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Routeburn Tops

Photograph • Distance: less than 100m away

The Route Burn meanders through this basin beneach Harris Saddle. More ▶︎

Lake Harris Western Shore

Photograph • Distance: 339m away

The western end of Lake Harris looking towards the entrance to the Valley of the Trolls. The route to the ... More ▶︎

The Serpentine Range and the Three Passes

Article • Distance: 465m away

A six day trip around the Three Passes, including a traverse of the Serpentine Range instead of the North Route ... More ▶︎

Is Aspiring erupting?

Photograph • Distance: 475m away

The sunset behind Mt.Aspiring provides some interesting effect. More ▶︎

Lake Harris

Photograph • Distance: 504m away

January 2009, Although it doesn't look like, we had awesome weather :) More ▶︎

Lake Harris, Routeburn Track.

Photograph • Distance: 504m away

From Lake Harris and Harris Saddle, the Left Branch of the Route Burn leads up to the Lake Wilson (at ... More ▶︎

Lake Wilson and the Valley of the Trolls

Track • 2 – 3 days. Medium. Return by the same track. • Distance: 520m away

An overnight or multiday scenic diversion from the Routeburn Great Walk. The Valley of the Trolls is easily accessed from ... More ▶︎

Mt Aspiring

Photograph • Distance: 539m away

from Cascade saddle (April 2009) More ▶︎

Olivine Wilderness Area

Place • Wilderness Area. 830.00km². • Distance: 546m away

Remote country in the Olivine Range. The wilderness area includes the Red Hills, the Olivine Ice Plateau, and the Joe ... More ▶︎

Parorama from Harris Saddle

Photograph • Distance: 563m away

several photographs put together to create a panoramic view More ▶︎

Routeburn Track

Track • 2 – 4 days. Easy/medium. One way. • Distance: 563m away

An internationally renowned and popular alpine crossing between Fiordland and Lake Wakatipu. More ▶︎

Haast to The Divide

GPX file • Distance: 620m away

Andrew Barker's traverse 2009. From Pleasant Flat in the Haast to The Divide via Mt Aspiring National Park. More ▶︎

Harris Saddle Shelter

Hut • Shelter (DOC). • Distance: 658m away

Enclosed day shelter perched on Harris Saddle, on the Routeburn Track. Overnight use prohibited. A side trip from here leads ... More ▶︎

Lake Harris from Conical Hill

Photograph • Distance: 669m away

If you are walking the Routeburn Track, don't miss the opportunity to climb Conical Hill from the Harris Saddle shelter. ... More ▶︎

Great Walks Information

Article • Distance: 701m away

The DOC Great Walks are a set of premium tramping tracks throughout New Zealand. More ▶︎

Routeburn Flats

Photograph • Distance: 702m away

The view over Routeburn Flats is the quintessential photo of the Routeburn Track More ▶︎

The track is booked out? Try TrekWatch.net

Article • Distance: 702m away

SMS texts directly to your cellphone when a place becomes available. Free of charge! More ▶︎

Routeburn Flats

Photograph • Distance: 773m away

An interesting hours excursion from Routeburn Falls hut takes you up the hill to the South of the hut giving ... More ▶︎

The Valley of the Trolls

Photograph • Distance: 922m away

Looking into the rain swept valley. The route in climbs over the rocks on the True Right of the Route ... More ▶︎

Harris Saddle, Routeburn

Photograph • Distance: 943m away

Harris Saddle, Routeburn, Sept 2006 More ▶︎

Valley of the Trolls from rock bivy

Photograph • Distance: 1.4km away

Despite the abundance of boulders in the Valley of the Trolls, there is vertually no natural shelter here. One place ... More ▶︎

Old Routeburn Falls Hut 1989

Photograph • Distance: 1.4km away

The old Routeburn Falls Hut I stayed at in 2 November 1989 and 23 January 1990. Picture from November 1989. ... More ▶︎

Valley of the Trolls Rock bivvy

Rock bivouac • Distance: 1.5km away

Rock bivvy formed by an overhanging cliff. Probably enough room for about a dozen people but the northern end is ... More ▶︎

