Walk Details
NZ Walking Routes > Wellington > Lower Hutt > Wainuiomata > Clay Ridge Track
Clay Ridge Track
- Location
- Take the Coast Road to Catchpool Valley, 12 km south of Wainuiomata in the Hutt Valley.The track starts from the car park at the top of the Catchpool Valley. Cross the footbridge to the left of the car park. The track is well signposted.
- Description
Clay Ridge Track runs from the convergence of Five Mile Loop and Middle Ridge Tracks up to Mt Mckerrow.
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
- 4.0 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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