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Tracks in The Remote Hut Zone
| Track | Current Condition | Last Cut | Priority For Recutting | Responsibility. (provisional except for DOC maintained tracks) | Next Cut |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adventure Biv from Toaroha valley | Good | 2102 | High | DOC fully maintain | Ongoing |
| Adventure Biv to Top Kokatahi Track/ Route | Good | 2012 | High | DOC fully maintain | Ongoing |
| Allan Knob from Cedar Flat | Ancient and very overgrown | 1970’’s? | Low | Andrew Friedman | Late 2018 |
| Bald Hill from Totara Valley | Good | 2016 | Low | Glenn Johnston, | ? |
| Blowfly Hut to Horseshoe Flat (Moeraki) | Good | Recut by DOC 2016 | High | DOC fully maintain | Ongoing |
| Blue Lookout From Hunters Hut | Getting quite overgrown, particularly in the scrub belt, but well marked | ? | Medium | DOC | Jan 2018 |
| Bluff Hut track From Mungo Valley | Good | 2015 | High | DOC fully maintain | Ongoing |
| Bluff Hut Route and Track From Frew Biv | Good | 2015 | High | DOC fully Maintain | Ongoing |
| Boo Boo Track from Kokatahi roadend | Well cut and marked. | Roadend to Gorge August 2018. The rest May 2017 | High | Andrew Buglass | Ongoing |
| Boo Boo to Crawford Junction | Cut and marked to 3-wire. River travel with bush detours cut and marked from there. | November 2017 | Medium | Andrew Buglass | ongoing |
| Browning Biv Track from Grassy Flat | Reasonable | 2013 | High | DOC fully maintain | Ongoing |
| Browning Biv To Top Crawford Hut via Lathrop Saddle | Reasonable | 2013 | High | DOC fully maintain | Ongoing |
| Campbell Range (Mt. Walcott) from Mudflats Hut | Good. | 2017 | Low | Bruce McClelland | ? |
| Campbell Biv Track | Good | 2017 | Med | Eigill Wahlberg | Ongoing |
| Cataract Creek tops from Prices Flat | OK to 700m, overgrown but OK to 900m, easy again to 1100m, difficult from here. | 1970's? | Low | ? | ? |
| Clearview Spur Track from Moonbeam Hut | Reasonably Good | 2015/ Rechecked and marked to 800m August 2016 | Low-Med | Permolat | Ongoing |
| Cone Creek Track | Good Condition retrimmed 2016 | 2015 | Med | Jack Grinstead | ? |
| Cone Creek - Morgan Tops Track | Good Condition retrimmed 2016 | 2015 | Low-Med | Jack Grinstead? | ? |
| County Stream Track | Reasonable to Good (for the County!) | 2018 | Med | Geoff Spearpoint | Ongoing |
| Crane Creek - Rochfort Basin - Logjam Creek to Waikiti Hut | Some re-marking and trimming in 2017, but very overgrown still in some places. | ? | Low-Med | Permolat | 2018 |
| Cropp Basin to Noisy Creek Tops | Very Overgrown | ? | Low | No Offers | ? |
| Crystal Biv Track | Good – needs snow poles through tussock section | Retrimmed 2018 | Med | Emma Richardson | Ongoing |
| Dickie Ridge from Polluck Creek Hut | Roughly cut and marked to 300m. Cut but not marked to 950m. Very overgrown from here | 2014/ Early 1970's | Low | ? | ? |
| Dickie Spur Hut from Mikonui Flat | reasonable - quite a lot of windfall around Truran Pass | 2012 | High | DOC fully maintain? | ? |
| Diedrich Range Tops from Serpentine Hut | Mostly gone | early 70's? | Low | No interest | ? |
| Dunns Hut Track from Mid Taipo Hut | Good | 2015 | Med | DOC Fully maintain | Ongoing |
| Dunns Hut via TL of Dunns Creek | Good | 2015 | Med | Offers? | ongoing |
| Eastern Hohonu River Track | Overgrown - partially recut | Recut from the road to the head of the gorge 2012 | Low | Eigill Wahlberg | ? |
| Explorer Hut Tracked sections from the Mikonui | Good. Needs a bit more permolat around gorge section | 2016 | Med | Permolat | Ongoing |
