The Benmore Hydro Track crosses two historic Mackenzie high country stations, Black Forest and Te Akatarawa. Te Akatarawa Station has long been farmed by the Graham family and its on this property that most of the track is on, though the track if often referred probably unfairly as the Black Forest Track. In any event both properties are on the shores of Lake Benmore, and access is by permission only and you will have to pay a modest fee to cover administration costs, including details of the combination locks. There is by the way, no forest, this Mackenzie landscape is exclusively one of rocks, sun and tussock.
Click the link below to read the full story and route directions.
Click the link below to read the full story and route directions.
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