Mt Scott and Mt Wilson route
Walked by a CTC member
Mt Scott and Mt Wilson route is a 5.9 km tramp in Canterbury with 1,243 m of climbing and a high point of 2,043 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 It is not an official or maintained track, and the line, notes and conditions may be out of date or wrong.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
| Distance | 5.9 km |
|---|---|
| Elevation gain | 1,243 m |
| Elevation loss | 1,173 m |
| Highest point | 2,043 m |
| Lowest point | 1,027 m |
| Trip date | 28 March 2014 |
| Region | Canterbury |
| Start | -42.93698, 171.69865 |
| End | -42.93704, 171.69868 |
Elevation profile
Trip notes
From the club member's GPS log of the trip (28 March 2014), lightly edited, with people's names removed. Conditions may have changed since.
We went up the wrong scree, as Mt Scott is quite hard from that side and the traverse around is messy, with loose steep scree among small rock buttresses. Both peaks are quite easy from the col between the two. It would have been better to go up that scree to start with, though it would have been a bit of an epic uphill; it was a great downhill run. Mt Scott is just scree nearly all the way to the top. Mt Wilson is a bit easier: go up the ridge for a bit, then traverse boulders rightwards to a small scree slope through the slabs. The slabs give good traction upwards and the scree works for the downhill. Above this, an easy traverse left and up to the summit.
GPX file
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Nearby tracks
- Sudden Valley - Hawdon route (0.0 km away)
- Amber Col - Sudden Valley (3.5 km away)
- Poulter - Hawdon via Trudge Col (3.8 km away)
- Pyramid Gully route (3.9 km away)
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