| Explorer Hut Track from Hokitika Gorge via Murray Saddle | Good from Hokitika River to Vanina Stream. Bramhall Ck. to Hut needs another trim | Hokitika River to Vanina Stream. Done June 2018. Hut toBramhall Ck. 2016 | Med | Eigill Wahlberg | 2019 |
| Explorer Hut - Miserable Ridge track | Cut and marked to 1122m Cut but not marked from 1177m to 1340m | 2017 | Low | Andrew Friedman | 2019 |
| Fraser Peak Track from Explorer Hut | Rough, but reasonable (needs permolatting and trimming) | Rough cut and taped 2016 | Low | Offers? | ? |
| Frew Biv track and route from the Whitcombe valley | Good | 2012 | High | DOC Fully Maintain | ? |
| Frisco track from Darby Creek | Ridge section good. Sidle section partially cut, but needs finishing | 2011/ 18 | Med | Andrew Buglass | Ongoing |
| Frisco track from Serpentine Hut | Good, but very rough terrain | 2017 | Medium | Andrew Buglass | Ongoing |
| Frisco route onto Diedrich Range | Good | 2018 | Medium | Various | Ongoing |
| Gerhardt Spur Biv track | Good to 950m. Needs trim to 110m, but still OK | 2018/ 2013 | Medium | Various | ? |
| Goat Hill from Barrack Creek | OK | ? | Medium | DOC/ locals? | ? |
| Greys Hut track from Karamea roadend | Mostly good. Route start needs significant work from Umere Road End to the start of the pack track behind the private land | Some work done 2106 | Medium | ? | ? |
| Griffin Creek from Harrington Creek (SH73) | Reasonable. Still needs a fair bit of tidying up, and marking. | Sporadic work. Most recent 2016 | High | Offers? | ? |
| Griffin Creek to Rocky Creek Saddle | Partially recut - top end. Overgrown still on lower section Places | 2014 | Med | Frank King/ Honora Renwick | Ongoing |
| Griffin Spur from Hendes Creek | Probably unfollowable | 1970's? | Low | No interest | ? |
| Headlong Spur Track (Waitaha) | Cut and marked to 1160m in 2016/ patchy scrub above this. | 2016 | Medium | Permolat | ? |
| Healey Creek Hut Track | Good. | Recut June 2018 | Medium | Permolat | ? |
| Hokitika Gorge TL to Minnow Creek | Overgrown | ? | Low | Michael Anderson? | 2018 |
| Horseshoe Flat Hut to Middle Head Hut (Moeraki) | Good | Recut by DOC 2016 | Medium | DOC Maintain | Ongoing |
| Hunters Hut | Overgrowing in places on Steep Creek and Annoyance Bluff sections, otherwise Good | ? | Medium | DOC Maintained | Jan 2018 |
| Hunts Hut via Kellys Creek and Hunts Saddle | Good at last report | 2012 | Medium | DOC Maintained | Ongoing |
| Inframeta Tops from the Hoki/ Whitcombe Junction | Very overgrown, probably gone in place | Early 1970's? | Low | No Interest | ? |
| Inframeta Tops from Frews | OK - needs more markers and a bit more trimming in places | 2011 | Low | Glenn Johnston/ John Hutt | ? |
| Jacko Flat Hut from Cooked Roadend | Windthrow on first half, but OK/ Retrimmed in 2017 | 2017/ 15 | medium | DOC Maintain? | ? |
| Jacks Creek Mt. Alexander Tops track | Mostly gone | unknown | Low | No interest | ? |
| Johnson Hut From the Wangapeka via Kiwi Saddle | Overgrown, but mostly followable | unknown | Low | Offers? | ? |
| Julia Hut to Harman Pass via Mary Creek | Good | 2013 | Medium | DOC maintained | ? |
| Julia Hut to upper Julia Creek basin | Good. | Recut May 2018 | Low | Eigill Wahlberg | ? |
| Kaimata Range from Top Crooked Hut | Cut and marked to 1000m - very overgrown above that | 2018/ unknown | Low | Offers? | ? |
| Kakapo Hut from the Little Wanganui | Very overgrown with major cyclone damage in places | ? | Low-Med | Offers? | ? |
