ORC director for environmental engineering and natural hazards Gavin Palmer said there was no immediate danger of another massive landslip like the one which closed the Moonlight Track and part of the Shotover River for several weeks in July and August 2008.
"We had received a report there could possibly be some movement in the rocks further up on the hills above the old slip, so we will be going in to assess the area to determine if further examination of the area is needed," Mr Palmer said.
QLDC would assist with the monitoring at some point over the next couple of weeks, QLDC general manager infrastructure services Mark Kunath confirmed. He did not expect there would be a need to close the area.
The site of the landslip is about 2km upstream from the Edith Cavell Bridge, on the Queenstown side of the Shotover River, near Arthurs Point.
Queenstown Rafting director Vance Boyd, whose company operates on this stretch of the river, said he had been flying over the site in a helicopter a couple of weeks ago, and the site looked stable with no indication of another slip or rock slide.
In the massive slip two years ago, 30,000 tonnes of schist rock plunged into the Shotover River. Commercial rafting trips on the river ceased until the area was cleared and deemed safe.
As the Moonlight Track passes the site, the walking track was also closed for weeks.
