Sweet Sinclair Summit

This is 99% easy to navigate. Simply follow the marked 4wd track Te Ara Pataka as it zig zags its way up towards Mt Sinclair.

Approx 1.4kms in you will meet the junction with the track coming up from Montgomery Reserve. Hop over the stile and continue your climb. You will pass through the amazing Totara graveyard and then into regenerating bush. Take some moments to soak in the amazing views out across Lake Forysth and to imagine the amazing Totaras as they would have been when standing.

At about 3.8kms you will cross yet another stile and Pegasus Bay will come into full view. Another 300 metres along the track at 4.1kms (ish) you need to keep an eye out for a tall dead tree on your right. Directly opposite this is on your left is an old not so obvious 4wd track. You need to head up this a climb through the fence. Approx 100m up this track you need to veer right and start making your way through the bushes and spear grass to the summit. There is a track but it isn't very obvious.

It's about another 200m to the summit. Soak in the amazing views out to Lake Ellesmere to the south, the Southern Alps to the west, Akaroa Harbour to the east and the magnificence of Pegasus Bay, the Kaikouras and beyond to the North. When you've refueled then turn around and retrace your steps back the way you came.