Tramping tracks in Canterbury
152 tracks in the Canterbury region. Open a track for its elevation profile, GPX download and route map.
On the TrailTreks map
| Track | Distance | Elevation gain | Highest point | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Passes Classic (planned) | 53.6 km | 2,217 m | 1,745 m | 3–4 days |
| Avalanche Peak | 7.8 km | 1,059 m | 1,802 m | 1 day |
| Ball Pass Route | 38.8 km | 2,390 m | 2,131 m | 2 days |
| Casey Hut Track | 38.7 km | 1,419 m | 1,096 m | 2 days |
| Lake Mavis | 29.2 km | 1,479 m | 1,605 m | 2 days |
| Minchin - Worsley pass (planned) | 58.5 km | 2,764 m | 1,406 m | 3–4 days |
| Mt Peel Track | 9.3 km | 982 m | 1,286 m | 1 day |
| Mt Philistine | 8.7 km | 1,088 m | 1,935 m | 1 day |
| Mt Somers Circuit | 24.7 km | 1,891 m | 1,179 m | 2 days |
| Mt Thomas Forst | 24.0 km | 1,915 m | 1,073 m | 1 day |
| Rome Ridge to Mt Bealey | 16.8 km | 1,751 m | 1,819 m | 1 day |
| Sylvia Tops | 23.2 km | 1,381 m | 1,601 m | 2 days |
| Thompson Pass - Moss Pass - Waiau Pass | 76.7 km | 4,138 m | 1,868 m | 4 days |
DOC tracks
Great Walks, tramping tracks and routes from the Department of Conservation, with distance and elevation worked out by TrailTreks, nearby huts and a GPX download.
| Track | Distance | Elevation gain | Highest point | Time (DOC) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahuriri Valley Track | 16.5 km | 206 m | 958 m | 6 hr one way |
| Allans Track | 2.2 km | 227 m | 609 m | 2 hr |
| Avalanche Peak - Crow River Route | 11.8 km | 1,371 m | 1,812 m | 2 days |
| Avalanche Peak Route | 5.7 km | 1,041 m | 1,812 m | Various options, 3-4 hr to summit |
| Avoca Valley Track | 24.6 km | 404 m | 1,022 m | 8 hr |
| Baikie Hut Track | 4.1 km | 110 m | 755 m | 3 hr one way |
| Baldy Knob Route | 11.5 km | 567 m | 1,625 m | 3-4 hours (Otamatapaio Scenic Reserve to Oteake Co |
| Ball Hut Track | 8.6 km | 329 m | 1,040 m | 3-4 hr one way |
| Berwen Track | 5.4 km | 214 m | 939 m | 1 hr 30 min to 2 hr |
| Birch Creek access route | 2.3 km | 84 m | 827 m | 1 hr one way |
| Black Hill Hut tracks | 9.2 km | 880 m | 1,198 m | 2 days |
| Bob’s Camp Bivouac Route | 4.5 km | 355 m | 1,042 m | 5 hr one way |
| Braemar Road to Landslip Creek | 15.9 km | 717 m | 1,490 m | 3 hr one way |
| Bridge Hill Track | 0.7 km | 66 m | 1,045 m | 15 min one way |
| Buicks Bridge to Potts Bridge Track | 21.3 km | 384 m | 882 m | 7 hr |
| Bush Stream and Camp Stream tracks | 61.0 km | 2,595 m | 1,933 m | 2-3 days |
| Bypass Track | 2.8 km | 460 m | 837 m | 1-2 hr |
| Camp Saddle Track | 2.4 km | 445 m | 1,495 m | 1 - 2 hr |
| Camp Stream Hut Track | 15.2 km | 911 m | 1,933 m | 3 - 4 hr |
