Located in Whakaari Conservation Area in the Otago region
Time: 2 - 3 hr one way
Track category: Great Walk/Easier tramping track
From the information shelter, an easy climb leads up the old Mt Judah Road, which sidles around the northern side of Mt Judah. The track passes the Glenorchy Scheelite Battery and the State Mine before reaching a junction one hour and 30 minutes from the carpark. From the junction continue up to the end of the Judah Road. From here, Bonnie Jean Hut (day use only) is a half hour climb up a marked track.
Intermediate track, gentle to steep climb.
This is a shared-use track. Follow the mountain bikers code: respect others, respect the rules, respect the track.
Horse riding is also possible on this track.
Time: from Bonnie Jean Hut, 1 - 1 hr 30 min one way
Track category: Tramping track suitable for experienced trampers
From the Judah Road below Bonnie Jean Hut (day use only), a marked track follows an old mining road, that zig zags steeply to Heather Jock Hut. From the hut, the track sidles down to Bonnie Jean Hut (day use only) before dropping back down to the end of the road.
Turn to the right off the Queenstown-Glenorchy Rd, 2 km before Glenorchy, to reach the Whakaari Conservation Area carpark.
Use NZTopo50 map sheets CB10.
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