Destination: Sawpit Gully - Arrowtown
2.5 - 3 hour looptrack with a gentle approach
Grade: Medium to High level of fitness
With the weather for tomorrow looking great this is one of our last chances to soak up the very last of the spectacular Autumn colours around Arrowtown.
This is a great loop trail with a variety of scenery such as piles of stone gold-mining tailings near the creek and varying vegetation from Beech forest pockets to Tussock covered slopes. We will also get to see the remains of an old stone hut which was once home to a succession of gold miners.
Up the hill we'll meet the Big Hill trail at Eickhardt's Flat and walk downhill towards Arrowtown after lunch with Lake Hayes in full view.
This will most probably be followed by a coffee or tea in Arrowtown or at the Cardrona Pub.
Walk leader: Ron de Kraker
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News of Monday walks of Wanaka Walkers.
Meet on lake front near Show Grounds, McDougall Street, usually at 9:30.
Visitors welcome - bring suitable boots, clothes and lunch.
Name badge order
Name Badges
Name badges (for pinning on your rucksack) can be ordered from Martin Unwin for $2, using the form above.
Notice
Have a look at the Safety and Rules pages (see the links above). In particular respect the rules for DoC protected sites - take only photos - do not pick flowers or move/remove historic artifacts
Meeting point
Google now charges to include a map, and their instructions on getting a free API_KEY are too gobbledegooglish for me to bother. The normal meeting place is the lake front near the showgrounds, Lat:-44.6990, Lng:169.1257.