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Waiuta Ghost Town
Snowy Battery Track

Located in Waiuta area in the West Coast region

This track explores old gold mining relics from Waiuta, one of the West Coast's best known ghost towns.

From the old Waiuta town site a well formed downhill track leads to the remains of a massive gold extraction plant. The gold mining relics include large cyanide tanks and machinery foundations.

You can return by:

  • the same track
  • following the water race from the battery to powerhouse site then up a gentle graded track to Waiuta
  • from the powerhouse crossing the river to Hukarere Road for a prearranged pick up.

Waiuta is signposted from the Reefton highway (SH7), 21 km south of Reefton. Follow the sealed and shingle road a further 16 km to Waiuta.

There are a plethora of historic sites and relics around Reefton, mostly relating to quartz gold mining. In fact many of the walking tracks were originally formed as accessways to mines.