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Halfway up to Gunsight Pass

Gunsight Pass

Gunsight Pass

With a couple of spare days in South Canterbury the forecast gale nor'westerlies and heavy rain on the main divide ...   More ▶︎
Temple Stream - North Branch

Temple Stream - North Branch

North Temple Track. Cross North Temple Stream and follow the track up North Temple valley. The track has been washed out ...   More ▶︎
Temple Stream North Branch

Temple Stream North Branch

View of the spectacular cirque at the end of Temple Stream North Branch.   More ▶︎

South Huxley Bivvy

Small hut on the Huxley River South Branch.   More ▶︎
South Temple

South Temple

The South Temple valley, looking towards the forks 2km below Sth Temple Hut (hut is up the main valley to ...   More ▶︎
South Temple Hut

South Temple Hut

Beech forest walk at the head of Lake Ohau. This Track is best done as an overnight walk with a ...   More ▶︎

Temple View

The Temple Valley is headed by a ring of handsome mountains. This walk explores the lower section of the valley, ...   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 ▶︎

A Temple - Maitland Circuit: the perils and joys of tramping in company

or ... 'He took me tramping and I cried' Taking others tramping is for me, always an exercise fraught with doubt. ...   More ▶︎

Temple Shelter

Temple Shelter is a three-and-a-half walled shelter at the DOC campground at the Temple Stream roadend. The shelter has a ...   More ▶︎
Temple Valleys Circuit

Temple Valleys Circuit

Tramping the North and South Temple Valleys connecting the two over Gunsight Pass.   More ▶︎
Hopkins/Dobson confluence

Hopkins/Dobson confluence

Hopkins and Dobson Valley, from Huxley Lodge. Note that Huxley Lodge (at the roadend) is a private school lodge. The ...   More ▶︎

Mad Pom's latest Adventure - part 4

A trip to the head of the Landsborough - and all that ensues. Part 4: the longest walk.   More ▶︎

Mad Pom's latest Adventure - Part 5

A trip to the head of the Landsborough - and all that ensues. Part 5 - Heroes and Angels.   More ▶︎
Mad Pom's latest adventure

Mad Pom's latest adventure

A trip to the heads of the Landsborough ... and all that ensues.   More ▶︎
Mad Pom's latest adventure. Part 2

Mad Pom's latest adventure. Part 2

A trip to the head on the landsborough, and all that ensues. Part two.   More ▶︎
South Temple Hut

South Temple Hut

South Temple Hut (6 bunks, stove, firewood avail., tank water) is a pleasent 6-bunk tramping hut in the South Temple. ...   More ▶︎
South Temple Hut

South Temple Hut

South Temple Hut   More ▶︎
Huxley Valley

Huxley Valley

Easy walking at the head of Lake Ohau.   More ▶︎
Monument Hut

Monument Hut

Monument Hut (6 bunks, matresses, stove, firewood, river water) is a forestry style hut in the Hopkins. Its located just ...   More ▶︎
Hopkins Valley

Hopkins Valley

A very long, straightforward valley at the head of Lake Ohau.   More ▶︎
Hopkins Valley

Hopkins Valley

The Hopkins Valley at Monument Hut   More ▶︎
Monument Hut

Monument Hut

Monument Hut, in the Hopkins - a handy evening walk in for those heading up the Hopkins or Huxley the ...   More ▶︎
Dasler Pinnacles

Dasler Pinnacles

This trail leads from the flat valley floor steeply up to Dasler Biv and beyond the the Pinnacles themselves.   More ▶︎
Dasler Pinnacles

Dasler Pinnacles

Dasler Pinnacles (2315m) from track through scrub above Dasler Biv.   More ▶︎
Hāwea Conservation Park

Hāwea Conservation Park

A large park at the head of Lake Hāwea between Mount Aspiring National Park and Ahuriri Conservation Park.   More ▶︎
Sth Huxley to Hunter (Forbes) - Pass IS possible!

Sth Huxley to Hunter (Forbes) - Pass IS possible!

A steep and somewhat nerve-wracking ascent from the Sth Huxley to the pass into the Hunter at Forbes Hut. I ...   More ▶︎
South Temple (SW branch)

South Temple (SW branch)

Tussock flats in the SW branch of the South Temple. A day return trip from South Temple Hut, or a ...   More ▶︎
Temple - south branch

Temple - south branch

The south branch of the Temple ascending to to Temple - Watson - Maitland col and tarns   More ▶︎
Otago rescue chopper, Huxley Valley

Otago rescue chopper, Huxley Valley

The Otago rescue chopper up the Huxley, called using an EPIRB (beacon) upon finding a party with an injured member ...   More ▶︎
Huxley Forks Hut

Huxley Forks Hut

Huxley Forks Hut   More ▶︎
Huxley Forks Hut

Huxley Forks Hut

Huxley Forks Hut (6-bunk, matresses, stove, firewood, tank/creek water) is an old, homely forestry-style hut at the forks of the ...   More ▶︎
Huxley Valley

Huxley Valley

Huxley Valley, looking towards the Forks. Forks Hut is on flats at the base of the peak in the distance.   More ▶︎
Top Hut (Ahuriri)

Top Hut (Ahuriri)

This hut now (Jan 2009) boasts 2 wooden bunks with matresses in place of the sack bunks described in 2005. ...   More ▶︎
Top Hut - how to burn your boots

Top Hut - how to burn your boots

How to burn boots - a good fire in the Ahuriri Top Hut   More ▶︎
The Ahuriri from Top Hut

The Ahuriri from Top Hut

The Ahuriri from Top Hut (after a lot of rain!)   More ▶︎
Top Hut - it's cold out there boss

Top Hut - it's cold out there boss

What me, go out there in the cold?   More ▶︎
Top Hut (Ahuriri)

Top Hut (Ahuriri)

A 2 bunk hut at the top of the Ahuriri flats.   More ▶︎