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Kirwans Reward track

Location

Take Boatmans Road which turns off the Reefton Highway 12 km north of Reefton.

Description

There is a steady 6 hour climb up a well-formed pack track to the modern Kirwans hut near the bush line. A 50 minute side trip to 1297 metre Kirwans Hill provides views of a ruggedly beautiful part of the Victoria Range.

From open-cast quartz mine workings near the hut, a steep descent partly follows the line of an old cableway to the Lord Brassey stamper battery. From there a track descends to Montgomery Hut and a rough 4 wheel-drive road leads to Gannons bridge on the Waitahu Valley road, which meets the highway 5 km north of Reefton.

Level

Hard

Amenities

• Historical
• Huts
• Lookouts
• Tramping

Source

www.doc.govt.nz

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