Mount Vernon Canterbury
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Peak Information
462m
-43.59412, 172.66783
BX24 7319 7315
Straightforward
Little or no technical difficulty or exposure
No known access issues. If you are aware of any, please let us know
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David Hosking, 2nd February 2022
Follow the Crater Rim trail between top of Rapaki and Sugarloaf and you will bag this peak! Steep singletrack to get up and down but highly runnable.
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I did it!See other peaks nearby:
Sugarloaf - 1.8km away
Mount Bradley - 11.7km away
Mount Herbert/Te Ahu Patiki - 12.2km away
Mount Fitzgerald - 18.5km away
Marleys Hill - 3.4km away
Mount Pleasant - 4.8km away
Cass Peak - 5.8km away
Coopers Knob - 8.2km away
Trails within 5km of Mount Vernon:
Sign Of The Takahe - Rapaki
Mt Vernon Farm Track
Gondola Gallop
The Crater Rim
Up Hill Down Valley
Port Hills Protocol
Christchurch 360 Trail - Sugarloaf Hills Section
Port Hills Spur Challenge!
Rapaki Sugarloaf Return
VKV challenge
The ATH (Around The Harbour)
Whigs' Flying Fifty (WFF)
Takahe to Taylors
The North Faces
Lyttelton to Diamond Harbour
Port Hills Nearly Half Marathon
Bowenvale / Huntsbury Loop
Lava Lite
Lava - H.ELL Loop
Vicki Vale
Port Hills 8-Attack
The Bowenvale Elevator
Holliss Stairway to Heaven
Tussock Hill Ridge
Hunting Out A Gorge-ous Loop
Montgomery Loop
Horsing Around
Pour Some Sugarloaf On Me
The Missing Link
The Guv'nor & His Birds
Takahe Half
The Gorsetrack Strikes Back
Dog Sniffing Rhythms - Harbour Crusin'
Bird to Bird
Beginner's Adventure Park Loop
The Pipeline of Pain
The Chairlift Choice
Lyttelton Dress Circle
Lyttelton Semi-Circle
Trinity - Harbour Bruisin'
Beer Bum Bluffs
Bodybag
Heathcote River Run - Opawa to Hoon Hay
The Governator
Banks Peninsula Ultra Beer Run
Gang of Four
Governator 2 - Judgement Day
Mary Had a Little Lamb
O'Farrells For Shore
Quail Island Looping
Boulder Dash
Morgans Baa Baa Loop
Tauhinu-Korokio TKO
Heathcote Meander
Christchurch 360 Trail - Godley Cliffs Section
Mt Pleasant Elevator
Mt Pleasant Trig
Westmorland Hill Reps
Gates Of The East
Halswell and Kennedys
