Crystal Battery Track
WalkOtago
- Grade
- Intermediate
- Walking time
- 2 hr
- Dogs
- On a lead
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.nzFrom Queenstown, travel along Gorge Road to Arthur’s Point and take the turn-off to Coronet Peak ski field. Off that road, turn left onto the unsealed road signposted to Skippers. From Skippers Saddle, continue on the narrow and winding 13 km Gorge Road to Skippers Bridge and Mount Aurum Recreation Reserve.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Map
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Topo map: LINZ, CC BY 4.0. 44.83496° S, 168.67852° E
About this place
Retrace the miners’ daily walk from their homes in Skippers to the Crystal Mine, their workplace in the 1930s and 40s.
The route
Start and finish: Behind Skippers Cemetery Retrace the miners’ daily walk from their homes in Skippers to the Crystal Mine, their workplace in the 1930s and 40s. A zigzag journey, Crystal Hut passes the Leviathan Mine’s remains. Scattered relics of the quartz stamping battery lie in the creek bed and the aerial tramway can be traced 200 m to the blocked Crystal Mine entrance above you. Like many mines, Crystal showed early promise but proved disappointing.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Nearby stops
Skippers Campsite
Standard • Otago • 0.9 km
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Non-powered/tent sites • Toilets - flush • Water from tap - not treated, boil before use
Skippers Freedom Campground
Otago • 1 km
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Sainsburys Huts
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Peats Hut
Otago • 3.5 km
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Dynamo Hut
Standard • 4 bunks • Otago • 3.9 km
Dynamo Hut is a standard four-bunk hut located in the Queenstown/Wakatipu area of Otago.
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
Walks nearby
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Sources
- 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).