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The Big Ben Range from Foggy Pk

The Big Ben Range from Foggy Pk

Looking across Porters Pass in the Canterbury high country. Kowai Forest is a very accessible point from which to explore the ...   More ▶︎
Foggy Peak

Foggy Peak

A short walk from Porter's Pass to a peak with good views at the southern end of the Torlesse Range.   More ▶︎
Foggy Peak

Foggy Peak

The climb up Foggy Peak follows Foggy Peak Ridge from the Porter's Pass road summit (visible lower right) to a ...   More ▶︎

Kowai/Castle Hill Peak/Porters Pass Circuit

Circuit of the above. Can be done as a day trip or in our case, 2 days broken by a ...   More ▶︎
Lake Lyndon from Foggy Peak

Lake Lyndon from Foggy Peak

June 2006   More ▶︎
Winter, Foggy Peak

Winter, Foggy Peak

June 2006   More ▶︎
Torlesse Range Feb 2014

Torlesse Range Feb 2014

This photo is taken from slightly uphill of & beside the John Hayward Memorial Hut (Kowai Hut) in the Kowai ...   More ▶︎
Trig M

Trig M

An easy climb through subalpine scrub to a windy summit.   More ▶︎
Dusk, Porter's Pass

Dusk, Porter's Pass

Near Trig M, July 2009.   More ▶︎
Foggy Peak

Foggy Peak

From near point 1170, Porter's Pass, July 2009.   More ▶︎
Dusk, Porter's Pass

Dusk, Porter's Pass

Near Trig M, July 2009.   More ▶︎
Black Hill (2067m)

Black Hill (2067m)

Just south of Lake Coleridge. Viewed from Trig M near Porter's Pass.   More ▶︎
Red Hill (1641m)

Red Hill (1641m)

This hill just east of Lake Coleridge is a good day walk. Viewed from near Trig M, Porter's Pass.   More ▶︎
Blue Hill

Blue Hill

From near Trig M, Porter's Pass.   More ▶︎

Mt Plenty, Ghost Creek Circuit

A day trip involving a 700 m climb then descending a creek with 2 challenging sidles past waterfalls.   More ▶︎
Near Trig M, Porter's Pass

Near Trig M, Porter's Pass

July 2009.   More ▶︎
Red Hill from Trig M

Red Hill from Trig M

Red Hill (1641m) is the highest peak to the right. The Lyndon Road winds past Lake Lyndon to Lake Coleridge ...   More ▶︎
Trig M

Trig M

Looking west toward Lake Coleridge.   More ▶︎
Lake Lyndon from Trig M

Lake Lyndon from Trig M

Beyond is Mount Lyndon and the Craigieburn Range.   More ▶︎
John Hayward Memorial Hut Feb 2014

John Hayward Memorial Hut Feb 2014

Also known as Kowai hut but not to be confused with Kowhai hut in the Kaikoura area near Mt Fyffe. ...   More ▶︎
John Hayward Memorial Hut

John Hayward Memorial Hut

Also known as Kowai hut but not to be confused with Kowhai hut in the Kaikoura area near Mt Fyffe. ...   More ▶︎
Mt Torlesse

Mt Torlesse

Noteworthy peak east of Porters Pass.   More ▶︎
Korowai/Torlesse Tussocklands Park

Korowai/Torlesse Tussocklands Park

This park incorporates the Torlesse and Big Ben Ranges either side of Porter's Pass. The Torlesse Gap is a prominent ...   More ▶︎

Mt Lyndon

Day trip of moderate ascent of 650 m hill overlooking Lake Lyndon near Porters Pass. Route goes via low open ...   More ▶︎
DOC sign

DOC sign

Kura Tawhiti Conservation Area is the karst landscape also known as Castle Hill, located on the road between Porter's and ...   More ▶︎
Striking limestone formations of Castle Hill

Striking limestone formations of Castle Hill

Known as Kura Tawhiti to Ngāi Tahu, this is an area of historic significance, with rock drawings hidden amongst the ...   More ▶︎

Broken River Hut via Cave Stream

Alternative route to Broken River Hut. Land owners' permission needed.   More ▶︎
Red Hill

Red Hill

A largely untracked route up Red Hill (1,641m), with magnificent views of Lake Coleridge, and the surrounding foothills. This loop ...   More ▶︎
Prebble Hill (902m)

