Te Upoko-o-Kurī/Witch Hill

Short scramble from the Crater Rim Walkway with amazing views and a historic memorial seat.

Canterbury, New Zealand

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Last Updated: 30th Jun 2026

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Moderate

Some easy rock scrambling and/or slight exposure, or moderate navigation.

421m

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Distance away

-43.59313, 172.67781

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Te Upoko-o-Kurī/Witch Hill can be accessed on the trails Lyttelton to Diamond Harbour, The Bowenvale Elevator, The Gorsetrack Strikes Back, Rapaki Sugarloaf Return, Sign Of The Takahe - Rapaki, Port Hills Nearly Half Marathon, Whigs' Flying Fifty (WFF), VKV challenge, Banks Peninsula Ultra Beer Run, Bowenvale / Huntsbury Loop, Gondola Gallop, The ATH (Around The Harbour), Lava - H.ELL Loop, Punk Rock Assault On Windsor Castle, The Guv'nor & His Birds, The Crater Rim, Lava Lite, Takahe Half, Mt Pleasant Trig, Gang of Four, Dog Sniffing Rhythms - Harbour Crusin', Trinity - Harbour Bruisin', Gates Of The East, Hunting Out A Gorge-ous Loop, Lyttelton Dress Circle, Port Hills Spur Challenge!, Up Hill Down Valley, Pour Some Sugarloaf On Me, Lyttelton Semi-Circle, Holliss Stairway to Heaven, Barnett Bunker Buster, The Pipeline of Pain, Mt Vernon Farm Track , Vicki Vale, Heathcote River Run - Opawa to Hoon Hay, Christchurch 360 Trail - Sugarloaf Hills Section, Bird to Bird, Port Hills Protocol, Bodybag, O'Farrells For Shore, The Governator, Heathcote Meander, Montgomery Loop, 2 Sugars, 2 Vernons & a Half Shot, Quail Island Looping, The Chairlift Choice, Tussock Hill Ridge, Mt Pleasant Elevator, Governator 2 - Judgement Day, Christchurch 360 Trail - Godley Cliffs Section, The North Faces, Coastal Cliff Candy, The Missing Link, Beer Bum Bluffs, Tauhinu-Korokio TKO, Beginner's Adventure Park Loop, Boulder Dash, Clan of the Cave Runner, Morgans Baa Baa Loop, Mary Had a Little Lamb, Horsing Around, Port Hills 8-Attack, Takahe to Taylors, Dry Run to Tamatea's Leap, Majorly Steadfast, Adventure to the Backside, Victoria's Secrets, Upper East Side hill reps, Cracroft Wetlands, Coronation Climb, Urumau Undulations, Ernle Clark & Purau Reserves, The Gates of Montgomery, The Coronation of Anthony and Castle Rock Ridge from our trail directory.

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