Valley of the Trolls Rock bivvy

Photograph • Distance: 1.5km away

Rock bivvy underneath an overhanging cliff about half way up the Valley of the Trolls and about 40m above the ... More ▶︎

Valley of the Trolls, January 16, 2012

Photograph • Distance: 1.7km away

Result of 24 hours snow fall on Jan 14 & 15. What about summer! Looking back towards the Routeburn Track. More ▶︎

Routeburn Falls hut

Photograph • Distance: 1.7km away

Routeburn Falls hut - great views (April 2009) More ▶︎

Routeburn Falls

Photograph • Distance: 1.7km away

Located near the Falls hut these impressive falls are passed on the way to Harris Saddle. More ▶︎

Routeburn Falls Hut

Hut • Great Walks Hut (DOC). Capacity: 48.Bookings required. • Distance: 1.7km away

A modern hut on the Routeburn track. It is at bushline on the edge of the cirque that leads up ... More ▶︎

The Route up to Lake Wilson

Photograph • Distance: 1.8km away

It begins here at the foot of the waterfall at the head of the Valley of the Trolls and climbs ... More ▶︎

Harris Saddle and Valley of the Trolls from Lake Wilson outlet

Photograph • Distance: 2.2km away

At the top of the climb to Lake Wilson this great view is to be had when looking south. Ocean ... More ▶︎

Lake Wilson from the outlet

Photograph • Distance: 2.2km away

The first view of Lake Wilson you are greeted with upon reaching the lake. Theres good camping here. 5th Jan ... More ▶︎

Routeburn

Photograph • Distance: 2.3km away

Taken from a slip below the Routeburn Falls hut (April 2009) More ▶︎

Emily Pass South View

Photograph • Distance: 2.3km away

What a difference a month makes. Left photo mid December 2014. Right photo mid January 2015. More ▶︎

Emily Pass View

Photograph • Distance: 2.3km away

The view north from Emily Pass. December 2014 More ▶︎

Not The Routeburn

GPX file • Distance: 2.3km away

A six-passes, seven catchments trip through the Humboldt Mountains from Glenorchy to The Divide. Note that for access from Double Barrel ... More ▶︎

Emily Basin

Photograph • Distance: 2.4km away

High above the Routeburn at the top of Emily Creek, about 1.5 hours climb from Emily Creek bridge. Fraser Col ... More ▶︎

Southern (waterfall) route up Erebus

Photograph • Distance: 2.4km away

A photgraph from near the bottom of the climb up the southern route to Erebus (I had just climbed down ... More ▶︎

Colin Todd Hut

Photograph • Distance: 2.4km away

Perched on the side of Mt Aspiring above the Bonar Glacier, Colin Todd Hut serves as a base for climbers. ... More ▶︎

Emily Pass 1400m Basin

Photograph • Distance: 2.5km away

What a difference a month makes. Left photo mid December 2014. Right photo mid January 2015. More ▶︎

Route up to Emily Pass

Photograph • Distance: 2.5km away

This is looking west at the northern route up to Emily Pass, and is the opposite direction from this photo: ... More ▶︎

Fraser Col to Emily Pass Sidle.

Photograph • Distance: 2.5km away

This photo is looking east at Fraser Col from the true right top of the gut of the initial climb ... More ▶︎

Lake Wilson Panorama

Photograph • Distance: 2.6km away

Lake Wilson with Mt Erebus and Mt Xenicus above. 5th Jan 2013 More ▶︎

Lake Mackenzie

Photograph • Distance: 2.6km away

Lake MacKenzie from the basin below Emily Col. Good campspots and a so-so rock biv marked by a cairn. More ▶︎

Routes up Mt Erebus

Photograph • Distance: 2.6km away

There are at least 3 possible routes to climb Erebus from Lake Wilson. The red and blue routes go up ... More ▶︎

Emily Creek

Photograph • Distance: 2.7km away

In Emily Creek looking down towards the bridge. Once you you get past the initial large boulders it's a typical ... More ▶︎