| Canyon Creek Track | 4.2 km | 245 m | 975 m | 3 hr 50 min one way |
| Carrington Hut Route | 15.3 km | 309 m | 806 m | 4-6 hr to Carrington Hut one way |
| Casey Saddle - Binser Saddle Route | 42.6 km | 1,409 m | 1,098 m | 2 days |
| Cass-Lagoon Saddle Track | 32.3 km | 1,344 m | 1,342 m | 2 - 3 days |
| Chatterton River Track | 4.6 km | 405 m | 865 m | 2 hr 30 min return via same track |
| Coach Stream Route | 4.2 km | 493 m | 1,141 m | 2–3 hr down, 2–4 hr up |
| Coal Pit Spur Track | 4.1 km | 225 m | 837 m | 1 hr 15 min |
| Cockayne Alley Track | 3.2 km | 433 m | 1,312 m | 2 hr |
| Craigieburn Edge Track | 4.4 km | 424 m | 1,292 m | 1 hr 15 min |
| Craigieburn Sidle 73 Track | 1.0 km | 0 m | 831 m | 20 min |
| Cuckoo Creek Track | 1.5 km | 282 m | 1,138 m | 1 hr |
| Deep Stream Track | 1.2 km | 28 m | 301 m | 1 hr one way |
| Devilskin Saddle Route | 9.0 km | 678 m | 1,243 m | 6 hr |
| Dog Gully Route | 5.4 km | 460 m | 1,084 m | 2 hr |
| Double Hill access tracks | 2.9 km | 233 m | 793 m | – |
| Doubtful Valley Track | 17.1 km | 511 m | 1,003 m | 5 hr 30 min |
| Dracophyllum Flat Track | 5.8 km | 217 m | 949 m | – |
| Dromedary Hill Track | 4.7 km | 132 m | 771 m | 6 - 8 hr |
| Dry Acheron Track | 7.8 km | 275 m | 679 m | – |
| Dusky Trail | 23.1 km | 430 m | 842 m | 7-8 hr |
| East Ahuriri Track | 20.4 km | 758 m | 1,442 m | 1 - 2 days |
| Edwards - Hawdon Route | 29.9 km | 1,113 m | 1,381 m | 2-3 days |
| Edwards - Otehake Route | 27.3 km | 1,531 m | 1,269 m | 2 - 3 days |
| Ellangowan Scenic Reserve Track | 2.1 km | 151 m | 720 m | 40 min return |
| Ewe Range Track | 6.4 km | 756 m | 1,430 m | 3 hr |
| Flanagan Pass Trail | 11.5 km | 500 m | 1,235 m | 6 hr |
| Fowlers Pass Track | 15.4 km | 540 m | 1,294 m | 5 hr 30 min |
| Godley River Route | 23.6 km | 213 m | 945 m | 8 hr | 11 hr |
| Greta Track | 15.6 km | 928 m | 1,397 m | 6 to 7 hrs loop |
| Harper Pass Route | 60.7 km | 1,119 m | 970 m | 4-5 days |
| Harper Pass Track | 20.6 km | 572 m | 970 m | 7 hr 30 min |
| Hawdon Hut Track | 9.4 km | 189 m | 762 m | 6-8 hr |
| Helicopter Hill Track | 0.5 km | 113 m | 1,247 m | 15 - 30 min one way |
| Hideaway Hut Route | 2.0 km | 7 m | 741 m | 2 hr one way |
| Hogs Back Track (Easy Up Track and Descent Track) | 10.4 km | 341 m | 1,050 m | 2 hr 30 min |
| Hook Bush Route | 2.1 km | 271 m | 500 m | 1 hr one way |
| Hope Kiwi Track | 16.9 km | 345 m | 667 m | 18 hr 30 min |
| Hope Pass Track | 17.4 km | 403 m | 960 m | 7 hr |
| Hopkins valley tracks | 29.7 km | 817 m | 1,028 m | 7 - 11 hr 30 min hr one way |
| Hut Creek Track | 1.1 km | 120 m | 985 m | 30 min one way |
