Maintenance Programme

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 ParkTrackLength kms
AorangiMt Ross6.8
Pig Ridge8.0
Aorangi Crossing21.4
TararuaMangahao Valley15.5
Maungahuka-Andersons3.0
Waitewaewae8.2
Pakihore Ridge4.5
Shoulder Knob3.7
Table Top-Penn Creek2.9
Cattle Ridge-Dundas3.6
Cow Creek-Raumahanga3.0
Kaiparoro1.8
Mt Bruce-Lower Ruamahanga10.7
Putara-Herepai6.0
Roaring Stag-Cattle Ridge2.3
Roaring Stag-Herepai Jnc3.9
Kaitoke-Smiths creek6.5
Marchant Ridge8.5
Marchant Stream-Blk XVI3.8
Mt Reeves (closed)9.9
Omega2.7
Puffer-Dobsons-Canyon Creek5.2
Remutaka SH2 Summit-Pylon Road3.1
Smiths Creek-Tutuwai8.0
Tauherenikau Gorge2.4
Bucks Road-Mt Frith-Pylon Road8.4
Tutuwai-Cone hut2.4
Barra8.3
Blue Range-Cow Creek hut4.6
Cow Creek-Arete Forks-Pinnacle Spur7.4
East Holdsworth2.7
Jumbo-Upper Atiwhakatu1.9
Mikimiki8.7
Mitre2.7
Mitre Flats-Atiwhakatu6.6
Waingawa Valley8.4
Cone Saddle4.0
Cone saddle-Cone Ridge5.3
Cone-Winchcombe7.3
Consertina Knob3.8
Isobelle-Mid Waiohine-Aokapaorangi5.2
Lower Waiohine9.5
Sayers-Mangatarere5.8
Totara Creek4.5
Totara Flats-Neill Forks5.8
Walls Whare-Cone Saddle4.6
Elder hut-Aston-Reneta10.5
Ngatiawa-Kapakapanui Loop10.7
Maymorn-Kapakapanui4.2
Waiotauru hut-Otaki Forks7.0
Total kms312.2