Mt Nimrod Track is a thirty-two kilometre drive from Timaru. It is located in the Hunter Hills. Mt Nimrod Track has a length of 4.59 km and a highest point of 646m.
Mt Nimrod Track is averagely a 3-4 hour loop. (I smoked it in one and a half hours). You will need moderate to high fitness level because Mt Nimrod Track is an advanced tramping track. There is one river crossing and if you travel five minutes upstream you will come to an amazing waterfall that bounds through a hole in the rocks. In my opinion the waterfall is a must see!
Mt Nimrod Track starts out in the car park then you climb into the bush. Eventually the bush opens up into the grassy mountain tops where you can see the beautiful coast. Later you climb down through more bush to a river. You can choose if you want to see the waterfall (by going five minutes up stream) or go straight to the other side of the river and continue walking. I chose to walk five minutes up stream to see the waterfall so I had to be careful of slippery rocks. Once I had got a good look at the waterfall I crossed the river and climbed up a steep slope to the highest point.
On the way to the highest point is a real rock scramble and the rocks can be really slippery when they are wet. After I got past the rock scramble I made a quick descent down the ridge to the car park.
Awesome Ollie - especially when you are at home sick.
ReplyDeleteOne way of making this easier to read is possibly add some sub-headings like...
Levels of fitness:
Details: They could come at the top of each of the paragraphs.
I love the detail you have included and the technical language you have used. There is nothing that needs to be improved except for adding some photos.
Allana