| Huxley valley tracks | 17.9 km | 835 m | 1,000 m | Up to 9 hr one way |
| Jollie Brook Circuit | 37.9 km | 804 m | 781 m | 18 hr 30 min |
| Jollies Pass Track to Mt Isobel | 2.7 km | 507 m | 1,314 m | 4-5hr return |
| Kaituna Valley Packhorse Hut Track | 3.7 km | 418 m | 457 m | 1 hr 20 min |
| Lake Emily to Glenrock Stream (Rakaia Valley) Track | 41.0 km | 1,597 m | 1,484 m | 14 hr 30 min |
| Lake Heron tracks | 7.2 km | 258 m | 900 m | 10 min | 45 min | 1 hr | 3 hr one way |
| Lake Man Route | 8.1 km | 690 m | 1,356 m | 6 hr 30 min |
| Leith Hill Loop Track | 4.2 km | 306 m | 1,030 m | 2 hr |
| Little Mt Peel/Huatekerekere tracks | 8.3 km | 939 m | 1,290 m | 4–7 hr return |
| Lucretia Hut Route | 5.7 km | 364 m | 917 m | 4 hr |
| Macaulay Hut Track | 18.3 km | 262 m | 1,010 m | 5 hr one way |
| Mackenzie Stream Route | 8.0 km | 181 m | 764 m | 5 hr |
| Manuka Hut Track | 12.0 km | 296 m | 857 m | 1 hr 30 min one way |
| Maryburn Stream Track | 6.8 km | 45 m | 524 m | 2 hr |
| Melina Ridge Track | 35.8 km | 1,407 m | 1,546 m | 8 - 10 hr |
| Minchin Pass Route | 42.0 km | 1,105 m | 1,104 m | 3 - 4 days |
| Mingha - Deception Route | 23.8 km | 826 m | 1,080 m | 2 - 3 days |
| Mistletoe Track | 2.1 km | 335 m | 1,134 m | 1 hr 30 min |
| Mount Barrosa Track | 3.3 km | 833 m | 1,361 m | 2 hr 30 min one way |
| Mount Bealey Track | 1.4 km | 614 m | 1,364 m | 2-4 hours return to the bushline |
| Mount Herbert Walkway/Te Ahu Pātiki | 6.5 km | 785 m | 903 m | 6 – 8 hr return |
| Mount Somers summit hike | 5.1 km | 1,229 m | 1,671 m | 3 hr 30 min one way |
| Mount Somers Track | 16.1 km | 1,024 m | 1,179 m | 2 days |
| Mt Alford Track | 4.3 km | 708 m | 1,166 m | 3 hr |
| Mt Isobel Track | 3.7 km | 783 m | 1,309 m | 6 hr return |
| Mt Nimrod Track | 2.9 km | 384 m | 643 m | 2 - 3 hrs |
| Mt Oxford Track | 4.9 km | 969 m | 1,356 m | 4 hr |
| Mt Potts Easement Track to Mt Potts Conservation Area boundary | 1.5 km | 214 m | 802 m | 30 min one way |
| Mutton Creek Track | 5.5 km | 428 m | 1,161 m | 3 hr |
| Mystery Lake Track | 11.4 km | 422 m | 1,118 m | 4 hr |
| Nīkau Palm Gully Scenic Reserve walk | 5.1 km | 284 m | 210 m | 5–6 hr return |
| Nina Valley Track | 13.1 km | 310 m | 814 m | 5 hr |
| North Temple Track | 4.9 km | 358 m | 954 m | 5 - 6 hr |
| Otamatakou Track | 5.5 km | 220 m | 587 m | 1hr 30 min – 2 hr |
| Otamatapaio River easement | 10.5 km | 397 m | 958 m | 3 hr |
| Otira Valley Track | 1.6 km | 110 m | 1,004 m | 1 hr one way |
| Pavilion Peak Track | 32.0 km | 1,657 m | 1,625 m | 8 - 10 hr |
| Peak Hill Route | 3.0 km | 632 m | 1,225 m | 3 hr return |
| Pinchgut Track | 5.7 km | 267 m | 408 m | 3 hr one way |
