Christchurch 360 Trail - Sugarloaf Hills SectionIntermediate
Submitted by Tony Sharpe
Urban fringe
Point to Point (one way)
Very hilly
Native bushOpen farmlandsOpen tussock/grasslandsOpen ridges/topsVolcanic
Intermediate
3:00 (Slow)
2:30 (Moderate)
2:00 (Fast)
-9.4%
+9.8%
Enjoy one of the 8 Trail Segments of the Christchurch 360 trail
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Description
The trail starts at the Withers Carpark at the Halswell Quarry Park. Take the track that heads up west behind the old stone house. This trail climbs up and around the west of the old quarry. It circles around it to the south, then at the eastern end of the quarry the track heads off to the right. The track then opens into a large park area. Climb the stile, and head east across the park to the reserve strip with a zig-zag path that exits onto Kennedys Bush Rd.
Continue along Kennedy's Bush Rd to the very end, where there is a gate and stile. Climb the stile, and continue up the Kennedy's Bush Track. The track climbs up approx 6km to the Summit Road. Please stick to the marked trail as land away from the trail is private. Cross the Summit Rd, and follow the track short track up to the Crater Rim trail on the slopes of Mt Ada. Keep following the Crater Rim Walkway all the way to Dyers Pass and the Sign of The Kiwi.
Cross Dyers Pass Road carefully, traffic flies over here and then take Mitchells Track to the south of the Sugarloaf Peak. Follow the Crater Rim Trail over all the lumps and bumps all the way to the Gondola top station. This is pristine Port Hills terrain. Enjoy a beer and chips up at the Gondola and then sort out your method of journey home - buses go to town from the gondola, if you haven't tee'd up a drop off/ pick up
Trail Community
Features of interest
Halswell Quarry Heritage Park. Crater Rim Trail Christchurch 360 trail. Great panoramic views
Make Up of Run
Technical Single Track: 30%
Moderate Single Track: 30%
Easy Single Track: 20%
Farm Road / 4WD Track: 20%
Route Data
Reviews:
Overlapping Runs
The following trails overlap with this run to some degree. You may wish to combine them but please note that to qualify for FKTs on these runs you should record a separate Strava activity for each
Halswell and Kennedys
Length: 13.00km
Sign Of The Takahe - Rapaki
Length: 13.00km
Whigs' Flying Fifty (WFF)
Length: 50.30km
VKV challenge
Length: 10.00km
Gondola Gallop
Length: 11.30km
The Crater Rim
Length: 27.90km
Little Learner Loop (Halswell Quarry)
Length: 3.00km
Bird to Bird
Length: 9.80km
The Governator
Length: 9.85km
Governator 2 - Judgement Day
Length: 7.70km
The North Faces
Length: 24.80km
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Access
Halswell Quarry, corner of Cashmere and Kennedy's Bush Roads
Park up/ drop off at the Quarry carpark Buses run from both the Quarry, and from the Gondola base station
11 km
19 minutes
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Staying Safe
Easy.
Make navigation of this route super-easy by using the Capra app on your phone. View on Capra .
Its pretty well marked, keep following the circular Christchurch 360 trail signposts
Perfect throughout.
Lightweight fleece top, Short-sleeved thermal top, Seam-sealed waterproof jacket, Windproof jacket, Gloves, Beanie/thermal headwear, Whistle, First aid kit, Extra food for emergencies, Cellphone, Map.
You can fill up water bottles at the Sign of the Kiwi
No probs apart from wind and winter weather
Can be muddy and greasy after rain and in winter
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Post run indulgence
Christchurch Gondola
Top Station, Mt Cavendish
https://www.christchurchattractions.nz/christchurch_gondola/
Great food and beer/wine/ cuppa options - Blog Posts and Articles
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See other runs nearby:
Godley Head loop
Lyttelton to Diamond Harbour
Halswell and Kennedys
Summit Walkway
The Bowenvale Elevator
The Gorsetrack Strikes Back
Rapaki Sugarloaf Return
Sign Of The Takahe - Rapaki
Port Hills Nearly Half Marathon
Horse Longitudes
Horse Latitudes
Sumner Half Heads
Whigs' Flying Fifty (WFF)
VKV challenge
Banks Peninsula Ultra Beer Run
Bottle Lake Blue Loop
Gebbies to Packhorse Romp
Hagley Figure of 8
Bowenvale / Huntsbury Loop
Avon City Loops
Avon - Source to Surf
Okuti to Hilltop Amble
Gondola Gallop
Orton Bradley Loop
The ATH (Around The Harbour)
Lava - H.ELL Loop
Travis Wetland Loop
Punk Rock Assault On Windsor Castle
The Guv'nor & His Birds
The Crater Rim
Lava Lite
Takahe Half
North New Brighton Spit
Mt Pleasant Trig
God's Con - Rehab Road
Gang of Four
Dog Sniffing Rhythms - Harbour Crusin'
Trinity - Harbour Bruisin'
Gates Of The East
Hunting Out A Gorge-ous Loop
Lyttelton Dress Circle
A Diamond in the Rough
Port Hills Spur Challenge!
Up Hill Down Valley
The Coffee Run
Pour Some Sugarloaf On Me
Never Trust A Crocodile
Lyttelton Semi-Circle
Hagley Perimeter
Holliss Stairway to Heaven
Diamond, Herbert & Fitzgerald
Barnett Bunker Buster
The Pipeline of Pain
Mt Vernon Farm Track
Vicki Vale
Heathcote River Run - Opawa to Hoon Hay
Little Learner Loop (Halswell Quarry)
Bird to Bird
Port Hills Protocol
Bodybag
O'Farrells For Shore
The Governator
Heathcote Meander
Spitting Distance
Montgomery Loop
Canterbury Agricultural Park Loop
2 Sugars, 2 Vernons & a Half Shot
Quail Island Looping
The Chairlift Choice
Tussock Hill Ridge
Mt Pleasant Elevator
McLeans Meander
Girdle the Groynes
Governator 2 - Judgement Day
Christchurch 360 Trail - Godley Cliffs Section
Westmorland Wetland Time Trial
Loopy in Siberia
The North Faces
Westmorland Hill Reps
360 Trail - Dunes Wetlands Section
Rocking Gibraltar
Dune Bugging
Hey Sisters!
Living Springs Loop
Springing Around Longhurst
Lady Isaac Loop
The Missing Link
Beer Bum Bluffs
Brooklands for the Birds.
Surf's Up!!!
Styx Pick Me Up
Orton Odyssey
Shoeing the Horse
Tauhinu-Korokio TKO
Double Top
Beginner's Adventure Park Loop
Boulder Dash
Clan of the Cave Runner
Taiora Track
Landfill Lark
Morgans Baa Baa Loop
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Horsing Around
Port Hills 8-Attack
Pinecone Pirate - Waitākiri/Bottle Lake Forest Park
Frogger
Takahe to Taylors
Tai Tapu - Sacred Boundary
Blackhill Hut Buster
