Grandview Range Track

Tramping track

Getting there

Access to the Grandview Range Track and the Sandy Point and Awa Nohoaka Conservation Areas is from the DOC carpark on on SH6 (the Wanaka- Tarras Highway), 17 km from Wanaka.

Description

Times

Sandy Point Conservation Area: 5 min
Grandview Range Track: 2 -3 hr
Awa Nohoaka Conservation Area: 4 - 5 hr

The Clutha River/Mata Au from Sandy
Point Conservation Area and the start
of the Grandview Range Track

Sandy Point Conservation Area

Access to the Sandy Point Conservation Area and the Clutha River/Mata Au is from the carpark, to the right, towards the river.

Grandview Range Track and Awa Nohoaka Conservation Area

For the Grandview Range Track and Awa Nohoaka Conservation Area, turn left from the carpark and walk 200 metres down the road to a stile on the opposite side. Cross the paddock to a second stile, where the marked track leads off to the left. This climbs up Deep Gully and on to the sky line ridge, where it meets the Grandview Range Track. It was from this area that Otago's first surveyor, John Turnbull Thomson, saw and named 'New Zealand's Matterhorn 'Mount Aspiring/Tititea.

Grandview Range Track traverses the ridgeline through Sandy Point and Glenfoyle Stations, please keep to the poled route. Along the track there are great views of the Upper Clutha Valley and the peaks beyond. The track reaches the Awa Nohoaka Conservation Area at two signed points.

Awa Nohoaka Conservation Area

Within Awa Nohoaka there are no formed tracks and there is no public access beyond the conservation area. Walkers must return to the carpark at Sandy Point by the same route.

Plan and prepare

NB: This track is closed for lambing from 15 September to 30 October.

Dogs and firearms are not permitted.

What to expect on a tramping track:

• Challenging day or multi-day tramping/hiking
• Track is mostly unformed with steep, rough or muddy sections
• Suitable for people with good fitness. Moderate to high level backcountry skills and experience, including navigation and survival skills required
• Track has markers, poles or rock cairns. Expect unbridged stream and river crossings
• Tramping/hiking boots required