| Potts Hut Track | 14.5 km | 826 m | 1,540 m | 9 hr |
| Pudding Hill Stream Route | 7.7 km | 608 m | 1,081 m | 3 hrs one way |
| Pyramid Track | 7.2 km | 247 m | 751 m | 2 hr each way |
| Red Beech Track | 6.4 km | 819 m | 923 m | 3-4 hr one way |
| Rhoboro Track | 9.8 km | 201 m | 726 m | – |
| Richardson Track | 3.2 km | 659 m | 1,045 m | 3 hr |
| Richmond Trail | 15.9 km | 451 m | 1,193 m | 4 - 5 hr |
| Ridge Track | 7.0 km | 853 m | 1,030 m | 3 hr 30 min to summit |
| Saddle Hill Summit Track | 1.5 km | 178 m | 817 m | 90 mins |
| Saddle Ridge Track | 10.5 km | 397 m | 958 m | 3 hr |
| Sawyers and Parsons Creek to Freehold Creek Track | 2.9 km | 125 m | 654 m | 8 hrs one way |
| Scotts Saddle Track | 4.3 km | 615 m | 1,141 m | 2 hr |
| South Face Track | 11.9 km | 914 m | 1,085 m | 7 hr |
| South Temple Track | 7.0 km | 240 m | 828 m | 6 - 8 hr |
| Spur Track | 2.5 km | 363 m | 830 m | 3 hr return via same track |
| St James Walkway | 63.0 km | 1,279 m | 1,140 m | 5 days |
| Stanley River Route | 16.1 km | 468 m | 986 m | 6 hr |
| Stour Track | 14.2 km | 203 m | 701 m | 5 hr one way |
| Summit Track | 3.1 km | 692 m | 1,015 m | 2 hr to summit |
| Tarn Hut tracks | 22.7 km | 1,091 m | 1,403 m | 2 days |
| Tasman River tracks | 11.7 km | 91 m | 641 m | 2 or 3 hr one way |
| Te Ara Pātaka/Summit Walkway | 27.7 km | 1,481 m | 909 m | 2-3 days |
| Te Kiekie Route | 2.4 km | 510 m | 1,687 m | 2 hr |
| Temple Basin Track | 2.1 km | 487 m | 1,377 m | 1 hr 30 min one way |
| Temple Viewpoint Track | 1.7 km | 111 m | 713 m | 1 hr |
| Tenahaun Conservation Area tramping tracks | 13.5 km | 215 m | 635 m | – |
| The Luge Track | 3.0 km | 249 m | 1,134 m | 1 hr 45 min |
| Thomas River Track | 1.4 km | 65 m | 785 m | 30 min |
| Three Mile Stream Track and Route | 22.9 km | 882 m | 918 m | – |
| Three Passes Route | 45.2 km | 2,286 m | 1,746 m | 4 - 5 days |
| Track to Woolshed Creek Hut | 4.9 km | 387 m | 929 m | 3 hr |
| Trig M Route | 3.1 km | 388 m | 1,230 m | 2-3 hr |
| Tui Track | 11.2 km | 105 m | 587 m | 3 hr |
| Tutakakahikura Scenic Reserve Track | 1.3 km | 137 m | 449 m | 1 hr return |
| View Hill to Mt Oxford Track | 5.7 km | 859 m | 1,342 m | 4 hr |
| Wairepo Kettleholes Track | 2.7 km | 0 m | 621 m | 1 hr one way |
| Water Intake Track | 0.8 km | 0 m | 824 m | 10 min |
| Wether Range tracks | 10.4 km | 211 m | 1,455 m | 1.5-2 hr one way |
| Wharfedale/Townshend Track | 14.2 km | 560 m | 760 m | 1–2 days |
| Woolshed Hill Track | 2.1 km | 627 m | 1,196 m | – |
| Youngman Stream Track | 13.2 km | 356 m | 742 m | 4-5 hr one way |
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