| Kakapo Hut from the Wangapeka | Reasonable to Saddle | unknown | Low-Med | Offers? | ? |
| Kakawau Peak Track | Well marked but could do with the removal of quite a few windfalls | unknown | Low-Med | Alan Jemison/ WCAC? | ? |
| Karnbach Tops via Tarpot Creek | Good condition | July 2017 | Low-Med | Andrew Buglass | ? |
| Kiwi Flat from North Bank of Waitaha | OK/ Windthrow and very boggy in places above Gorge | 2012 | High | DOC Maintained | ? |
| Kiwi Flat - Moonbeam Track | Reasonably Good | Rechecked and trimmed April 2018 | Medium | Permolat | Ongoing |
| Knobby Ridge Track | Probably gone in most places | early 70's? | Low | no interest | ? |
| Korepuku tops Track | Good | Ongoing | Medium | Frank King/ Honora Renwick | Ongoing |
| Lake Kaurapataka Track | Good | 2012 | Fully maintain | DOC | ? |
| Lake Morgan Hut via Brian O'Lynn tops track | Still followable, but needs Cutting, marking and realignment | 2012 | Medium | Offers? | ? |
| Lake Morgan Tops from Top Crooked tops | Good | 2015 | Medium | DOC? | ? |
| Lake Stream Hut | Good (last report 2018) | ? | Medium | DOC? | ? |
| Lambert Spur Track | Windthrow lower down. Overgrown above 700m | 2013 | Medium | DOC | Jan 2018 |
| Lower Olderog Biv Track | Good - needs trimming from 510 to 620m | 2014/ 2018 | Medium | Andrew Buglass | 2018 |
| Middle Head Hut to upper TR branch of the Moeraki | Still good | ? | Low | No interest? | ? |
| Mid Styx Track (Upper Valley) | Good | 2014 | Medium-High | Michael Anderson | Ongoing |
| Mid Styx Track (Lower Valley) | Good | 2014 | Medium-High | Michael Anderson | ongoing |
| Mid Styx - Browning Range Tops | Good | 2014 | Low | Michael Anderson | Ongoing |
| Mikonui Spur Biv track from Mikonui valley | Reasonably Good | 2013 | Medium | DOC Fully Maintain | ? |
| Mikonui Spur track from Explorer Creek | Totally overgrown or gone, probably not useable | Late 1960's? | Low | No interest | ? |
| Mirage Knob from Wanganui cableway | Very overgrown/ gone completely at top and bottom | 1970's? | Low | No interest | ? |
| Miserable Ridge from Rapid Creek | Good/ a little rough in the alpine scrub zone. | Cut and marked 2017 | Low | Andrew Friedman | ? |
| Moonbeam Hut to Chainman Creek | Getting overgrown in places | 2015/ Moonbeam to bridge rechecked April 2018 | Medium | Permolat | ongoing |
| Mt. Allen from the Waitaha South bank | Mostly or entirely Gone? | ? | Low | no interest | ? |
| Mt. Barron tops from SH 73 underpass | Overgrowing but followable | 2010 | Low-med | ? | ? |
| Mt. Barron Tops from Goat Creek | Good | 2013 | Low-med | Doug Forster | Ongoing |
| Mt. Brown Track from Geologist Creek | OK but getting increasingly muddy in places from high use | June 2016 | High | Glenn Johnston | Ongoing |
| Mt. Brown Track from the Styx Valley | Good | trimmed to old hut site May 2018/ the rest June 2017 | High | Glenn Johnston | Ongoing |
| Mt. Browne/ Misty Ridge from Rapid Creek | Good to 760m. Roughly cut, but well marked from here | June 2018 | Low | Various | 2018 |
| Mt. Elliot tops from the Ahaura - Kopara Road | OK. The majority re cut and marked. Last couple of hundred metres through scrub still overgrown | 2013 | Low | Ben Aynsley? | ? |
| Mt. French | Good - windthrow at lower end | ? | Med | DOC Maintained | ? |
| Mt. Kerr track | Good to 200m above slip at 1000m - Flax and scrub need a trim above this | May 2018 | Medium | Dave Evans/ Andre and Corina Winkelman | 2018 |
| Mt. Mason track | Probably very overgrown | Nothing for quite a few years | Low | Offers? | ? |
