Off-lead OKEasy
Mountain House To Powell Hut
Wellington
↑ 6 m gain↓ 452 m descenthigh 1203 msteepest 56 %
DISTANCE1.7 km
ASCENT6 m
DURATION21m
STEEPEST56 %
Route and dog-access details for this walk come from the Department of Conservation, licensed CC BY 4.0.
Nearest emergency vetMassey University Pet Emergency Centre (Te Pokapu Ohotata), Palmerston North
0800 738 363
The route
Good to know
Dogs can run off-lead here, one of only 287 tracks in Aotearoa where that’s allowed.
Open track, carry water for the dogUsually a quiet trackBest in summer; snow and ice at altitude in winter
About Mountain House To Powell Hut
Mountain House To Powell Hut is a track of 1.7 km, in Wellington.
Graded easy, it climbs about 6 m overall, pitching up to 56 % at its steepest, and takes about 21m to walk.
Dogs are allowed off the lead on this one.