Trip 002 - Greenstone / Caples 3-Day Weekend

DATE: October 22-24, 2022 (Labour Weekend)
DEPART: Clubrooms, 6pm on Friday, October 21
LEADER: Antony Pettinger (03 473 7924)
TRIP GRADE: All (Multiple Parties)

The earliest OTC association with the Greenstone Valley pre-dates the club, with an early Otago Daily Times report describing a trip undertaken by Mr. O. Balk (first OTC President) and Mr. J. Edgar in 1920. The pair went up the Greenstone Valley to Lake Howden (adjacent to the Routeburn Track), and instead of continuing to the track that ran alongside Lakes Lockie, Fergus and Gunn (West Eglinton Valley), they elected to traverse the range between the Greenstone and Eglinton - today we know this as the Livingstone Mountains. Mr. Balk reached a height of 4,600ft (1,400m) from where fine views of Lakes Marion, Gunn, Fergus and Lockie were obtained - a view of ‘unsurpassed loveliness’.

This trip is a three-day weekend, and has options for both camping or using the huts. The Department of Conservation Huts (Greenstone, McKellar and Mid-Caples are not in ideals to evenly split the 60km circuit into three days, but there are other options (see the info sheet for the trip for some options).

As this is a weekend trip, the list will close on Thursday, October 13. Email us here if you would like to sign up for the trip.