Walk Details
NZ Walking Routes > Otago > Queenstown > Mount Alfred
Mount Alfred
- Location
- Access to this track is from a car park off the Glenorchy-Routeburn Road, 20 minutes from Glenorchy. Glenorchy is 47 kilometres from Queenstown.
- Description
A pleasant day can be spent walking up this mountain. The approach is on the Western (Dart) side of the peak – look for a car park on the right hand side of the road. A good zigzag track climbs three quarters of the way. After this, a marked route can be followed as far as the bushline. Above the bushline this track is steep and exposed. This track is not recommended for young children.
Mt Alfred was used in the filming of Lord of the Rings and may be of interest to screen followers.
NOTE: Permission is required from Earnslaw Station for accessing the upper part of Mt Alfred – once you leave the bushline. Please minimise disturbance to stock.
- Duration
- 4.0 hours
- Level
- Hard
- Amenities
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- Birds
- Carpark
- Historical
- Lookouts
- Mountain Biking / Biking
- Plant Life
- Tramping
- Source
- www.doc.govt.nz
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