Hope Saddle

{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox mountain pass

| name = Hope Saddle

| photo = View from Hope Saddle Lookout 02.jpg

| photo_caption = View from Hope Saddle Lookout

| elevation_m = 634

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| traversed = State Highway 6

| location = New Zealand

| range = Hope Range

| coordinates = {{coord|-41.628756|172.719766|region:NZ_type:pass|display=inline,title|format=dms}}

| topo =

}}

Hope Saddle ({{convert|634|m|ft|disp=or|abbr=on}} above sea level) is a saddle located south of Richmond, in the Hope Range of the northern South Island.{{Cite web|date=2019-12-28|title=Firefighters battle blaze at Hope Saddle, Tasman|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/118499583/firefighters-battle-blaze-at-hope-saddle-tasman|access-date=2021-05-19|website=Stuff|language=en}} It lies above the Clark Valley.{{Cite book|last=Wilson|first=Mrs Robert|url=https://archive.org/details/inlandtuimyjour00wilsgoog/page/n260/mode/2up|title=In the land of the tui. My journal in New Zealand|publisher=S. Low, Marston & Company Limited|year=1894|location=London, United Kingdom|pages=261}}

In 1871 a track was cut over the Hope Saddle ensuring there was a route from Westport to Nelson.{{Cite web|title=Waimea Basin walking tracks|url=https://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-go/nelson-tasman/places/nelson-area/things-to-do/tracks/waimea-basin-walking-tracks/|access-date=2021-05-19|website=Department of Conservation|language=en-nz}} Horse-drawn vehicles began using the track in 1879. This track would become part of State Highway 6. The view from the Hope Saddle is regarded as being "magnificent".{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/newzealandastour00thomiala/page/66/mode/2up|title=New Zealand as a tourist and health resort. A handbook to the Hot Lake District, the west coast road, the southern lakes, Mt. Cook, sounds, etc|publisher=T. Cook & Son|year=1902|location=Auckland, New Zealand|pages=65–66}}