Prebble Hill (902m)

Red Peak (1853m), The Gap, and Castle Hill Peak (1998m) behind.   More ▶︎
Erosion on Broken River

Erosion on Broken River

Just downstream of Cave Stream.   More ▶︎
Epilobium

Epilobium

Low shingle river flats beneath Red Hill.   More ▶︎
Geranium sessilifolium

Geranium sessilifolium

Shingle river flats below Red Hill.   More ▶︎
Cave Stream

Cave Stream

Limestone jumble just downstream of the cave.   More ▶︎
Benmore Hut

Benmore Hut

Short walk to a deerstalkers' hut in Thirteen Mile Bush.   More ▶︎
Thirteen Mile Bush

Thirteen Mile Bush

Beech forest on the walk into Benmore Hut.   More ▶︎
Acaena glabra

Acaena glabra

Scree-filled basin, Red Hill.   More ▶︎
Alpine cicada

Alpine cicada

Scree-filled basin, Red Hill.   More ▶︎
Schizeilama hydrocotyloides

Schizeilama hydrocotyloides

Scree-filled basin, Red Hill.   More ▶︎
Lobelia roughii

Lobelia roughii

This tiny plant was widespread on Red Hill scree slopes   More ▶︎
Stellaria roughii

Stellaria roughii

Scree near Red Hill.   More ▶︎

Hog's Back Track

https://www.craigieburntrails.org.nz/tracks/hogs-back-track/   More ▶︎
Coprosma atropurpurea

Coprosma atropurpurea

This Coprosma is very different from the native tree Coprosmas, but bears strikingly pretty, glassy berries. High in an alpine ...   More ▶︎
Benmore Hut

Benmore Hut

3 person little hut installed by Malvern Deerstalkers in 1975.   More ▶︎
Patterned ground

Patterned ground

Frost heave causes striping as the stones are sorted into smaller and larger. Ridge east of Red Hill.   More ▶︎
Benmore Hut

Benmore Hut

Freshly painted Benmore Hut, June 2015.   More ▶︎
Benmore

Benmore

A seldom used track to a cosy hut in the Benmore range   More ▶︎

Annavale Circuit from Benmore Hut

A new track enabling a circuit as a day trip or an easy weekend trip. Plenty of tracks to explore ...   More ▶︎
Redhill Peak

Redhill Peak

Looking inland (west) at the top of Redhill   More ▶︎
Gentiana montana

Gentiana montana

A particularly showy specimen, growing in a herbfield on Red Hill.   More ▶︎
Pentachondra pumila

Pentachondra pumila

These mats covered much of the ground on a low ridge near Red Hill.   More ▶︎
Epilobium pycnostachyum

Epilobium pycnostachyum

Quite variable in colour from red to green, and scattered widely on scree at the saddle east of Red Hill.   More ▶︎
Scree buttercup (Ranunculus crithmifolius)

Scree buttercup (Ranunculus crithmifolius)

Located on scree just east of Red Hill.   More ▶︎
Pratia macrodon

Pratia macrodon

This creeper was found growing around rocks and at the edges of stony areas on Red Hill.   More ▶︎
Cave Stream

Cave Stream

An exciting walk through a twisty limestone cave near Castle Hill.   More ▶︎
Leptinella atrata

Leptinella atrata

A curious black flower on the summit of Red Hill.   More ▶︎
Red Hill

Red Hill

View towards Lake Coleridge from the Summit of Red Hill.   More ▶︎
Castle Hill

Castle Hill

not much of a tramp, but worth a look. Flock hill.   More ▶︎
Near Broken River Hut

Near Broken River Hut

The view up Winding Creek to Purple Hill from one of the terraces above the hut.   More ▶︎
Broken River Hut

Broken River Hut

Located upstream of Avoca Homestead.   More ▶︎
Broken River Hut

Broken River Hut

This little hut sits on a sunny terrace and a coal seam. The layers exposed here are part of the ...   More ▶︎
Broken River hut Feb 2012

Broken River hut Feb 2012

This 1960 vintage NZFS 4 bunker is about 1.5hrs upstream from the Avoca Homestead hut. There are various coal mining ...   More ▶︎
Dry Acheron Track

Dry Acheron Track

Follow the Dry Acheron Stream to the summit of Big Ben (1416m).   More ▶︎