 936 m | 802 m | 3-4 hr |
| Brian O’Lyn Route | 2.4 km | 810 m | 1,067 m | 8 hr one way |
| Bridle Track | 4.6 km | 571 m | 571 m | 5 hr 30 min return |
| Buckland Peaks Track | 4.5 km | 942 m | 1,147 m | 5-11 hrs |
| Camp Creek Route | 6.0 km | 1,620 m | 1,790 m | 3 hr to hut | 8–10 hr to Mt Alexander summit |
| Carroll Hut Track | 2.5 km | 760 m | 1,120 m | 6 hr |
| Cons Track | 0.9 km | 476 m | 1,238 m | 2-4 hr return to the bushline |
| Copland Track to Welcome Flat Hut | 15.6 km | 563 m | 480 m | 7 hr one way |
| Croesus Track | 17.6 km | 1,445 m | 1,192 m | 1–2 days one way |
| Crooked Route | 13.9 km | 1,155 m | 1,114 m | 6 hr to Jacko Flat Hut | 8 hr to Top Crooked Hut o |
| Duffy Creek Route | 1.9 km | 289 m | 799 m | 3 hr return |
| Elizabeth Hut Route | 9.7 km | 784 m | 1,080 m | 6 hr |
| Gillespies Beach walking tracks | 5.2 km | 61 m | 69 m | Various: 5 min - 3 hr 30 min return |
| Goldsborough (Shamrock) Track | 6.6 km | 274 m | 305 m | 4 hr one way |
| Harman Pass Route | 43.5 km | 1,452 m | 1,312 m | 3 - 4 days |
| Historic Haast to Paringa Cattle Track | 33.2 km | 1,125 m | 709 m | 3 days |
| Inland Pack Track | 21.4 km | 459 m | 200 m | 2-3 days |
| Kaniere Water Race Walkway | 9.3 km | 164 m | 160 m | 4 hr |
| Karangarua and Douglas valleys routes | 34.6 km | 1,731 m | 1,500 m | 2 days + |
| Klondyke Spur Track | 1.7 km | 576 m | 1,257 m | 2 hr 30 min to bushline |
| Klondyke Valley Track | 3.7 km | 428 m | 1,112 m | 2 hr |
| Lake Christabel tracks | 54.6 km | 2,051 m | 1,445 m | 2-3 days |
| Lake Daniell Track | 8.0 km | 162 m | 586 m | 3 hr one way |
| Lake Kaurapataka Route | 4.9 km | 157 m | 429 m | 6-7 hr over 1-2 days |
| Lake Stream Route | 6.7 km | 439 m | 1,042 m | 3 hr 30 min one way |
| Larrys Creek Track | 2.8 km | 28 m | 211 m | 45 min |
| Lewis Tops Track | 2.6 km | 692 m | 1,561 m | 1 hr 30 mins one way |
| Māori Saddle Route | 1.9 km | 603 m | 1,245 m | 9 hrs one way from SH6 |
| Mica Mine Tops Route | 7.6 km | 895 m | 1,262 m | 8 hr from SH6 |
| Mikonui Catchment - Dickie Ridge/Upper Tuke River Route | 13.7 km | 1,531 m | 1,321 m | 2-3 days |
| Moeraki Valley Track | 14.0 km | 333 m | 384 m | 2+ days |
| Moonlight Pack Track | 8.4 km | 890 m | 1,013 m | 2 - 3 hr one way |
| Mount Adams Route | 6.1 km | 1,180 m | 1,253 m | 2 days |
| Mount Aicken Track | 1.2 km | 539 m | 1,363 m | 2-4 hr return to the bushline |
| Mount Fox Route | 3.4 km | 1,165 m | 1,335 m | 8 hr |
| Mount French Track | 3.0 km | 727 m | 926 m | 8 hr return |
| Mount Haast Route | 2.0 km | 765 m | 1,414 m | 6 hr return |
| Mount Te Kinga Track/Ara O Te Kinga | 5.3 km | 1,084 m | 1,183 m | 3 hr return | 8 hr return |
| Mount Tuhua Track | 3.5 km | 1,006 m | 1,114 m | 7 hr |
| Mt Bovis Route | 8.0 km | 1,164 m | 1,242 m | 8-10 hr |
| Paparoa Track | 51.3 km | 1,887 m | 1,144 m | 3 days one way |
| Paparoa Track: Pororari Hut Track | 15.2 km | 606 m | 533 m | 4-5 hr one way |
| Pororari River - Bullock Creek Road Track | 9.3 km | 133 m | 124 m | 5–6 hr |
| Reefton - Big River 4WD road | 20.3 km | 936 m | 802 m | 3–4 hr driving / 7–8 hr walking one way |
| Roberts Point Track | 3.7 km | 445 m | 607 m | 5 hr 20 min return |
| Smoothwater Bay Track | 4.0 km | 54 m | 80 m | 3 - 4 hr |
| Stafford Bay Route | 16.6 km | 384 m | 254 m | 4 hr one way |
| Taipo River Track to Harman Pass | 28.2 km | 1,272 m | 1,312 m | 2 days |
| The Old Ghost Road | 75.4 km | 2,862 m | 1,330 m | 4 - 5 days |
| Tiropahi Track | 5.5 km | 18 m | 178 m | 3 hrs |
| Toaroha, Hokitika, Lower Whitcombe Track | 43.6 km | 2,325 m | 1,313 m | 4 - 5 days |
| Toaroha/Zit Saddle/Kokatahi/Lathrop Saddle/Styx River Route | 36.6 km | 3,465 m | 1,774 m | 3-4 days |
| Upper Copland Valley Track | 23.0 km | 893 m | 742 m | 3 days + |
| Waiau Pass Route (Blue Lake Route to Lewis Pass) | 64.9 km | 1,711 m | 1,867 m | 8-10 days for full trip |
| Waikiti Route | 3.2 km | 218 m | 387 m | 5–7 hr one way |
| Waitahu - Murray Connecting Track | 2.5 km | 310 m | 565 m | 2-3 days |
| Waiuta to Big River Track | 10.2 km | 411 m | 776 m | 3 hr 30 min - 5 hr |
| Wanganui valley tracks | 28.5 km | 1,984 m | 1,293 m | 3 days + |
| Whitcombe Pass Track | 32.2 km | 1,433 m | 1,243 m | 3-4 days to Whitcombe Pass |
| Wills Valley Track | 7.3 km | 486 m | 568 m | 5 - 6 hr |
Source: Department of Conservation, used under CC BY 4.0.
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