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The Alps 2 Ocean Cycle Trail is a cycle trail in the South Island of New Zealand. This trail is one of the projects of the New Zealand Cycle Trail project. The trail extends more than 300 km (190 mi) from Aoraki / Mount Cook to Oamaru on the Pacific Ocean. From west to east, it descends from an altitude of 780 metres (2,560 ft) down to sea level.
Alps 2 Ocean Cycle Trail – 315 km (196 mi), Waitaki Valley is the longest Great Ride, running from Aoraki/Mt Cook Village to Oamaru. [49] Around the Mountains Cycle Trail – 186 km (116 mi) trail of lakes and mountains via Walter Peak, Von Valley, Mavora Lakes, Mossburn, Lumsden, Athol, Garston and Kingston. [50]
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Sign on the alpine route at Piz Uccello, Switzerland Swiss signs: hiking trails in yellow, mountain path in white-red-white, Alpine Route in white-blue-white. An alpine route (German: Alpine Routen) or high alpine route (German: Hochalpine Routen) is a trail or climbing route through difficult terrain in high mountains such as the Alps, sometimes with no obvious path.
Mount Rosa is set in the Mount Cook Range of the Southern Alps of the South Island. This peak is located nine kilometres (5.6 mi) north of Mount Cook Village and set in Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's west slope drains into the Hooker River, whereas the east slope drains to the Tasman River.
The Mount Cook Range (Māori: Kirikirikatata; officially gazetted as Kirikirikatata / Mount Cook Range) is an offshoot range of the Southern Alps of New Zealand. The range forks from the Southern Alps at the Green Saddle [3] and descends towards Lake Pukaki, encompassing Aoraki / Mount Cook [4] and standing adjacent to the Tasman Glacier.
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Today the Via Claudia Augusta is an important route used by cyclists to cross the Alps. It starts in Donauwörth (Germany) and branches near Trento into two routes. The first and historically correct route ends in Ostiglia, the second and more popular one in Venice. The length of the trail is approximately 700 kilometres (435 miles). [5]