Yeats Ridge to Zit Saddle

Walked by a CTC member

Yeats Ridge to Zit Saddle is a 4.1 km tramp in West Coast with 757 m of climbing and a high point of 1,675 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 It is not an official or maintained track, and the line, notes and conditions may be out of date or wrong.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

Elevation profile

Trip notes

From the club member's GPS log of the trip (2 January 2005), lightly edited, with people's names removed. Conditions may have changed since.

Left the hut at about 8 am.

Waypoint notes

• Bottom gully (-42.99153, 171.16434): Traverse across a small scree to this point and ascend a steep gully to bypass the steep ridge.
• CLIMB HERE (-42.98861, 171.15414): A reasonably clear route leads in a slight back line from here to the crest of the ridge.
• POLE (-42.98831, 171.15568): Top of the clear route through the scrub band.
• Start traversing (-42.98759, 171.15354): The old track line starts traversing the mixed scrub and tussock band from about here.
• TOP GULLY (-42.99183, 171.16489): Descend this gully to bypass the steep bit of ridge. The correct gully has a 'thumb' rock near the bottom. Traverse under the thumb back to the ridge line.

GPX file

Download the Yeats Ridge to Zit Saddle GPX file for your GPS or mapping app. The map on this page shows the same route. It is a GPS log of one past trip, not a surveyed track: use it with a map and your own judgement.

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