A popular four-day tramp at the head of Lake Wakatipu. No camping is allowed between the Dart Hut and Shelter Rock Hut, but otherwise there is good camping near the huts and on the flats in the two valleys. In good weather, a day trip to the Cascade saddle from near the Dart Hut is well worthwhile. The trip is well described in Moir's Guide North. See also Barnett, Tramping in New Zealand.
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| Chinamans bluff to Daleys flat hut | 5 hours | 5 hours | MN | |||
| Daleys flat hut to Dart hut | 7 hours | 13 hours | MN | Good track | ||
| Dart hut to Shelter Rock hut | 5 hours | 18 hours | MN | Good track (sometimes snowy) | ||
| Shelter Rock hut to Muddy creek | 6 hours | 24 hours | MN | Good track, boggy in places | ||
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| Paradise | Pluto | Down Dart | Pluto | Slip | New lake |
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| Cattle flat | From campsite | Whitbourn valley | Mt Edward | Cataract | From campsite |
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| Rees saddle | Tarn | Down Rees | From campsite | Side stream | Earnslaw |
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| Snowdrift Range | Track | Whitbourn Valley | Upper Dart | Whitbourn Valley | Mt Head |
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| Campsite | Cattle Flat | Stream | Dart | Service Flat | Pluto+Moon |
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| Head of Dart | Rees Saddle | Rees Valley |
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