Routeburn Flats

Campsite • Great Walks Campsite (DOC). 15 spaces. • Distance: 2.7km away

Grassy camping next to Routeburn Flats Hut. More ▶︎

Emily Pass 1200m Basin

Photograph • Distance: 2.7km away

There's great camping to be had in the large grassy basin at just over 1200m on the south side of ... More ▶︎

Damaged bridge between Routeburn Falls and Routeburn Flats Huts

Photograph • Distance: 2.7km away

Photograph courtesy of DOC, I think. Around 30 April. Repairs not expected for about 3 months. This creek is easily ... More ▶︎

Emily Basin from Fraser Col

Photograph • Distance: 3.0km away

Looking north from Fraser Col across Emily Basin. January 2015. More ▶︎

Rockburn - Lake Nerine - North Routeburn

Track • 3 – 5 days. Medium. Loop track. • Distance: 3.0km away

A slightly shorter option to the 5 passes trip but of similar if not more difficulty. Can be done in ... More ▶︎

Routeburn Flats Hut

Hut • Great Walks Hut (DOC). Capacity: 20.Bookings required. • Distance: 3.0km away

A large hut on the Routeburn Track, often bypassed for the Routeburn Falls Hut which is 1 hour further along ... More ▶︎

Fraser Creek

Track • 1 – 2 days. Easy/medium. One way. • Distance: 3.0km away

One of several valleys that cut into the southern Humboldt Mountains. It passes through many kilometres of beech forest, river ... More ▶︎

Fraser Valley from Fraser Col

Photograph • Distance: 3.0km away

The view down the Fraser from just below the Col. January 2015. More ▶︎

Fraser Valley

Photograph • Distance: 3.0km away

The Fraser Valley from Fraser Col More ▶︎

Lake Wilson from near Mt Erebus

Photograph • Distance: 3.1km away

I didnt summit Erebus due to exhaustion and the snow conditions but from 1860m the view is almost as fine! ... More ▶︎

North Routeburn Rock bivvy

Photograph • Distance: 3.1km away

I've guessed the location from a description but don't take my word for it. More ▶︎

North Route Burn Rock bivvy

Rock bivouac • Distance: 3.1km away

2 person biv rumoured to be 500m from the Routeburn Track in the North Branch of the Route Burn on ... More ▶︎

Colin Todd Hut

Hut • Serviced Alpine Hut (NZAC). Capacity: 12. • Distance: 3.1km away

This 1996 hut replaced the original, constructed in 1960. It was named after one of the best-known Post-War New Zealand ... More ▶︎

Stormy skies over Lake Wilson

Photograph • Distance: 3.1km away

It blew but didn't come to much More ▶︎

Five Passes via Lake Nerine and North Col

Article • Distance: 3.3km away

A classic tramp north of the Routeburn. Rather than exit via the Rockburn, we extended the trip through Lake Nerine ... More ▶︎

Camping at Lake Wilson

Photograph • Distance: 3.3km away

When the snows gone, the head of the lake is a spectacular place to pitch your tent. January 2017 More ▶︎

Emily Pass

Photograph • Distance: 3.4km away

Emily Pass from Lake Mackenzie More ▶︎

Lake Wilson

Photograph • Distance: 3.4km away

Near the Harris Saddle on the Routeburn Track More ▶︎

Lake Mackenzie and the Ailsa Range

Photograph • Distance: 3.5km away

Mackenzie Hut is near the lake edge, with the guided walks hut further back. More ▶︎

Mt Tutoko and the Darrans from Lake Wilson

Photograph • Distance: 3.7km away

While on a circuit of Lake Wilson, Peak 1680 is a hard scramble on the northwestern corner of the lake. ... More ▶︎

Misty Morning Reflections at Lake MacKenzie

Photograph • Distance: 3.7km away

Taken from near the campisite at the top of lake on a cool crisp March morning, fog swirls over reflections ... More ▶︎

