The Best Hiking Trails in Canterbury (New Zealand)

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Christchurch Victoria Park Loop

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near Cashmere Hills, Canterbury (New Zealand)

Siyi Feng

Distance

3.98mi

Elevation +

1106f

TrailRank

26

A trail in Christchurch with canopy areas, open areas, and a nice view of the city from up top. A few water stations along the way towards the end. Starts at a carpark near a playground. The loop intersects and joins mo...

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Tasman Glacier viewpoint, Blue Lakes Loop and Ball Hut Road, Mt. Cook NP, NZ

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near Mount Cook Village, Canterbury (New Zealand)

agonort

Distance

5.48mi

Elevation +

837f

TrailRank

25

Some stairs to the first Glacier viewpoint. Blue Lakes loop is kind of overgrowth. The Ball Hut Road doesn’t show much if you don’t reach the overlook I did at the end of my recorded trail.

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293 Castle Hill

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near Castle Hill, Canterbury (New Zealand)

pops7421

Distance

3.09mi

Elevation +

682f

TrailRank

25

293) Castle Hill - 3rd March 2020 - NEW Return Distance 5km, Max Elevation 932m, Climb 188m, Time 2hr, Level - Medium - Pops Co-ordinates: -43.233280, 171.722210 My Blog: We are in New Zealand for three weeks and had...

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Otira Valley

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near Arthur’s Pass, Canterbury (New Zealand)

silvia.gaset

Distance

2.26mi

Elevation +

30f

TrailRank

24

IMPORTANT: The track is recorded ONE-WAY from the END of the route to the parking lot. So have that in mind for time and km :) I guess the DOC sign you can find at the beginning of the track (near the parking) only con...

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castle hill - hogsback

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near Castle Hill, Canterbury (New Zealand)

garcia callejas

Distance

6.37mi

Elevation +

1444f

TrailRank

24

short circular route through the Hogsback ridge. Easy to follow, but there are quite some off-track parts, and short but very steep sections at the end in which you need to use your hands.

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Mount Lyford

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near Mt Lyford, Canterbury (New Zealand)

Siyi Feng

Distance

2.14mi

Elevation +

554f

TrailRank

24

Unfortunately this trail was unsuccessful for us. We followed the Wikiloc trail of someone from a few years ago, and now there is a section where the grasses are so overgrown you cannot get through. So we had to turn aro...

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Red Tarns Trail Mount Cook

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near Mount Cook Village, Canterbury (New Zealand)

Siyi Feng

Distance

2.32mi

Elevation +

1125f

TrailRank

24

From the Mount Cook motels to the end of the Red Tarns Trail and back. You can park closer than where I started. At the end there is a small loop which is quite nice and has nice views. The trail starts by crossing a bri...

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306 Tasman Lake

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near Mount Cook Village, Canterbury (New Zealand)

pops7421

Distance

0.91mi

Elevation +

23f

TrailRank

24

306) Tasman Lake- 18th March 2020 - NEW Return Distance 2.9km, Max Elevation 732m, Climb 16m, Time 1hr, Level - Easy - Pops Co-ordinates: -43.702260, 170.170740 My Blog: This was a double bonus, as I got to walk to T...

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Woolshed creek car park to Staveley falls car park

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near Staveley, Canterbury (New Zealand)

dieter_321dieter

Distance

8.33mi

Elevation +

3871f

TrailRank

23

Make your own track up from woolshed creek car park, we followed the ridge lines. Come back down on the woolshed creek hut trail

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Kaikoura Peninsula Seal Trail

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near South Bay, Canterbury (New Zealand)

Siyi Feng

Distance

3.01mi

Elevation +

207f

TrailRank

23

Kaikoura Peninsula Trail. You can start at the bottom, then take the stairs up (harder to find the bottom of the stairs maybe) or start by going up, then taking the stairs down which is what we did. You are guaranteed to...

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Hanmer Springs Mt Isobel

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near Hanmer Springs, Canterbury (New Zealand)

zainal.mrh

Distance

1.91mi

Elevation +

1588f

TrailRank

23

Hanmer Springs Mt Isobel. We follow the Jack Pass route to the summit of Mt Isobel You can drive to the starting point of Jack Pass if the road conditions permits It took us about 14mins drive from Hanmer Spring Town...

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Diamond-Purau-Diamond

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near Diamond Harbour, Canterbury (New Zealand)

ramon.sastre

Distance

3.80mi

Elevation +

699f

TrailRank

23

Diamond-Purau-Diamond Track by the coast is very beautiful but difficult to walk. Paying attention to where you step on is compulsory, so you lose the view. Interior track is very easy to walk but not so nice.

