Arrowtown GoldBeginner - Intermediate
Submitted by Mike Kerr
Front country - easily accessible
Loop
Very hilly
Open tussock/grasslandsOpen ridges/tops
Beginner - Intermediate
5:00 (Slow)
3:45 (Moderate)
2:30 (Fast)
-14.3%
+15.9%
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Can be run in either direction
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Description
Cross the bridge which is behind the toilet and turn left and head up the 4WD track keeping right, cross the irrigation pipe and follow the single track. At the bridge take the right hand trail marked Sawpit Gully, here you start the hill climb. At about 2.8km you will come out of the bush and reach an intersection, here you take a left. If you look straight up you will see Brow Peak, that’s where you’re headed. Head straight up, once you get to the ridgeline turn left and head up to Brow Peak. Enjoy the view and then turn around and enjoy a sensational piece ridgeline running down to the Big Hill Saddle. Then follow the trail up over Big Hill and down the Hayes Creek track down to the Arrow River. Follow the river for a short way keeping an eye out for an orange marker, here you climb a bank out of the river and onto Macetown Rd where you turn right and head back to Arrowtown.
Trail Community
Make Up of Run
Moderate Single Track: 80%
Farm Road / 4WD Track: 20%
Route Data
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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
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Access
Start at the Chinese Village which is at the end of Buckingham St.
There is plenty of parking at the Chinese Village
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Staying Safe
Moderate.
When you get to the Arrow River head downstream for a short period keeping an eye out for the orange marker. This is where you climb the bank up to the road.
Very patchy.
Thermal leggings, Short-sleeved thermal top, Long-sleeved thermal top, Seam-sealed waterproof jacket, Gloves, Beanie/thermal headwear, Personal Locator Beacon (PLB), Whistle, First aid kit, Extra food for emergencies, Cellphone, Map.
There is no available water
In winter there will be snow and ice
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Post run indulgence
Arrowtown Bakery for a pie.
Buckingham St.
Great piesSlow Cuts
Buckingham St
Great burger, smashed potatoes and craft beerFork and Tap
Buckingham St
A huge range of craft beers and good food. -
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See other runs nearby:
Big Hill Circuit
Sawpit Gully - German Hill
Mt Rosa Loop
Queenstown Trail Anticlockwise
Macetown
Bush Creek Banger and The Steiger!
New Chums Loop
Miners Trail
Brow Peak Mini Mission
Crown Peak Traverse
Lake Hayes Circuit
Beat Beetham
Coal Crown Arrowtown
Glenroy Water Race Track
Mt Sale via Crown Peak and Mt Scott
Advance Peak (via Big Hill inbound and Macetown Road outbound)
Coronet Loop
The Not WILD 50 Mile Course
The Not WILD 20 Mile Course
All The New Chums
Brow Peak and Big Hill
Mt Soho Marathon
Cardrona to Arrowtown
Hilly Delight
Fast and Flat in Arrowtown
Crown Peak and Mt Sale
The Beast of Beetham
