Flanagan Pass Trail

DOC track · Canterbury

Flanagan Pass Trail is a 11.5 km DOC tramping track in Canterbury with 500 m of climbing and a high point of 1,235 m.

Flanagan Pass Trail
Photo: Department of Conservation

A link track from the Greta Stream Track which crosses Flanagan Pass and connects to the Pyramid Track at Darts Bush Stream. It is also possible to 4 wheel drive to Dorcy Airstrip and walk to the Pass from there.

— Department of Conservation, CC BY 4.0

Track stats

Distance11.5 km
Time (DOC)6 hr
Difficulty (DOC)Advanced
Track typeTramping Track
Elevation gain500 m
Elevation loss537 m
Highest point1,235 m
Lowest point686 m
RegionCanterbury
Start-44.20495, 169.97875
End-44.24598, 169.88652

Distance, elevation and the profile are worked out by TrailTreks from DOC's track line and the LINZ 8 m elevation model, from the start marker on the map. Time and difficulty are DOC's.

Elevation profile

Elevation profile of Flanagan Pass TrailElevation from 686 m to 1,229 m over 11.49 km.600 m800 m1,000 m1,200 m1,400 m0 km2 km4 km6 km8 km10 km
Elevation from 686 m to 1,229 m over 11.49 km.

GPX file

Download the Flanagan Pass Trail GPX file (DOC's full track line with elevations) for your GPS or mapping app.

Alerts and conditions

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