Last Updated: 21st Sep 2023
Mt Sale via Crown Peak and Mt Scott
Last Updated: 21st Sep 2023
Open
Grunt Factor: 40 ?
Gnarl Factor: 46 ?
18.5km
1585m
1585m
1735m
Last Updated: 21st Sep 2023
Last Updated: 21st Sep 2023
Open
Grunt Factor: 40 ?
Gnarl Factor: 46 ?
18.5km
1585m
1585m
1735m
Front country - easily accessible
Out and Back
Undulating, some big hills
Open tussock/grasslands
Open ridges/tops
Farm Road / 4WD Track
Easy Single Track
Moderate Single Track
Untracked / Route only
Average Uphill Gradient: +16.4%
Average Downhill Gradient: -16.4%
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5:00
Slow
4:00
Moderate
3
Fast
The beginning section from Crown Range Carpark to Mount Scott isn't a track, but a steep uphill bush bash.
After Mount Scott you begin to follow a fence line and orange cairns appear going up to Crown Peak on more undulating hills.
From Crown Peak, a 4wd track takes you most of the way to Mount Sale -- this is also the flattest section of track.
The last bit up to the top of Mount Sale is more of a goat trail. A bit of route finding skills are required, and in a white-out it is essential to have a topo/GPS to navigate by.
This trail includes the peaks Crown Peak, Mount Sale and Mount Scott.
Views all around: Whakatipu basin, Pikirakitahi-Mt Earnslaw, Arrowtown & Lake Hayes, Soho River basin, Cardrona ski area, Cardrona town & lake Wanaka, the Pisa Range, the Remarkables, Walter & Cecil Peaks.
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16 km
20 minutes
Unknown
No
Moderate.
There seem to be cairns leading a different way down just below Crown Peak on the Crown Range Road side, which I imagine goes down somewhere between Coal Creek and Foxs Gully.
There is also an alternate way down just past Crown Peak on the Mt Sale side where you can take a 4wd track down to Arrowtown.
Generally good.
Windproof jacket, Gloves, Personal Locator Beacon (PLB), Extra food for emergencies, Cellphone, Map
No water sources along the track
In the winter this track would be largely snow-covered. The rest of the year: white-out conditions would make it harder to navigate, and of course no rewarding views. Any time of year this ridge is prone to wind.
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Fastest Known Times (FKTs)
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Fantastic trail with amazing views over wakatipu basin and Cadrona valley..
Highly recommend!!
February 6, 2023
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