Activities in Mount Aspiring National Park
Trampers at Harris Saddle
Tracks and walks
Short walks abound and are usually concentrated at the access roadends, around the local towns and from the Haast Pass highway.
The Routeburn is not the only good tramping track in the park. The Rees-Dart river circuit, Greenstone and Caples tracks and the Wilkin Valley are wonderful valley walks, with options to go on over higher passes and into alpine areas. In summer these tracks are suitable for people of average fitness and experience. In winter many are impassable or require greater skill levels to explore safely.
It is possible to take a guided walk on the Routeburn and Greenstone Tracks.
The Caples and Greenstone tracks start from the car park at the end of Greenstone Road, 86 km from Queenstown, via Glenorchy. Alternatively, they can be started from Howden Hut on the Routeburn Track.
The Rees-Dart Track is a 4 - 5 day tramping circuit which follows the Rees River and the Dart River, through leasehold farmland and the southern part of Mount Aspiring National Park.
Traversing 32 km through Mount Aspiring National Park and Fiordland National Park, the Routeburn Track can be walked in conjunction with the Greenstone or Caples tracks.
Other activities
Mountaineering
The park's alpine areas are popular with mountaineers but are suitable only for experienced trampers/mountaineers.
Jet boating
Jetboat trips can be enjoyed on a number of the park's larger rivers such as the Dart and the Wilkin.