The Needle

Tasman, New Zealand

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Last Updated: 27th Apr 2023

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Moderate

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

1,563m

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-40.94221, 172.54925

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The Needle can be accessed on the trails Anatoki-Waingaro-Kill Devil , Boulder Lake to Anatoki Forks and The High Dragon Traverse from our trail directory.

Malcolm Law

Approaching from Needle's Eye is very steep and exposed. It is most easily climbed from Adelaide Tarn Hut via a shrub-filled gully and easy grass/rock ramp that leads to the SE ridge close to the summit.

Malcolm Law

January 18, 2025

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