Lake Clearwater Circuit
Track category: Walking track
Time: 3 hr
Distance: 10.3 km
Walk or mountain bike around the lake shore.
This is a shared-use track. Follow the mountain bikers code: respect others, respect the rules, respect the track.
Lake Clearwater to Mount Guy summit
Track category: Tramping track
Time: 3 hr one way
Distance: 4.3 km
Climb Mount Guy (1319 m) for fantastic views.
Lake Clearwater to Mystery Lake
Track category: Tramping track
Time: 4 hr one way
Distance: 11.8 km
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.
Return the same way or continue to Potts River car park (4 hr, 9.2 km), another 7 km down Hakatere Potts Road.