A vast selection of tracks to experience the sub-alpine and tussock settings of Mid-Canterbury. Highlights include waterfalls, beech forest and the Mt Somers southern fault system.
- Woolshed Creek Hut
- Pudding Hill Stream Route
- Rhyolite Track
- Scott Saddle to School Camp to Awa Awa Rata Reserve
- Sidewinder Track, Woolshed Creek
- South Face Track - Rhyolite to Woolshed Creek
- Woolshed Creek Hut to Pinnacles Hut
Woolshed Creek Hut
Duration: 5km, 3 hours
Start Location: Woolshed Creek Carpark
Key Highlights:
- Passing around the southern face of Mt Somers through a mix of open grassland and forested catchments.
Pudding Hill Stream Route
Duration: 8.25km, 3 hours one way
Start Location: Mt Hutt Ski Area access road or the western end of Alder Track or from Harts Road
Key Highlights:
- Rural track in a beautiful setting
Rhyolite Track
Duration: 6km, 3 hours 30 minutes
Start Location: Woolshed Creek Carpark
Key Highlights:
- Passing around the southern face of Mt Somers through a mix of open grassland and forested catchments.
Scott Saddle to School Camp to Awa Awa Rata Reserve
Duration: 4.5km, 2 hours
Start Location: Mt Hutt Ski Area access road
Key Highlights:
- Great views from Scott Saddle before descending through beech/tawahirauriki forest and alpine herb and tussock communities.
Sidewinder Track, Woolshed Creek
Duration: 1km, 45 minutes
Start Location: Woolshed Creek carpark
Key Highlights:
- Steep hill track through old beech forest, climbs steeply through the tailings of the old Blackburn mine, where it joins the Miners track back to the carpark or a chance to continue to the Woolshed Creek hut.
South Face Track - Rhyolite to Woolshed Creek
Duration: 4.6km, 2 hours
Start Location: Via Bus Stop & Tri Falls
Key Highlights:
- This route takes in dynamic scenery with regenerating mountain beech forest within a landscape of waterfalls and deep icy pools.
Woolshed Creek Hut to Pinnacles Hut
Duration: 6.2km, 3 hours
Start Location: Woolshed Creek Hut
Key Highlights:
- A easy tramping route though tussock and subalpine, on reaching the saddle (1,170m) views of the Taylor and Old Man Ranges dominate the scenery.