Emily Peak Reflections

Photograph • Distance: 3.8km away

Serenity can be found early morning at places like Lake Mackenzie. More ▶︎

Head of the Fraser Valley

Photograph • Distance: 3.9km away

This photo is taken from the site marked on the topo map where a rock bivy is supposed to exist. ... More ▶︎

Lake MacKenzie

Photograph • Distance: 4.1km away

The lake just below the DoC hut, looking towards Emily Pass. More ▶︎

Lake Mackenzie Campsite

Campsite • Great Walks Campsite (DOC). 9 spaces. • Distance: 4.2km away

Small campsite on the Routeburn Track located near the hut. More ▶︎

Lake Mackenzie Hut

Hut • Great Walks Hut (DOC). Capacity: 50.Bookings required. • Distance: 4.2km away

A Great Walks Hut on the Routeburn Track. During the summer season, bookings are required, with a maximum two-night stay. ... More ▶︎

The Quarterdeck Glacier

Photograph • Distance: 4.2km away

Taken from the last rock outcrop at the base of the glacier at around about the 1860m mark, Mt French ... More ▶︎

View from Lake Alabaster

Photograph • Distance: 4.4km away

mountain shot from Lake Alabaster More ▶︎

Hollyford Track

Track • 4 days. Medium. One way. • Distance: 4.4km away

The Hollyford Track is a classic lowland Fiordland route from the Hollyford Road out to the coast at Martins Bay. More ▶︎

Double Barrel from pass with the Fraser

Photograph • Distance: 4.5km away

Double Barrel Creek from the pass into the Fraser. Mt Earnslaw looking bare & bleak without snow cover in the ... More ▶︎

Double-Barrel - Fraser Pass

Photograph • Distance: 4.6km away

A steep, loose but otherwise straight forward pass out of the Double Barrel into the Fraser More ▶︎

Gloomy Gorge

Photograph • Distance: 4.6km away

An 800 odd metre drop off seperates French Ridge from Gloomy Gorges floor. More ▶︎

Mt French

Photograph • Distance: 4.9km away

Dawn reveals an overnight dusting of snow covers Mt French and the Quarterdeck glacier. More ▶︎

Hobbs Bivvy, Routeburn North Branch

Photograph • Distance: 4.9km away

Great dry bivvy located under a giant boulder in the north branch of the Routeburn. Sleeps 4 or 5 but ... More ▶︎

Hobbs Bivvy, Route Burn North Branch

Rock bivouac • Distance: 4.9km away

A dry and sheltered bivvy underneath a giant boulder in the North Branch of the Route Burn. Sleeps 4 or ... More ▶︎

Rock Formations on French Ridge

Photograph • Distance: 5.0km away

Interesting formations on the way up the ridge to the Quarterdeck glacier. More ▶︎

Pearl Flat to Scott's Bivvy

GPX file • Distance: 5.0km away

A new track has been cut through bush up the true left of the Matukituki river from Pearl Flat to ... More ▶︎

Scotts Bivvy

Photograph • Distance: 5.0km away

The floor was too damp to sit on More ▶︎

Scotts Bivvy

Hut • Natural shelter (NA). Capacity: 2. • Distance: 5.0km away

A poor shelter for two people. Beware of the resident stream within the bivvy when it rains More ▶︎

Scotts Bivvy

Photograph • Distance: 5.0km away

Standing on top of the Bivvy. The head of the valley beyond More ▶︎

Mmmmmm tasty

Photograph • Distance: 5.1km away

While stopping for a rest on the way back down to the hut a flock of thirteen Keas drop in ... More ▶︎

Scotts Rock Biv

Rock bivouac • Distance: 5.3km away

Located at the head of the Matukituki River West Branch, beyond Pearl Flat. The biv is 500m upstream of the upper ... More ▶︎

Mount Avalanche

Photograph • Distance: 5.6km away

Sunset view from French Ridge Hut More ▶︎

French Ridge Hut

Photograph • Distance: 5.6km away

This NZAC hut is located on the summer snowline near Mount Aspiring. More ▶︎

French Ridge

Track • 2 – 4 days. Medium. Return via same track. • Distance: 5.6km away

A steep climb to the snowline in the West Matukituki. More ▶︎

Hollyford Valley

Photograph • Distance: 5.7km away

The Hollyford from the Routeburn Track More ▶︎

The North Branch of the Routeburn

Photograph • Distance: 5.8km away

Our final camp in the North Branch of the Routeburn. North Col, which we have just come through, is in ... More ▶︎