| Mt. Mueller Track | Reasonably Good. | Some clearing and marking done early 2015 | Med | Peter Alspach | 2016 |
| Mt. Smart tops Track | Track OK, but 3.5km access road heavily windthrown | 2016/ 17 | Low | Glenn Johnston/ John Hutt | ? |
| Mt. Tuhua | Good | Windfall recently cleared (2018) | Medium | DOC | ? |
| Mt. Turiwhate From TR (scrub edge) Grahams Creek Bridge on SH73 | Good condition. Poled at top | Last Trim April 2018 | Medium | Glenn Johnston | 2019 |
| Mt. Watson (starts 100m up Croesus track) | Good condition | Opened up 2015 | Medium | DOC/ volunteer | Ongoing? |
| Mt. Wilberg | Good | October 2017 | Medium | Andrew Buglass | ? |
| Mueller Tarns Track | OK-some lack of definition near top and a bit of windthrow | Re-marked to 900m and a bit of clearance done 2015 | Med | Peter Alspach | 2016 |
| Mullins Basin Track | Good, but needs a bit more trimming and marking in places | 2018 | Med | Permolat | ? |
| Mullins Basin Tops routes to Mts. O'Connor and Ross | OK in 2008 | 2008 | Low | ? | ? |
| Mungo Hut valley access from Poet Hut | Tracked section from Saddle Creek starting to overgrow | 2012 | Medium | DOC maintained | ? |
| Mungo Hut access from Park Stream and upper Mungo | Good | 2015 | Med | Offers? | ? |
| Newton Biv Track from Styx valley | Good | 2015 | Medium | Various | Ongoing |
| Newton Hut from the Arahura valley | Good | 2018 | medium | DOC/ community? | ? |
| Newton Hut to Dunns Hut via Newton Saddle | Good | 2015 | Medium | DOC Maintain | ? |
| Newton Range tops from Lower Arahura | Good - steep though | 2013 | Low | Offers? | ? |
| Noisy Creek Basin from Whitcombe Valley | Good | 2011 | Medium | DOC Maintain | ? |
| Otehake Valley track | Overgrown and difficult to follow in places | Recut from Hut downriver 1.7km in 2017/ 18. The rest hasn't been maintained since the 1970's | Med | Hugh van Noorden/ John Roper-Lindsay | 2018 |
| Otoko Valley from the Paringa confluence to Reynolds Flat | OK | Cleared and marked with tape in 2014 | Low | Louisa Hines? | ? |
| Pell Stream Hut marked route | Good (checked 2018) | 2014 | Med | Various | Ongoing? |
| Pfeifer Biv route up Paratu Stream | OK | 2018 | Med | Frank King/ Honora Renwick | Ongoing |
| Pinnacle Biv Track From Kokatahi valley | Cut and marked. A bit of flax and astelia in montane zone | 2106 | High | Offers? | Ongoing |
| Poet Hut from the Bluff Swingbridge | Good | 2012 | High | Doc Maintain | ? |
| Polluck Creek Hut to Truran Pass | Track section getting a bit overgrown, but OK. Creek section easy travel | 2010 | Low | Offers? | ? |
| Rangi Taipo tops from Seven Mile | Reasonably Good - a bit of regrowth further up | 2013/ The lower section was given a trim in 2014 | Med | Frank King/ Honora Renwick/ Alan Jemison? | 2017 |
| Rata Ridge from the Poerua valley | Overgrowing | Few bits trimmed in 2017/ taped 2018 | Low-Med | Dylan Higgison | ? |
| Roaring Billy Hut track | Good to first big flat downvalley from Hut/ Partially cut and marked from here down. | 2016/ 18 | Med | Geoff Spearpoint | 2018 |
| Rocky Creek Biv from the Taipo Bridge | Some fresh windthrow in river sections | 2016 | Med | Frank King/ Honora Renwick/ Eigill Wahlberg | Ongoing |
| Rocky Creek Biv to Rocky Creek Saddle route | Good | 2014 | Med | Frank King/ Honora Renwick and others | Ongoing |
| Rolleston River track | OK - rough underfoot. Needs a good trim and some marking | ? | Medium | Offers? | ? |
| Scamper Torrent Hut from Kiwi Flat | Mostly Good. Needs tidying and marking at bottom end | 2016 | Medium | Various | ? |
