Walk Details
NZ Walking Routes > Wellington > Lower Hutt > Wainuiomata > Cattle Ridge Track
Cattle Ridge Track
- Location
- Take the Coast Road to Catchpool Valley, 12 km south of Wainuiomata in the Hutt Valley and follow Butcher Track to Cattle Ridge Track.
- Description
The track begins at the top of the Butcher Track in Rimutaka Forest Park and heads north along Cattle Ridge to join the Orongorongo Track near Turere Stream.Beech forest dominates much of the range, joined by podocarps at lower altitudes, and kamahi, a predominant canopy tree (with emergent trees like rimu, rata, miro, hinau, rewarewa and maire in some areas). The south end of the range, where most of the original forest has been destroyed by fire, is covered at lower altitudes by shrub woods like manuka, tauhini, rangiora and heketara with some emergent hinau and rewarewa.
Eight species of moa once roamed the area which still contains some native birdlife, including bellbirds, tui, kaka, kereru and ruru.
- Duration
- 3.0 hours
- Level
- Hard
- Amenities
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- BBQs
- Birds
- Camping
- Dogs Allowed
- Historical
- Huts
- Picnics
- Plant Life
- Toilets
- Tramping
- Source
- www.doc.govt.nz
- Discussion
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