Mystery Lake Track
WalkCanterburyOpen
- Grade
- Advanced
- Walking time
- 4 hr
- Distance
- 9.2 km
- Biking time
- Over 4 hours
- Dogs
- Under control
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.nzStart from from the Potts River car park on Hakatere Potts Road, about 40 km west of Mount Somers. Leave Mount Somers on Ashburton Gorge Road, which becomes Hakatere Potts Road.
Start from from the Potts River car park on Hakatere Potts Road, about 40 km west of Mount Somers. Leave Mount Somers on Ashburton Gorge Road, which becomes Hakatere Potts Road.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Map and tracks
Track lines: DOC Te Papa Atawhai. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Topo map: LINZ, CC BY 4.0. 43.54789° S, 171.03305° E
About this place
The area around Mystery Lake has steep rocky ‘knobs’ smoothed by passing glaciers, jumbled scree and large Hall’s tōtara.
The route
Mystery Lake Track starts from Buicks Bridge to Potts Lake Track . Return the same way or continue to Lake Clearwater (4 hr, 11.8 km), another 7 km down Hakatere Potts Road. The area around Mystery Lake is fascinating, with steep roche moutonnées (rocky ‘knobs’ smoothed by passing glaciers), jumbled scree and (surprising for such a treeless area) large Hall’s tōtara.
Mountain biking
These are shared-use tracks. Follow the mountain bikers code : respect others, respect the rules, respect the track.
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Joins these tracks
Source: DOC Te Papa Atawhai.
Nearby stops
Boundary Creek Hut
Basic/bivvies • 8 bunks • Canterbury • 3.7 km
Boundary Creek Hut is a basic hut located in the Mid and South Canterbury area.
Heating • Mattresses
Freedom Camping for Self Contained Vehicles
Canterbury • 7.5 km
Freedom Camping for Self Contained Vehicles is a campsite in the Canterbury region. It provides a location for self-contained vehicles to camp.
Potts Hut
Basic/bivvies • 10 bunks • Canterbury • 8.1 km
Potts Hut is a basic hut located in the Mid and South Canterbury area of the Canterbury region.
Heating • Mattresses • Toilets - non-flush
Lake Heron Camp
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Erewhon Hut
12 bunks • Canterbury • 11.7 km
Walks nearby
Potts Hut Track
Advanced • 9 hr • 23 km • 3.11 km away
Lake Clearwater tracks
Easy • Various from 3 hr to 8 hr return • 5.92 km away
Mount Sunday Track
Easy • 30 min one way • 1.5 km • 10.83 km away
Mt Potts Easement Track to Mt Potts Conservation Area boundary
Advanced • 30 min one way • 1.5 km to Mt Potts Conservation Area boundary • 11.22 km away
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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).