| Serpentine Hut from the Rapid Creek cage | Tracked sections cut & marked. The rest is river travel. | 2018 | Medium | Andrew Buglass | Ongoing |
| Scottys Biv tops track opposite Seven Mile Creek | Good | Recut and marked 2015 | Med | Andrew Buglass | 2018 |
| Sir Robert Hut via Homeward Ridge Track | Terrace section, and scrub zone getting overgrown. Ridge section good. | Light trim 2015 | Medium | Offers? | ? |
| Smyth Hut from Hunters Hut | Reportedly rough going with flood damage. DOC recently recut tracked section above Devastation Creek | 2015 | High | DOC | ? |
| Squall Peak Track from Cedar Flat | Reasonable | Light trim in 2018 | Medium | Various | 2016 |
| Steadman Brow tops track from Whitcombe valley | Good | 2013 | Medium | DOC Fully Maintain | ? |
| Taramakau Valley Track | Good | 2012 | Fully maintain | DOC | ? |
| Te Kinga from Iveagh Bay | Good? | ? | Med | DOC? | ? |
| Terra Quinn/ Amethyst Ravine (Entrance 50 metres along from Wanganui hot springs park) | Good, but needs a bit more marking | 2016 | Low | Peter Sinclair, and friends | ? |
| Thomas River Hut track | Overgrown | ? | Med | Geoff Spearpoint | 2016 |
| Toaroha Biv from Top Toaroha Hut | Good | 2012 | High | DOC Maintain | Ongoing |
| Toaroha Biv from Mungo Valley | Good | 2012 | High | DOC Maintain | Ongoing |
| Top Crawford Hut from Crawford Junction | Good | 2012 | High | DOC Maintain | Ongoing |
| Top Crooked track from Jacko Flats Hut | Reasonably good | Retrimmed 2017 | Medium | DOC?/ Jack Grinstead | ? |
| Top Kokatahi Hut from Crawford Junction | Good | 2012 | High | DOC Maintain | Ongoing |
| Top Trent Hut from Elizabeth Hut | OK to Trent saddle/ the rest Good | 2009/ 2015 | Med | DOC/ Permolat | ? |
| Top Trent to Mt. Dixon Tops | Good | 2015 | Low | Offers? | ? |
| Townsend Hut from the Taramakau Valley | Good | 2017 | Medium | Graham Jackson | ? |
| The Trench (from Olderog to Newton Creek) | Tracked sections gone. Creek travel in the Trench straightforward. Difficult from there. | Early 70's? | Low | Bruce McLelland | ? |
| Tuke Hut from Dickie Spur | Good | 2012 | Medium | DOC maintain | ? |
| Tunnel Creek Hut track | Good | 2015/ more permolat added 2018 | Med-High | Geoff Spearpoint | Ongoing |
| Tunnel Creek Rock Biv track | Recut and marked. Good condition | 2014 | High | Geoff Spearpoint | Ongoing |
| Urquhart's Knob Track from Kiwi Flat | Vanished at start, probably very overgrown or gone elsewhere | Early 1970's? | Low | no interest | ? |
| Vincent Creek Tops Track from the Whitcombe | Either very overgrown or gone | Early 1970's? | Low | No Interest | ? |
| Waikiti Hut from Haupri-Amuri Roadend | Good in places. Rough in others | 2009/ 2017 | medium | Craig Benbow | Ongoing |
| Wheel Creek Hut track | Good | 2012 | Medium | Over 40's Tramping Club | ? |
| Whitcombe main valley tracks TR | Good | 2013 | High | DOC maintain | Ongoing |
| Whitehorn Spur track from Crawford Junction | Very overgrown - gone in places | Mid 70's? | Low | No Interest | ? |
| Wilkinson Hut via Whitcombe valley tracks | Good | 2013 | High | DOC maintained | Ongoing |
| Wilkinson Hut to Phalow Creek | Should still be followable | Trimmed and marked in 2015 | Low | ? | ? |
| Wilsons Knob from the Griffin Creek track | Overgrowing but OK to follow | Partial trim 2009 | Low | Offers? | ? |
| Yeats Ridge Track from the Toaroha Valley | Needs a trim in montane/ sub alpine zone | 2016 | High | Liz Stephenson | Ongoing |
| Yeats Ridge tops from Yeats Ridge Hut | Good - a few extra snow poles would improve things | 2016 | Medium | Offers? | ongoing |