Trails: Karekare Main Carpark – Pohutukawa Glade Walk – on beach – Tunnel Point and campsite – on dunes follow the bright red “Hillary Trail” signs – Pararaha Valley Track – Buck Taylor Track – Zion Hill track – Pohutukawa Glade Walk – to Cave Rock Track return back to Pohutukawa Glade Walk – carpark.
Car Park: Karekare Main car park. Set “2 Karekare Rd, Karekare” in your GPS. It’s bout 1 hour drive from Auckland city center.
Public Toilet: Yes
Weather: Check Weather before you go!
For better map display, click the buttons (Full Screen, Hide/Show Photos and Back to Center) in the top right corner of the map to study the tracks we took or any other tracks. Most often the tracks are detailed by photos with description. For more details about Karekare, you may go to www.arc.govt.nz to find out.
Max elevation: 252 m
Min elevation: 3 m
Total climbing: 531 m
Total descent: -544 m
Average speed: 3.77 km/h
Total time: 03:32:28
Difficulty Rating: 1.76 – E
The “Total Time” is my time in August which includes morning tea time and lunch time. That day was fine and the track was good. If you slow down to average 3.0 km/h plus 60 min stop then the total time will be around 4:15 hrs.
Photos on the map. Click opened photo to close.
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Zion Hill Track to Zion Ridge Track
Still very muddy in OCT!
Hi, I stumbled upon this page when searching for Zion Hill Track online. Great blog!! I could not understand the difficulty level you have mentioned. Could you elaborate please? Thanks
Hi Dhananjay, Thanks your comment! I created this formula (http://nztramper.com/tramping-track-difficulty-rating/) to evaluate a completed tramping walk (not a single track!) in general according to my yeas tramping experience. It just gives a straight simple description how difficult a walk could be in a good weather.
We are a gaggle of volunteers and starting a new scheme in our community. Your web site provided us with helpful info to paintings on. You’ve performed an impressive task and our entire neighborhood shall be grateful to you.
Thanks! I am very happy you can get any useful information from my blog.