Coldwater Creek route

Walked by a CTC member

Coldwater Creek route is a 9.8 km tramp in Marlborough with 64 m of climbing and a high point of 1,703 m.

User-generated track: recorded on a GPS by a Christchurch Tramping Club member on a past trip. It is not an official or maintained track, and the line, notes and conditions may be out of date or wrong. Check DOC for current track and hazard information, carry a map and plan for your own party.

Track stats

Distance9.8 km
Elevation gain64 m
Elevation loss809 m
Highest point1,703 m
Lowest point916 m
Trip date27 January 2010
RegionMarlborough
Start-41.99516, 172.95310
End-42.06628, 172.93099

Elevation profile

Elevation profile of Coldwater Creek routeElevation from 917 m to 1,701 m over 9.78 km.1,000 m1,500 m0 km2 km4 km6 km8 km
Elevation from 917 m to 1,701 m over 9.78 km.

Trip notes

From the club member's GPS log of the trip (27 January 2010), lightly edited, with people's names removed. Conditions may have changed since.

Party of 2. Picked a fine spell for this trip, and the going was faster than expected. A thunderstorm in the area on the second night missed us. The Mangerton tops are well worth visiting. We were a bit worried about the route down here, as the contours showed bluffs. It turned out OK, with a good scree under the high bluffs and only one short, steepish bit further down.

GPX file

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