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NEWS<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>August</strong> <strong>20</strong>, <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong><br />
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Mt Guy grunty climb with views<br />
MICK.JENSEN<br />
@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
It’s agrunty climb, but the views<br />
from the top are stunning on a<br />
good day.<br />
Unlike popular walks like the<br />
Mt Somers Walkway, Little Mt<br />
Peel and Peak Hill, the track up<br />
Mt Guy does not see ahuge<br />
amount of foot traffic.<br />
It’s known by diehard<br />
trampers and, of course, by hut<br />
holders at the nearby settlement<br />
at Lake Clearwater.<br />
Access to the start of the Mt<br />
Guy track is from the settlement.<br />
You follow the marked track<br />
around the outlet end of Lake<br />
Clearwater for 30minutes and<br />
the bulk of Mt Guy is right in<br />
front of you.<br />
Asign at the junction suggests<br />
around one hour to the top,<br />
which is not too far off the mark<br />
for most people.<br />
Awell marked trail takes you<br />
up and on adirect, nononsense<br />
route to the 1319m peak.<br />
The views change with the<br />
ascent and the lake and huts<br />
become ever smaller dots in the<br />
impressive high country<br />
landscape.<br />
Near the top the steep section<br />
flattens out and there is a<br />
The view from the top of Mt Guy is well worth the effort of the climb.<br />
steadier climb across to arock<br />
cairn and the highest point.<br />
There are 360 degree<br />
panoramic views and the<br />
opportunity to linger in the<br />
majesty of the hills and also to<br />
get your breathe back.<br />
Most return the same way they<br />
came, but the more adventurous<br />
can opt to head west and down.<br />
There is no marked track, but<br />
as long as you stay well to the<br />
left and keep descending you<br />
can’t go too wrong.<br />
Below you will start to see the<br />
Te Araroa trail coming in from<br />
the right.<br />
The descent takes you down to<br />
atarn (mountain lake) and the<br />
track junction.<br />
While one track heads further<br />
west and off to Mystery Lake, the<br />
other takes you back to Lake<br />
Clearwater.<br />
The return section takes<br />
around one hour and<br />
immediately crisscrosses a<br />
section of track built for<br />
mountain bikers.<br />
Lake Clearwater is on the<br />
Hakatere Potts Road, about<br />
33km west of Mount Somers.<br />
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