From Port Craig School Hut to Edwin Burn viaduct via South Coast Track / tramway
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Distance: 8.7 km
(3.0 DOC hours)
- Road
- Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 25m to 78m. Gain: 169m. Loss: 143m . Gradient: 2 deg (Flat)
Skills:
Altitude: 25m to 78m. Gain: 169m. Loss: 143m . Gradient: 2 deg (Flat)
Skills:
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An old logging tramway runs west from Port Craig. This is not the rough bush tramway affair you ay expect but a broad railway base on a surveyed line with cuttings, embankments and tall viaducts more reminiscent of a major rail line. The rails have gone but sleepers and railway spike remain to frustrate the tramper.
A private staff hut is passed at the first major viaduct - Percy Burn. The signposted turnoff to Okaka Lodge via the Hump Ridge Track lies just beyond the next viaduct at Edwin Burn.
2-3 hrs
Last updated by: Madpom at 2018-06-15 06:42:56. Experienced: 2018-06-07
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