Big Rimu Walk

{{Short description|Walking track in New Zealand}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=October 2022}}

{{Infobox hiking trail

| name = Big Rimu Walk

| photo = Big rimu tree. 03.jpg

| caption = View towards canopy

| location = Kahurangi National Park, New Zealand

| designation =

| length_km = 1.1

| trailheads = Umere Road

| use = Nature walk

| elev_gain_and_loss =

| elev_change_m =

| highest_m = 80

| lowest_m =

| difficulty = Easy

| season = Year round

| months =

| sights = large rimu tree, native bush

| hazards =

| maintainer = Department of Conservation

}}

The Big Rimu Walk is a nature trail near Karamea, located in Kahurangi National Park on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. A short walk of {{convert|1.1|km}}{{cite web|title=Big Rimu Walk|url=https://tramper.nz/16823/big-rimu-walk/ | publisher=NZ Tramper|access-date=3 October 2022}} through regenerating bush leads to a large rimu tree (Dacrydium cupressinum) that is {{convert|36|m}} tall with a trunk over {{convert|2|m|spell=in}} in diameter and estimated to be over 1,000 years old. Other smaller rimu in the area were logged during the 1940s but this large tree was left.{{citeQ|Q98762244}}

The regenerating forest is dominated by kāmahi and nīkau, but there are also small rimu trees emerging. The large rimu itself has a northern rātā vine on the trunk, with extensive rātā foliage in the canopy. The tree hosts a large collection of epiphytes. One notable feature of the track to the large rimu is the presence of Dawsonia—a giant moss—growing alongside the track.