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Reischek Hut
Whitcombe Pass
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5 – 7 days. Medium/hard. One way.
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Distance: less than 100m away
This route follows the famous journey by John Henry Whitcombe and the Swiss guide Jakob Lauper across the Main Divide ...
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Route Guide: Otira to Mt Cook Village (pt 2)
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12 – 21 days. Hard. One way.
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Distance: less than 100m away
One possible route down the main divide from Otira on the Arthur's Pass road to Mt Cook Village.
Otira Hotel ...
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Route Guide: Otira to Mt Cook Village (pt 1)
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12 – 21 days. Hard. One way.
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Distance: less than 100m away
One possible route down the main divide from Otira on the Arthur's Pass road to Mt Cook Village.
Otira Hotel to ...
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Reischek Hut
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Distance: less than 100m away
Reischek Hut, in the Raikaia valley below Butler Saddle.
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Picton to Aspiring
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Distance: less than 100m away
An aborted alpine traverse. Picton to West Cape, but aborted at Aspiring due to real world emergencies back home. Posted ...
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Mount Butler
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Distance: 1.3km away
Mount Butler from the Raikaia near Louper Biv / Reischek Hut
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Raikaia River flats
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Distance: 1.3km away
Raikaia River flats between Louper Biv and Reischek hut
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Louper Bivouac
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Distance: 1.3km away
Louper Bivvy in the Raikai below the Whitcombe Pass
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Louper Bivouac
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2.
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Distance: 1.3km away
Louper Bivouac (2 beds, matresses, tank water) is a basic bivvy on the flats of the north bank of the ...
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Butler Saddle
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Distance: 3.3km away
Butler Saddle from Reischek Stream. The saddle is the scree-covered col to the left of the ridge in the centre.
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Whitcombe Pass & Butler Saddle
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Distance: 4.7km away
route guide attached by for Hokitika Gorge to Erewhon via Whitcombe Pass & Butler Saddle. The guide was written by ...
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packrafting trip from upper Rakia to Erewhon Station
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Distance: 4.7km away
Climbing over Butler Saddle and packrafting down Lawrrence and Clyde Rivers to Erwehon Station in December 2008
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Butler Saddle and the Lawrence Valley
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Distance: 4.8km away
The view down the Lawrence Valley from Butler Saddle. This is an alpine route from The Raikaia into the Lawrence, ...
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Raikaia from the Butler Saddle
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Distance: 4.8km away
Raikaia River flats, from the Butler Saddle. This is an alpine route from the Raikaia to the Lawrence / Clyde ...
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Lyell Hut
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Club hut (Canterbury Mountaineering Club). Capacity: 8.
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Distance: 5.0km away
This hut is located high on the Rakaia River near the foot of the Lyell Glacier.
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Evans Hut
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (NZDA). Capacity: 6.
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Distance: 5.8km away
Hut located at Cattle Stream on the Rakaia River.
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Whitcombe Pass
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Distance: 6.5km away
Whitcombe Pass - between the Whitcombe and Raikaia catchments. The Louper Stream descends 7km from this point to the flats ...
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Packrafting trip from Bealey to upper Rakaia River
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Distance: 6.8km away
A video of a hiking and packrafting trip up over Jordan saddle, down the Avoca, Harper, and Wilberforce Rivers, then ...
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Waimakariri to Rakaia
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Distance: 6.8km away
Video showing hike up the Waimakariri, over Jordan Pass, with a packraft down the Avoca and then walking up Rakaia ...
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Bruce Banfield Memorial Hut
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Standard Hut (Canterbury Mountaineering Club). Capacity: 6.
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Distance: 7.7km away
First built in 1946 in the Jagged Stream basin as a memorial to Bruce Banfield who died below White Col. ...
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Cameron Glacier
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Distance: 7.9km away
Cameron Glacier, Arrowsmith Range. taken March 2008.
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Boulder Col from Washbourne Ck to Jagged Stream
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Distance: 8.3km away
Nine hour circuit with good view of Reishek Glacier.
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Upper Lawrence Valley
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Distance: 8.5km away
The upper Lawrence Valley and the Lawrence Glacier, from Lawrence Biv.
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Lawrence Bivouac
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Distance: 8.5km away
Lawrence Bivouac, a small 2-man biv in the upper Lawrence River, Canterbury. The falls at Hells Gates are visible behind.
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Lawrence Bivouac
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2.
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Distance: 8.5km away
Lawrence Bivouac (sleeps 2 on floor, matresses, stream water) is a small but weatherproof bivouac in the upper Lawrence Valley. ...
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Cameron upper valley
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Distance: 8.6km away
The upper Cameron valley showing the Cameron glacier and Arrowsmith range. taken March 2008.
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Cameron Hut
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Distance: 9.9km away
5-6 hours walking up the Cameron Valley, not far from Lake Heron.
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