Sharks Tooth
Sharks Tooth is a 6,925 ha block in the Cardrona/Glenorchy/Shotover permit area. Elevations climb from 954 m on the lower faces to 2,270 m on the tops, with a median of 1,547 m and 92% of the country above the 1,200 m bushline.
This is predominantly alpine country — broad open faces, hanging basins and steep rocky upper slopes. Fifty-six per cent of the block sits in true alpine ground above 1,500 m. The block leans west, so the upper faces catch full afternoon sun and the morning glassing works best on the opposite faces from the camp.
Game on the permit is red deer, chamois and wild goat. Sharks Tooth is high-country chamois ground first, with reds and goats on the lower bush and scrub margins.
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Terrain & elevation
Based on a sample of 23,226 DEM points inside the block.
- Elevation range
- 954–2,270 m
- Median elevation
- 1,547 m
- Middle 50%
- 1,355–1,750 m
- Above bushline (1,200 m)
- 92%
- Alpine (1,500 m+)
- 56%
- Dominant aspect
- west-facing
954–2,270 m, predominantly alpine, leaning west-facing.
What you can hunt here
Access & getting there
Helicopter access is permitted on Sharks Tooth, and Wild Animal Recovery Operations (WARO) are also permitted — commercial operators may be working the open alpine country.
There are no DOC huts or campsites recorded inside the block — parties will be fly-camping in the basins or working off a base outside the boundary.
Permits & rules
You need a DOC hunting permit to hunt this block. It is classed as a Ordinary block in the Cardrona/Glenorchy/Shotover permit area, with a hunting status of Permitted.
Commercial wild-animal recovery (WARO) operates over this area — expect helicopter activity and pressured game.
This block sits within a DOC air-access zone — fly-in hunting and helicopter drop-offs may be permitted.
A DOC hunting permit is required, and Sharks Tooth sits within the Cardrona/Glenorchy/Shotover permit area. The block is Ordinary with a Permitted hunt status, so permits are issued through the standard online system rather than a ballot.
1080 & pesticide status
No current, planned or proposed pesticide operations intersect this block in our data. Always confirm with DOC before taking a dog in.
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