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Maikoura seal walk

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near Kaikoura, Canterbury (New Zealand)

Freddy Buitink

Distance

3.58mi

Elevation +

341f

TrailRank

23

Beautiful walk op to the hills and down back on beach. Saw a lot of seals and almost no people at 9 in the morning.

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Mount Oxford loop

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near Coopers Creek, Canterbury (New Zealand)

mtuss

Distance

14.41mi

Elevation +

4236f

TrailRank

22

Leave the car at Coopers Creek car park. This route follows Mt Oxford track until it reaches the top of the mountain. Steep in some places but not exposed nor difficult to follow. Excellent views from the last part of...

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2023-01-10 Mueller Hut and Mt Ollivier from Mt Cook Village (NZ)

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near Mount Cook Village, Canterbury (New Zealand)

ribuck

Distance

8.96mi

Elevation +

3996f

TrailRank

22

This was a walk in four parts: up two thousand timber steps, then up a steep and rough track, then a gentle climb over often-snowy ground, then a ridge-scramble to Mt Ollivier (where Edmund Hilary started climbing). Then...

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Hooker Valley Track

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near Mount Cook Village, Canterbury (New Zealand)

Emmapaskins

Distance

1.64mi

Elevation +

233f

TrailRank

21

Short walk to alpine memorial and to the 1st swing bridge as the walk was closed today due to high winds. We took it very slow and took lots of photos!

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Mount Cook Village

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near Mount Cook Village, Canterbury (New Zealand)

Danny Leeman

Distance

3.16mi

Elevation +

384f

TrailRank

21

Hooker valley - no access beyond first bridge as path and second bridge were damaged after recent storm.

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Christchurch Adventure Park

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near Cashmere Hills, Canterbury (New Zealand)

Siyi Feng

Distance

4.54mi

Elevation +

1519f

TrailRank

21

A wide and somewhat steep second half walking trail going up. Then a free chair lift ride going down to the cafe near the parking.

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Sumner to Taylor's Mistake

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near Scarborough, Canterbury (New Zealand)

hansonstudiosinc

Distance

1.90mi

Elevation +

564f

TrailRank

20

Great path beginning near the clock Tower on the Sumner Beach. Take the Flowers Track all the way to the top of Scarborough then descend down towards Taylor's Mistake. We didn't go all the way into the beach bit instead ...

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Hooker Valley Track - Mount Cook

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near Mount Cook Village, Canterbury (New Zealand)

lcichero

Distance

6.53mi

Elevation +

502f

TrailRank

78| 4.5

Mount Cook National Park. Canterbury Hiking Hooker Valley Track 10.56 Km De todos os trekking que já fiz essa foi a mais...
Valter Reis

The climb to the top is a hard one, you can split it in two by making reservations of the hut in the top way way ahead t...
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Stag and Spey 2nd waterfall trudge

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near Charwell Forks, Canterbury (New Zealand)

BillGray

Distance

2.19mi

Elevation +

30f

TrailRank

19

Stag and Spey 2nd waterfall. Apologies for starting at the waterfall and walking back to the car park but this is a great trudge both ways. Follow the river up and back. There are swimming holes all the way. Crossing the...

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Bealey Spur Track

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near Bealey, Canterbury (New Zealand)

Jqq

Distance

9.76mi

Elevation +

2963f

TrailRank

19

5.5h overall (3h up, 30min on the top, 2h down). Done on 03.01.2020. Conditions: very good, very windy, other than that nothing else worth adding. Beautiful spot - with great views on the whole Waimakariri River and n...

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2023-01-11 Ball Hut (New Zealand)

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near Mount Cook Village, Canterbury (New Zealand)

ribuck

Distance

12.49mi

Elevation +

1919f

TrailRank

19

The out-and-back hike to Ball Hut passes the terminal lake of the Tasman Glacier. You can see icebergs, but you are above the level of the lake so you can't touch them. Next there's a climb-around of a landslip, with a c...

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Mueller Hut

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near Mount Cook Village, Canterbury (New Zealand)

Jqq

Distance

6.00mi

Elevation +

3478f

TrailRank

19

White Horse Hill Campsite -> Kea Point -> Sealy Tarns -> Mueller Hut -> White Horse Hill Campsite 4h up + 3h down (next day). Done on 23-24 December 2019. Conditions: snow above 1500 m, backpack with food and warm clo...

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Little Mt Peel Loop

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near Peel Forest, Canterbury (New Zealand)

damianlivesey

Distance

5.18mi

Elevation +

3176f

TrailRank

19

This is a loop track. My phone died 10mins from the end. Great hike with stunning views over the east coast from Christchurch to Oamaru. With beautiful mountains and snow capped peaks in all other directions. Took ...

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