Last Updated: 21st Sep 2023
Aongatete River Run
Last Updated: 21st Sep 2023
Grunt Factor: 22 ?
Gnarl Factor: 76 ?
7.6km
675m
660m
353m
Last Updated: 21st Sep 2023
Last Updated: 21st Sep 2023
Grunt Factor: 22 ?
Gnarl Factor: 76 ?
7.6km
675m
660m
353m
Front country - easily accessible
Loop
Undulating, some big hills
Native bush
Riverside
Easy Single Track
Technical Single Track
Untracked / Route only
Average Uphill Gradient: +14.8%
Average Downhill Gradient: -14.5%
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Not suitable
Slow
2:00
Moderate
1:30
Fast
Start at Aongatete lodge, run the easy DoC track to the Aongatete river. Cross here and head up the hill until you reach the North/South track, turning south. Run this until you again reach the Aongatete River. Here you leave the track and enter the river heading down stream, combination of rocks and small river crossings. At some points you need to jump from small waterfalls into the pools below.
Water is clean and clear to allow good sight of depth. Follow river down stream until you get to a fork where another stream joins.
A small track to the right of this stream allows a safe path around a waterfall.
Follow this upstream for a couple of hundred meters until you see the Orange triangle indication the 'Swimming Hole Track' - take this back to carpark.
Run includes a river portion requiring a number of small waterfall jumps.
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Public carpark, good amount of parking
18 km
19 minutes
Unknown
No
Hard.
Unknown.
Whistle, First aid kit, Cellphone, Map
Plenty of water in river but consider a Steripen / water treatment.
Suggest to only attempt this in summer with lower water flows in river
As there is a need to jump into pools of water, please check best you can for depth, other hazards i.e. tree branches etc.
Fastest Known Times (FKTs)
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More adventure than trail run but brilliant all the same. Advise taking a buddy with you as there are some sections where you don't want to be on your own if it went horribly wrong.
December 27, 2022
These overlap with this trail to some degree. You may wish to combine them but please note that to qualify for FKTs on these runs you should record a separate activity for each.
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