30/10/2024. Greengage Track. Grade 5. Trampers. Leaders: Graeme Souter and Graham Thurlow.
Bah humbug how hard can this grade 5 tramp be? Heh heh they were about to find out as those who did the recce already knew what to expect.
Tag: Greengage Track
Greengage Track – Information and Trips Library
Scope:
This page of club tramps and hikes in the Silver Peaks area groups together those trips to the Greengage Track which incorporates Raingauge Spur, Swampy Ridge, Rollinsons and Green Ridge Tracks.
Background Information:
Road distances from Mosgiel carpark.
The Greengage Track runs between Raingauge Spur and the Green Ridge Track. There is a number of ways to access this track – the following provides 3 options.
How To Get There:
Option 1 – via Raingauge Spur which is via Rollinsons Road and will require a key to the gate approx. 2 km’s from the “Elbow” where the Raingauge track starts. A key is currently held by the club President.
Option 2 – via the Swampy Ridge Track. Access to the summit of Swampy is via Rollisons Road (option 1) with the track commencing from the Swampy Summit. This route joins the Green Ridge which forks with Greengage.
Option 3 – via Waitati. Turn left onto Double Hill Road which joins Semple Road to the starting point of he Green Ridge Track.
Links to tramps and hikes in this area:
30/10/2024. Greengage Track. Trampers. Leaders: Graeme Souter and Graham Thurlow.
Greengage Track. 2019-2014 (3 trips with reports and photos)