The slip in the Dart Valley. PHOTO: ODT FILESA slip on a section of track in the Dart Valley has severed the popular Rees-Dart tramping circuit for the second time in 11 years. Department of Conservation (DoC) Whakatipu operations manager David Butt says the slip’s opposite Slip Stream, about two hours’ walk from the road end north of Paradise. Trampers can still access the upper Dart Valley by walking from the Rees Valley road end, or by walking the challenging Cascade Saddle route from the Matukituki Valley. They can also walk from Chinaman’s carpark at the Dart Valley road end as far as the closed section before returning.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 17, 2026 15:14 UTC