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Croesus Track

Trail13 km · 8 miHard · 7/10

West Coast, New ZealandConservation Area - Paparoa Range SouthMoonlight Track · Conservation Area - Paparoa Range SouthConservation Area - Paparoa Range SouthEndStart5 kmN ↑

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About this trail

Croesus Track is one of the finest surviving examples of a miners' track on the West Coast. Croesus Track is part of Paparoa Track and a premier mountain bike ride.

NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0).

Trail facts

Length
13 km · 8 mi (DOC route geometry)
Source
NZ Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0)
Difficulty
Hard (7/10) (Advanced · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0))
Typical time (DOC)
1–2 days one way
Official page
doc.govt.nz/link/ee4ff02945e54273b96b9499849
Country
New Zealand
Region
West Coast
Continent
Oceania
Route centre
-42.3372, 171.3978
How it’s scored

Hard (7/10). Official rating: Advanced · NZ Department of Conservation difficulty (CC BY 4.0).

A score is omitted when we do not have an official rating or enough measured length and elevation gain to compute one. Nothing is guessed. Read the NPS method: https://www.nps.gov/shen/planyourvisit/how-to-determine-hiking-difficulty.htm

Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.

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