“Take a short hike to the peaceful Lake Sylvan, surrounded by the beautiful native forest of Mt Aspiring National Park.”
This well-defined track leads through old moraine river terraces and very tall red beech/tawhai raunui to pretty Lake Sylvan, home to brown trout and numerous small native fish.
Returning via the 1920s tramline loop, you can compare regenerating beech in this cutover area to the untouched forest that you walk through on the way in. The easy walk takes only 1h40m return, leaving plenty of time to have a picnic by the lake, or even a swim if you are feeling a bit more adventurous.
Note: The tramline loop includes a river crossing.
Access is from the Lake Sylvan car park which is 30 minutes from Glenorchy. There are 36 non-powered/tent site available at the DOC Lake Sylvan campsite at the entrance to the track.
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