The Darran Mountains

Photograph • Distance: 5.8km away

Taken from the Routeburn North of The Orchard, almost the whole length of the Hollyford valley is visible with Lake ... More ▶︎

Big Bay - Pyke - Hollyford Road-end Route

GPX file • Distance: 5.8km away

Big Bay - Pyke - Hollyford Road-end Route as tramped by us in May 2012 and recorded with Garmin GPS60csx More ▶︎

French Ridge Hut

Hut • Serviced Alpine Hut (NZAC). Capacity: 20. • Distance: 5.9km away

This new hut is located on the summer snowline on French Ridge, near the head of the Matukituki Valley West ... More ▶︎

French Ridge Hut at night

Photograph • Distance: 5.9km away

210 second exposure @ f / 4.0, 17mm More ▶︎

French Ridge Hut Reflection

Photograph • Distance: 5.9km away

Reflection of the French Ridge Hut in the tarn on a fine April day. More ▶︎

On the Serpentine Range 2

Photograph • Distance: 5.9km away

Looking north from near Point 1489 over the saddle at Point 1410. There is good looking camping on the saddle. ... More ▶︎

Gloomy Gorge

Photograph • Distance: 6.2km away

Viewed from the French Ridge Track, with Mount Avalanche in the background. More ▶︎

Mount Avalanche avalanche

Photograph • Distance: 6.2km away

Viewed from the French Ridge Track. Avalanches from here, from Rob Roy Peak, or from peaks across the valley can ... More ▶︎

Head of the Matukituki Valley West Branch

Photograph • Distance: 6.3km away

Viewed from French Ridge Track. More ▶︎

Liverpool Hut

Photograph • Distance: 6.3km away

Viewed from the French Ridge Track across the valley More ▶︎

Sisyphus Peak from Wilmot Saddle

Photograph • Distance: 6.4km away

Still 200m to go. Sisyphus Peak (1859m) from Wilmot Saddle (1682m). More ▶︎

Looking south from Sysiphus Peak

Photograph • Distance: 6.4km away

The Matukituki East Branch winds its way down to meet the West Branch, where we started this walk yesterday. It's ... More ▶︎

Aspiring Flat and Sisyphus Peak

Track • 3 days. Medium. Return via same track. • Distance: 6.4km away

A one and two-half day tramp up the East Matukituki to overnight in Aspiring Flats, with a day trip up ... More ▶︎

Rainbow Stream

Photograph • Distance: 6.4km away

Probably at about 1000m here, 500m above Aspiring Flats visible below. We faffed around somewhere near here and lost a couple ... More ▶︎

The Orchard

Photograph • Distance: 6.4km away

Open space edged by ribbonwood near Lake Mackenzie. More ▶︎

Fraser Creek flats

Photograph • Distance: 6.5km away

Fraser Creek passes through several grass flats which get more and more pleasant the closer to the head of the ... More ▶︎

Rock of Ages bivvy - Mt.Aspiring Flats

Photograph • Distance: 6.5km away

A short distance from the East Matukituki, through which flows Kitchener stream is Aspiring Flats. Coveniently located is a rock ... More ▶︎

Double Barrel Creek

Photograph • Distance: 6.5km away

Double Barrel Creek from the pass into Death Valley. Catchment is blocked by twin falls at its lower end, but ... More ▶︎

Rock of Ages Bivouac

Rock bivouac • Distance: 6.6km away

An overhang above the Kitchener River and Aspiring Flats, near the Matukituki East Branch. Room to sleep 10, although exposed ... More ▶︎

Death Valley glacier (rems.)

Photograph • Distance: 6.7km away

Death of a glacier. Death Valley, Humboldt Mountains More ▶︎