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Mikonui Spur biv Nov 2007

Looking up Mikonui Spur Dec 2010

Looking up Mikonui Spur Dec 2010

This pic is taken from the track on the spur below the biv and looks up past the biv in ...   More ▶︎
Mikonui Spur Bivvy

Mikonui Spur Bivvy

A traditional forestry bivvy that has braved many a Tasman Sea storm, on an exposed ridge top above the Mikonui ...   More ▶︎
Mikonui Spur biv Dec 2010

Mikonui Spur biv Dec 2010

A pic of the biv with Mt Bowen behind to the SE.   More ▶︎
SI Bush Robin

SI Bush Robin

This friendly bird kept me company at Explorer hut the couple of nights I was there recently. It would come ...   More ▶︎
Mt Bowen from Fraser Peak March 2013

Mt Bowen from Fraser Peak March 2013

This photo of Mt Bowen 1965m was taken from near the summit of Fraser Peak 1166m. Both peaks lie between ...   More ▶︎
Explorer Hut

Explorer Hut

A small hut located near Douglas Saddle. Easiest access is from the Mikonui valley. None of the routes are recommended in ...   More ▶︎
Explorer hut Sept 2007

Explorer hut Sept 2007

Explorer hut Douglas Saddle. Mikonui River/Doctors Creek (a tributary of the Hokitika River)   More ▶︎
View SE from Bald Hill Range June 2013

View SE from Bald Hill Range June 2013

This picture was taken from the crest of the Bald Hill Range NE of Bald Hill. The tussock and low ...   More ▶︎
Looking SW from Mt Diedrichs May 2013

Looking SW from Mt Diedrichs May 2013

This photo taken from beside the trig beacon on the summit of Mt Diedrichs 1084m looks SW over the Hokitika ...   More ▶︎
Healey Creek hut May 2008

Healey Creek hut May 2008

A tidy four bunker toward the head of Healey Creek a Mikonui River tributary. The hut is on a tussock ...   More ▶︎
Healey Creek hut

Healey Creek hut

A tidy four bunker toward the head of Healey Creek a Mikonui River tributary. The hut is on a tussock ...   More ▶︎
Remarkable Peak

Remarkable Peak

This photo shows Remarkable Peak 1790m in spring conditions. It is the tooth like peak centre picture. The pic was ...   More ▶︎
Route to Healey Ck hut from Mikonui Flat

Route to Healey Ck hut from Mikonui Flat

From the track start on the Flat it's a bit over 2hrs of up hill then 20 minutes down to ...   More ▶︎
Healey Spur Feb 2014

Healey Spur Feb 2014

This photo shows the last steep bit of Healey Spur before reaching the relatively easy going of Galena Ridge at ...   More ▶︎
Mikonui Flat hut

Mikonui Flat hut

This is the first of the DOC huts when heading up the Mikonui River. It is on the TL about ...   More ▶︎
Mikonui Flat hut May 2008

Mikonui Flat hut May 2008

This is the first of the DOC huts when heading up the Mikonui River. It is on the TL about ...   More ▶︎
Black Hut Totara Valley & beyond

Black Hut Totara Valley & beyond

This July shot taken from beside the Totara Valley road shows Black Hut. The higher country in the back ground ...   More ▶︎
Looking SW along the Bald Hill Range June 2013

Looking SW along the Bald Hill Range June 2013

This photo shows the easy tussock tops of the Bald Hill Range. Bald Hill is the tussocky high point down ...   More ▶︎
Historic Homestead Mikonui Flat Sept 2007

Historic Homestead Mikonui Flat Sept 2007

This small old farm dwelling is on the TR of the Mikonui flats & is referred to as "The Old ...   More ▶︎
Old shed & beyond. Mikonui Flat July 2010

Old shed & beyond. Mikonui Flat July 2010

This old shed is next to the old homestead on Mikonui Flat. Beyond the shed is the Mikonui River and then ...   More ▶︎

Whitcombe Pass & Butler Saddle

route guide attached by for Hokitika Gorge to Erewhon via Whitcombe Pass & Butler Saddle. The guide was written by ...   More ▶︎
Dickie Spur hut & Tuke River headwaters Jan 2012

Dickie Spur hut & Tuke River headwaters Jan 2012

Here is another photo of Dickie Spur hut to go with the one from 1975 that I posted on here. ...   More ▶︎
Dickie Spur from Healey Spur May 2008

Dickie Spur from Healey Spur May 2008

This photo looks SW across the Tuke River to Dickie Spur and the northern end of Dickie Ridge. If you ...   More ▶︎
Dickie Spur hut

Dickie Spur hut

This hut is in the scrub tussock transition zone on a spur running east toward the Tuke River off the ...   More ▶︎
Dickie Spur hut July 1975

