Front country - easily accessible
Out and Back
Undulating, small hills only
Dog Friendly
Riverside
Sealed Road
Easy Single Track
Average Uphill Gradient: +2.9%
Average Downhill Gradient: -2.9%
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5:00
Slow
3:30
Moderate
2:30
Fast
The track is very easy to follow and is suitable for bikes and feet. From the preschool you will see the start of the track at the wooden fence labelled Twin Rivers Trail. From there you follow it around the Kawarau river to the gravel area. Keep following the main trail (you cant miss it, it is about 4m wide). Run under the Shotover river bridge alongside the Shotover river now. There is a short 100m steep section, when you get to the top go around the toilets heading forward still and down over the old Shotover bridge. Hang a right looking for the Twin Rivers Trail markers that you have been seeing along the trail.
Back under the main Shotover bridge and up again along through a small sealed section. Down the hill to the trail again. In about a km you will be back alongside the Kawarau river runnnning under a heap of willow trees. You will run past the river side of Shotover Country and Lake Hayes and carry on until you get to the cattle grate for the bottom of Morven Hill (distance from where you meet back up to the Kawarau river and Morevn Hill is approx 7km). From there turn around and come on back!
Beautiful side river trail. Lots of friendly faces. Can be exposed so slip slop slap.
Heaps of road side parking
8 km
11 minutes
Yes
No
Easy.
Perfect throughout.
Whistle, First aid kit, Extra food for emergencies, Cellphone, Map
Minimal water along the way. I carried 2L in a bladder and I used most of it over 2.5 hours. The reason for this is that the lake (Whakatipu) can have elevated levels of e-coli during summer. Even though the rivers a high flow, there is still a chance of contamination.
Good all year round!
Odelay - for a coffee!
Frankton near Repco, opposite New World supermarket
Great coffee
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Fastest Known Times (FKTs)
You and Frankton to Morven Hill Return
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Hi Paul.
As of 17/01/2021 the track between Shotover and Lake Hayes is open with a new boardwalk erected over the slipway area.
Cheers.
January 26, 2022
* as at 12/01/2022 the track is closed from Shotover -> Lake Hayes estate. No ETA for opening
January 13, 2022