Mount Somers Track (South Face) in Ashburton District

Mount Somers Track (South Face) in Ashburton District is an unpaved path. The road has a width of 1 m. The path is a mountain hiking trail. It crosses (derelict 4WD track) and ends in a cul-de-sac. It comes from Mount Somers Track.

Bicycle: no
Road Type: path
Wheelchair Access: no

Attraction

Old kilns – approx. 1,2 km.
Caves Stream Siphon – approx. 4,3 km.
Bowyers Stream Siphon – approx. 4,7 km.
Water caves – approx. 7,2 km.
Rabbit Board at Ashburton Gorge Road 390 – approx. 7,4 km.
Taylors Stream Siphon – approx. 7,4 km.
River Intake – approx. 10,3 km.
South Ashburton Siphon – approx. 10,4 km.
South Ashburton Check Gate – approx. 10,8 km.
Valetta Irrigation Scheme Offtake – approx. 11,3 km.
North Ashburton Siphon – approx. 12,0 km.
North Ashburton Spillweir – approx. 12,6 km.
North Hinds Siphon – approx. 12,8 km.
Ashburton Lyndhurst Irrigation Scheme Offtake – approx. 12,9 km.
Stockwater Bypass – approx. 15,5 km.
Methven Checkgate – approx. 15,5 km.
Ashburton Lyndhurst Main Race Offtake – approx. 15,5 km.
Surrey Hills High Pressure Siphon – approx. 15,6 km.

Campsite

Taylors Stream (tents allowed, caravans allowed) – approx. 5,6 km.
Bowyers Stream (tents allowed, caravans allowed) – approx. 6,6 km.

Cafés

Stavely Café and Sundry Goods Store (outdoor seating, Wi-Fi, takeaway, wheelchair accessible) – approx. 3,4 km.

Guest house

Mt Hutt Retreat – approx. 10,9 km.

Viewpoint

Sharplin Falls Lookout – approx. 600 m.

Shelter

Warden's hut (basic_hut) – approx. 3,3 km.

Parking

Mt Alford Track Parking (surface, 15 spaces, free) – approx. 8,0 km.

Roads nearby

Sharplin Falls Track

Sharplin Falls Lookout

Sharplin Falls Track (closed)

Stavely Café and Sundry Goods Store

Mount Somers Summit Track

Mount Somers Track

Warden's hut, Water caves

Winterslow Road

Rutherfords Road

Caves Stream Siphon

Te Kiekie Route

Springburn Bushside Road

Ashburton Staveley Road

Greenstreet, Springburn

Alford Forest Cemetery Road

Arundel Rakaia Gorge Road

Mount Hutt, Buccleuch, Bushside, Cavendish, Rakaia Gorge lookout, Mayfield, Mayfield Volunteer Fire Brigade, Mayfield Community Recycling Depot, Caltex, Udder Dairy Cafe and Gift Shop, Panthers Rock Bar & Cafe, Farmfirst Vet

Stackhouse Road

Withers Farm Road

Body of waters nearby

Gold Smith Rapids

Buildings nearby

Historic lime kiln

Staveley Community Hall

Canals nearby

Rangitata Diversion Race

Cliffs nearby

Central Pinnacle

Ice rinks nearby

Staveley Ice Rink

Museum nearby

Staveley Historical and Geological Centre

Places of worship nearby

Stavelely Church

Razed railways nearby

Mount Somers Branch

Rivers nearby

Sports pitches nearby

Stavely Ice Rink

Streams nearby

Stevenson Stream

Petrifying Gully

Trifalls Stream

Wilderness huts nearby