Dickie Spur hut July 1975

This hut is in the scrub tussock transition zone on a spur running east toward the Tuke River off the ...   More ▶︎
Whitcombe Pass

Whitcombe Pass

This route follows the famous journey by John Henry Whitcombe and the Swiss guide Jakob Lauper across the Main Divide ...   More ▶︎
Rapid Creek hut May 1975

Rapid Creek hut May 1975

An older pic of the hut after it had got its first replacement chimney. These days the hut has a ...   More ▶︎
Rapid Creek hut

Rapid Creek hut

This is a four bunker on the TL of the Hokitika River not far below the junction with the Whitcombe ...   More ▶︎
Rapid Creek hut June 2008

Rapid Creek hut June 2008

This is a four bunker on the TL of the Hokitika River not far below the junction with the Whitcombe ...   More ▶︎
Top Tuke hut Dec 1975

Top Tuke hut Dec 1975

This four bunk hut is located on the TR in the head basin of the Tuke River a tributary of ...   More ▶︎
Top Tuke hut March 2012

Top Tuke hut March 2012

Here is a photo of this hut from a different angle than the 1975 one I posted and "major's" one ...   More ▶︎
Top Tuke hut

Top Tuke hut

This four bunk hut is located on the TR in the head basin of the Tuke River a tributary of ...   More ▶︎
Mt Beaumont (2131m) April 2012

Mt Beaumont (2131m) April 2012

This pic looks at Mt Beaumont from the south and was taken from the crest of the Lange Range while ...   More ▶︎
Dickie Spur

Dickie Spur

A perfect day on the Dickie Spur above the Mikonui River, looking towards Okarito   More ▶︎
Route Guide: Otira to Mt Cook Village (pt 1)

Route Guide: Otira to Mt Cook Village (pt 1)

One possible route down the main divide from Otira on the Arthur's Pass road to Mt Cook Village. Otira Hotel to ...   More ▶︎
Route Guide: Otira to Mt Cook Village (pt 2)

Route Guide: Otira to Mt Cook Village (pt 2)

One possible route down the main divide from Otira on the Arthur's Pass road to Mt Cook Village. Otira Hotel ...   More ▶︎
Frew Hut

Frew Hut

Frew Hut, in the Whitcombe River valley, Westland   More ▶︎
Frew Hut

Frew Hut

Frew Hut (sleeps 10 on 2 platforms, matresses, tank & creek water, stove) is a modern tramping hut on river ...   More ▶︎
Whitcombe River from Frew Hut

Whitcombe River from Frew Hut

Whitcombe River from Frew Hut, Westland   More ▶︎
Toaroaha Saddle-Frew Saddle Circuit

Toaroaha Saddle-Frew Saddle Circuit

A great tramp in a remote location, crosses two alpine saddles, ice-axes and crampons needed in winter. More information on ...   More ▶︎
Mt Misery & beyond February 2013

Mt Misery & beyond February 2013

Last month I decided to climb a hill that can be seen from home that I'd never got around to ...   More ▶︎

Picton to Aspiring

An aborted alpine traverse. Picton to West Cape, but aborted at Aspiring due to real world emergencies back home. Posted ...   More ▶︎
Frews Hut

Frews Hut

8/10 bunker,like the Hilton after Frews Bivvy.Overlooks the Whitcombe River & 200m west of Frews Creek.We saw a pair of ...   More ▶︎
Historic Cedar Flats Hut

Historic Cedar Flats Hut

A well maintained old hut. 2 bunks   More ▶︎
Which Way?

Which Way?

I would suggest staying away from the flood route unless you have to as its very steep and long!   More ▶︎
Cedar Flats Hot Springs

Cedar Flats Hot Springs

Perfect hot springs in a secluded hokitika valley. Holds upto 6 people.   More ▶︎
View of the hills that lead to the huts

View of the hills that lead to the huts

the crossing is slightly to the left of the middle   More ▶︎
Typical track on the tramp

Typical track on the tramp

The typical looking track on the tramp, if there has been rain/or is raining expect to get a bit of ...   More ▶︎
On the track to Cedar Flat

On the track to Cedar Flat

crossing the first creek   More ▶︎
Toaroha river

Toaroha river

on the way to Cedar Flat   More ▶︎
Ceadar Flats Hut

Ceadar Flats Hut

Easter 2012   More ▶︎
Cedar Flat

Cedar Flat

track beginning   More ▶︎
Ceadar Flats Hut

Ceadar Flats Hut

New Hut Re Build Completed Easter 2012   More ▶︎
Whitcombe River gorge

Whitcombe River gorge

Whitcombe River gorge, upstream from Frew Hut   More ▶︎