BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:83f65c304d3b59c13ea57f590966e2b1 CATEGORIES:Day Trip CREATED:20240505T050655 SUMMARY:Historic Booths Cottage - easy day walk URL;VALUE=URI:https://live.nelsontrampingclub.org.nz/events/1406/historic-booths-cottage- easy-day-walk?tmpl=component DESCRIPTION:Glenhope Scenic Reserve, 16km from St Arnaud via Howard valley.\nHistoric B ooth's Cottage was built back in 1933 during the not-so-Great Depression by Sid Booth and Ray Clarke. This was the family home of Sid and Eva Booth an d their son Teddy for over 10 years. The old-timer is situated in a small f orest clearing, above Louis Creek on an old miners’ track. Expect other use rs in the area ... 4WD vehicles, quad bikes, motor bikes and mountain biker s.\nInitially, it takes 30 mins on a clay 4WD track to Louis Creek fossicki ng area. (In 2024 this pine forest had been cleared, and new forestry roads added.) Then, a DOC sign indicates the start of public conservation land, as you enter the native forest. Soon a private dwelling is passed, and even tually the track becomes eroded at the confluence of two streams. Care is n eeded here to cross, reaching a the Jewellers Shop on the far bank. This in cludes the remains of a hut, along with mining tailings. It's a steady clim b then sidle around on a tramping track up to the restored cottage.\nNext, we push on up a broad ridge of open beech. The NZFS had marked the track wi th permolat, and will take about half an hour to reach the 4WD road that dr ops into Lake Rotoroa. By 2024, mountain bikers have made this trail obviou s. Hard work done, we follow the Porika Road past a gold miner’s memorial c airn, and more locked cabins, back down to the car. An easy circuit.\n\n - Time: 1.5 hrs to Booths Historic Hut.\n - Total Time: 5 hours for the loop. This event was imported from: https://live.nelsontrampingclub.org.nz/event s/1406/historic-booths-cottage-easy-day-walk?tmpl=component X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Glenhope Scenic Reserve, 16km from St Arnaud via Howard valley.

Historic Booth's Cottage was built back in 1933 during the n ot-so-Great Depression by Sid Booth and Ray Clarke. This was the family hom e of Sid and Eva Booth and their son Teddy for over 10 years. The old-timer is situated in a small forest clearing, above Louis Creek on an old miners ’ track. Expect other users in the area ... 4WD vehicles, quad bikes, motor bikes and mountain bikers.

Initially, it takes 30 mins on a clay 4WD track to Louis Creek fossicking area. (In 2024 this pine forest had been c leared, and new forestry roads added.) Then, a DOC sign indicates the start of public conservation land, as you enter the native forest. Soon a privat e dwelling is passed, and eventually the track becomes eroded at the conflu ence of two streams. Care is needed here to cross, reaching a the Jewellers Shop on the far bank. This includes the remains of a hut, along with minin g tailings. It's a steady climb then sidle around on a tramping track up to the restored cottage.

Next, we push on up a broad ridge of open beec h. The NZFS had marked the track with permolat, and will take about half an hour to reach the 4WD road that drops into Lake Rotoroa. By 2024, mountain bikers have made this trail obvious. Hard work done, we follow the Porika Road past a gold miner’s memorial cairn, and more locked cabins, back down to the car. An easy circuit.

This event was importe d from: https://live.nelsontrampingclub.org.nz/events/1406/historic-booths- cottage-easy-day-walk?tmpl=componentDTSTAMP:20260713T210525 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240727 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240728 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR