Monday’s Walk 30 November 2020

Destination: West Wanaka Station

Description: With the kind help of George Scott we have been granted special permission to have a good look behind the entrance gates of West Wanaka Station.
Our walk will start after a short drive along a 4 WD Track that runs through the station.
This track has a number of gates we will pass through and some reasonably easy accessible ford crossings.
After we've parked up our cars we will walk along the same, almost flat 4 WD Track in the direction of Mt Aspiring National Park with the occasional views of Mount Aspiring and the Matukituki River on our left, weather permitting.
George, who's an ex farmer himself and a current 4 WD guide for Ridgeline Adventures, will give us some background on the farming history of West Wanaka Station and the establishing of the Wetlands and the Oleria Conservation Area.
Total Walking Distance: approx. 12 - 14 km of easy walking.
Weather Forecast: a fair chance of rain with cool temperatures.
Please bring wet weather gear and a few gold coins to contribute towards a carton of Speights for the owners & staff of the farm, as a token of our appreciation.
Trip leader: Ron de Kraker

Monday's Walk 16 November 2020

Destination: Flat Top Hill Track

Description: A very scenic 10 km walk through the Flat Top Hill Conservation Area above Alexandra, hopefully coinciding with peak flowering of the thyme and Californian poppies. From the Butchers Dam car park we climb to a lunch spot on an eyrie-like crag 350 m above Lake Roxburgh, from where we'll walk south along the crest of Flat Top Hill before returning to the cars. Vehicle drivers should note that the most direct route to Butchers Dam is to cross the Clutha River at Clyde and then proceed via Conroys Road 5 km along the Earnscleugh Road. 

Walk Leader: Martin Unwin

Monday 9 November 2020

Deep Gully-Eastern Ridge loop.  approx 10.5 kms

Meet at Wanaka lakefront at 0930 as usual.

Travel to Sandy Point carpark.

The tracks start across the road from the Sandy Point car park. A poled route follows Deep Gully up onto the Grandview ridge for great views over the upper Clutha valley, before descending down the Eastern Hills Track back to the starting point. 

For those who haven't done it before, the track up gets the juices running but its not a race. If all the other mugs can do it, so can you!

Take your camera.

Weather forecast: 16C, light southeasterlies, cloudy periods.  Sounds perfect.

Trip leader: Paul Knox

Monday 2 November 2020

Monday's walk - 2 November 2020

Blue Pools car park to Young River and return. 7 kms and return.  An easy walk, as described below:

The track starts at the Blue Pools car park. After 10 minutes, just after the first swing bridge, it branches to the left. Soon after, it crosses the Blue Pools Bridge for great views up the river gorge. From here the track continues through beech/tawhero forest to Rainy Flat and then opens up onto sections of farmland and bush that lead to the mouth of the Young River.

The weather sounds good - fine with light winds.  Remember you  are in the alpine region.

Meet at the Lake Wanaka carpark 0930.

My apologies to those I told of another walk; lambing got in the way!

Leader: Paul Knox