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Mount Robert

Pourangahau / Mount Robert

Information

Elevation: 1.421 m
Country: Selandia Baru (NZ)
Location / Range: Taman Nasional Nelson Lakes, Distrik Tasman, Pulau Selatan
Mountain type: Puncak alpine berpunggungan di tepi Danau Rotoiti, Taman Nasional Nelson Lakes
Volcanic?: No (non-volcanic)
Coordinates: -41.8320, 172.8110
Difficulty: Menengah — jalur lingkar sehari yang terawat; tanjakan zig-zag curam Pinchgut Track di lereng terbuka menuju punggungan, disusul turunan landai. Robert Ridge lanjut ke Lake Angelus jauh lebih menantang dan sangat terekspos.
Best Season: November–April (musim panas–gugur Selandia Baru) saat jalur bebas salju; Mei–Oktober lereng dan punggungan bisa tertutup salju dan es sehingga menuntut perlengkapan alpine.
Permits & Rules: Tidak ada izin pendakian untuk lingkar harian. Bushline Hut & Angelus Hut memakai sistem tiket/booking hut DOC. Jalan Mt Robert Road sebagian belum beraspal.
Hazards: Cuaca alpine berubah cepat, angin kencang dan kabut di punggungan terbuka, salju/es di luar musim panas, serta bagian punggungan Robert Ridge yang sangat terekspos tanpa perlindungan menuju Angelus.

Description

Pourangahau / Mount Robert (1,421 m) is a mountain in the Tasman District of New Zealand's South Island, within Nelson Lakes National Park, rising above Lake Rotoiti and the village of St Arnaud. For many years its slopes formed part of landowner and politician John Kerr's Lake Station before being returned to the crown in the years after his death in 1898. The partly unsealed Mt Robert Road, west of St Arnaud, ends at a car park that is the start of several tracks into the park. The most popular outing is a roughly 9 km loop (about 5 hours): the Pinchgut Track zigzags steeply up the open face to near the summit, then follows the ridge to Bushline Hut before descending gently via Paddys Track, with views over Lake Rotoiti and St Arnaud throughout. From the same ridge branches the Robert Ridge Route, a far more serious poled alpine route toward Lake Angelus.

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Routes

Mt Robert Circuit (Pinchgut Track → punggungan → Paddys Track)

Menengah — tanjakan zig-zag curam Pinchgut di awal, lalu punggungan alpine terbuka dan turunan landai Paddys

±9 km lingkar, ±5 jam

Jalur paling populer di Mount Robert: lingkar sekitar 9 km dari tempat parkir Mt Robert Road. Pinchgut Track menanjak zig-zag curam di lereng terbuka hingga dekat puncak, dilanjutkan menyusuri punggungan melewati Bushline Hut, lalu turun lewat Paddys Track yang lebih landai. Panorama Danau Rotoiti dan St Arnaud menemani hampir sepanjang jalan. Bisa bersalju/berbahaya di luar musim panas.

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Robert Ridge Route ke Lake Angelus Hut

Menantang — rute alpine berpatok tanpa perlindungan, sangat terekspos cuaca; hanya untuk pendaki berpengalaman dengan navigasi dan perlengkapan memadai

±2 hari (menginap di Angelus Hut); punggungan panjang & terekspos dari puncak Mt Robert

Lanjutan serius dari puncak Mount Robert: Robert Ridge Route menyusuri punggungan alpine tinggi berpatok menuju Lake Angelus Hut. Jalur ini sangat terekspos angin, kabut, dan salju sehingga menuntut prakiraan cuaca stabil, pengalaman tramping alpine, dan pemesanan hut DOC. Bukan untuk pendaki harian biasa.

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Climbing Experiences

Most accounts of Mount Robert centre on the ~9 km loop from the Mt Robert Road car park: grinding up the steep, exposed zigzags of the Pinchgut Track, following the ridge with its Lake Rotoiti panoramas, then descending via Paddys Track. Many rate it among the best day walks in Nelson Lakes. Others use the summit as the gateway to the far more exposed Robert Ridge Route toward Lake Angelus — a poled multi-hour or overnight alpine trip that demands settled weather and experience.

References

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