Canavans Knob Walk
WalkWest CoastOpen
- Grade
- Easiest
- Walking time
- 2 hr
- Distance
- 3.2 km - 6.3 km
- Route
- Return
- Dogs
- No dogs
Getting there
We have not checked a road end or car park for this place yet, so we do not give driving directions to it. Check how to get there before you go. Some routes cross private land and need the landowner's permission.
How to get there, on doc.govt.nz1.2 kilometres south of Franz Josef/Waiau turn right into a sign-posted car park and the start of the Canavans Knob Walk.
Time from car park: 1 hr returnDistance from car park: 3.2 km return
Alternatively, walk from Franz Josef across the Waiho River Bridge and turn sharp right onto a stop bank. Halfway along the stop bank follow the track marker pegs off the stop bank, across the creek and onto the next section of stop bank where you continue to the start of the Canavans Knob Walk.
Time from Franz Josef/Waiau township: 1 hr 40 min returnDistance from Franz Josef/Waiau township: 6.3 km return
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Map
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Topo map: LINZ, CC BY 4.0. 43.38461° S, 170.16610° E
About this place
A short climb with rewarding views of the glacier, mountains and river flats.
The route
The first 800 metres of track is along the river stop bank. A short, but steady climb then takes you through rainforest to the top of this granite outcrop, where you will get commanding views of the sea and lowlands to one side, and up the Waiho River to the glacier and Southern Alps Kā Tiritiri o te Moana from the other. The granite of Canavans Knob is much older than the schist rocks of the glacier valley across the Alpine Fault Line, and therefore it survived the scraping of glacier ice 9000 years ago.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
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Sources
- DOC Tracks & Trails · CC BY 4.0Data sourced from the Department of Conservation (DOC), New Zealand.
- DOC Tracks (API) · CC BY 4.0Crown Copyright: Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai. Data sourced from the DOC Developer Portal (api.doc.govt.nz).