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Ben Lomond Track – Queenstown

Friday 27/02/2026   Bob’s Peak / Skyline Gondola Top Complex (787m) – Skyline Access Road – Luge Track crossing – Ben Lomond Track – Douglas fir forest zone – Alpine tussock zone (treeline ~800m) – Ben Lomond Saddle (1,326m) – Moonlight Track junction – Ben Lomond Station (private land) – Ben Lomond / Te Taumata-o-Hākitekura Summit (1,748m) with rock cairn (built 1960s by Henry Barker) – Ben Lomond Saddle (1,326m) – Ben Lomond Track – Bob’s Peak / Skyline Gondola Top Complex (787m)

                                     Ben Lomond Track

                                     Ben Lomond Scenic Reserve

                                     Queenstown-Lakes District, Otago, South Island, NEW ZEALAND (Aotearoa)

                                     Te Waipounamu – Ngāi Tahu (Kāi Tahu) rohe (Ngāi Tahu / Kāi Tahu people, incorporating Kāti Māmoe and Waitaha)

Participants: Beth Davies, Stephen Davies (Photos), Sue Davies (Report),  Pablo Ureña Vega

We arrived in Queentown late the previous night. With a two-hour time difference and the associated tiredness, we were off to a slow start.

We headed off to find some breakfast and then drove to buy some food for lunch. By the time we walked to the gondola station and reached the top, it was after midday.

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Carr Villa Hut – Big Opening – Ben Lomond – Legges Tor

Tuesday 6/02/2024   Carr Villa Hut – Big Opening – Ben Lomond – Legges Tor (1572m)

                                       Ben Lomond National Park, lutruwita / TASMANIA

                                       Ben Lomond Country                                  

Participants: Stephen Davies (Photos), Sue Davies (Report), Geri Louis, John Louis

We had intended to leave for the Bay of Fires today but Steve came up with a last minute suggestion to go to Ben Lomond. It was about a 50 minute drive from our camp at Myrtle Reserve, along mainly reasonable dirt road to the start of the walk at Carr Villa. The view from the car park was already impressive, with cliffs of basalt columns surrounding us. Legges Tor was once thought to be the highest peak in Tasmania but is readily accessed via this easy grade walk. 

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