The GWBN has formal management agreements for 310 kms of backcountry tramping track. The GWBN track maintenance programme for tracks allows for approximately 60 kilometres of tramping track in maintained annually. Tracks are recut every 3 – 6 years, depending on vegetation regrowth, tree fall etc. Also, to spread costs evenly, sites requiring helicopter access are limited to 2-3 annually.
Below lists the tracks managed by th GWBN.
| Forest Park | Track | Length kms |
| Aorangi | Mt Ross | 6.8 |
| Pig Ridge | 8.0 | |
| Aorangi Crossing | 21.4 | |
| Tararua | Mangahao Valley | 15.5 |
| Maungahuka-Andersons | 3.0 | |
| Waitewaewae | 8.2 | |
| Pakihore Ridge | 4.5 | |
| Shoulder Knob | 3.7 | |
| Table Top-Penn Creek | 2.9 | |
| Cattle Ridge-Dundas | 3.6 | |
| Cow Creek-Raumahanga | 3.0 | |
| Kaiparoro | 1.8 | |
| Mt Bruce-Lower Ruamahanga | 10.7 | |
| Putara-Herepai | 6.0 | |
| Roaring Stag-Cattle Ridge | 2.3 | |
| Roaring Stag-Herepai Jnc | 3.9 | |
| Kaitoke-Smiths creek | 6.5 | |
| Marchant Ridge | 8.5 | |
| Marchant Stream-Blk XVI | 3.8 | |
| Mt Reeves (closed) | 9.9 | |
| Omega | 2.7 | |
| Puffer-Dobsons-Canyon Creek | 5.2 | |
| Remutaka SH2 Summit-Pylon Road | 3.1 | |
| Smiths Creek-Tutuwai | 8.0 | |
| Tauherenikau Gorge | 2.4 | |
| Bucks Road-Mt Frith-Pylon Road | 8.4 | |
| Tutuwai-Cone hut | 2.4 | |
| Barra | 8.3 | |
| Blue Range-Cow Creek hut | 4.6 | |
| Cow Creek-Arete Forks-Pinnacle Spur | 7.4 | |
| East Holdsworth | 2.7 | |
| Jumbo-Upper Atiwhakatu | 1.9 | |
| Mikimiki | 8.7 | |
| Mitre | 2.7 | |
| Mitre Flats-Atiwhakatu | 6.6 | |
| Waingawa Valley | 8.4 | |
| Cone Saddle | 4.0 | |
| Cone saddle-Cone Ridge | 5.3 | |
| Cone-Winchcombe | 7.3 | |
| Consertina Knob | 3.8 | |
| Isobelle-Mid Waiohine-Aokapaorangi | 5.2 | |
| Lower Waiohine | 9.5 | |
| Sayers-Mangatarere | 5.8 | |
| Totara Creek | 4.5 | |
| Totara Flats-Neill Forks | 5.8 | |
| Walls Whare-Cone Saddle | 4.6 | |
| Elder hut-Aston-Reneta | 10.5 | |
| Ngatiawa-Kapakapanui Loop | 10.7 | |
| Maymorn-Kapakapanui | 4.2 | |
| Waiotauru hut-Otaki Forks | 7.0 | |
| Total kms | 312.2 | |
