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Mt Brown hut & beyond Dec 2010
This hut replaces, but on a different site, the old Mt Brown hut which was removed by DOC about five years ago.
The new hut is the result of a community project lead by Eddie Newman and Julia Bradshaw. The ...
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Lunch time at Mt Brown hut Dec 2010
The four younger members of the group of five of us that walked up to check out the new hut.
The deck is a nice feature that allows outside dining in comfort whilst enjoying great views! There are a couple of ...
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View out to coast from Mt Brown hut
This view is taken just a few steps from Mt Brown hut and looks back toward the track start and beyond to Lake Kaniere and the Coast.
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The Mt Brown ridge construction site May 2010
Looking SW from Mt Brown ridge over top of the early stages of construction of the "new" hut.
The "old" Lower Arahura hut was dismantled and rebuilt with considerable enhancements at the Mt Brown site by a "Community Project" team.
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The hut that was transformed into the "new" Mt Brown hut 2009
This pic shows the "old" Lower Arahura hut a few months before it was dismantled and flown up to Mt Brown ridge to be re-used in the "new" Mt Brown hut.
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Mt Brown summit & circuit routes March 2011
This map shows the actual track/routes overlayed in solid black lines on a Topo 50 map. The "old" Mt Brown hut has been removed and the unmaintained track comments can be ignored as the tracks have been tidied up by ...
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Lake Kaniere etc from top of Mt Brown April 2011
This pic shows Elle dog on Mt Brown with views out to the coast behind. The Lake is Kaniere and the hill on the right Mt Tuhua.
A cloud bank is building to the west but in the other directions the ...
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glennj & Elle dog on summit of Mt Brown April 2011
Summit of Mt Brown. It is the Browning Range in the background.
Yesterday was such good weather I decided to head up to the tops. It was a beautiful warm but not too hot day on the Mt Brown tops. The ...
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Looking up the Styx from near the New Mt Brown hut
This pic taken yesterday was snapped from the tussock section below the hut whilst heading for the start of the track down to the Styx River.
There is less snow than usual about for this time of year!
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Tracks to the "New" Mt Brown hut
Here is a gpx file. It shows the new huts location & the routes to the hut from the Geologists Creek & Styx car parks plus the road walk between the carparks. The site of the former Mt Brown hut ...
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View up Styx valley from Mt Brown hut June 2012
This photo looks up the Styx valley and was taken from outside Mt Brown hut. If you look closely you can see snow poles in the foreground marking the route down to the main valley Styx track.
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