Quick Start Track 7: Southland/Queenstown Lakes Around the Mountain Rail Trail
Last updated:
July 2009
Quick Start Track 7: Southland/Queenstown Lakes Around the Mountain Rail Trail
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Southland and Queenstown Lakes ‘Around the Mountain Rail Trail’ would be an easy to ride, 175-kilometre cycling trail. Participants would depart from Queenstown on the TSS Earnslaw across Lake Wakatipu to Walter Peak. The cycle track would head through Walter Peak and Mount Nicholas Stations, and along the Von Valley, Lake Mavora. It would then follow the Oreti River and from Mossburn along the old railway line to Lumsden. Refer to the highlighted section of the above map or PDF.
From Queenstown Around the Mountain Rail Trail, future cycle trails could be developed from Lake Mavora to Te Anau, from Lumsden to Invercargill/Bluff and from Lumsden to Gore/Catlins Coast. Around the Mountain is a spine which allows Southland to develop a network of easy to ride cycle trails linking tourism infrastructure.
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