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Chaffey Hut - Cobb Valley

Chaffey Hut

Chaffey Hut

Photo taken of restored hut 5/5/13. Three bunks with mattresses.   More ▶︎
Chaffey Hut

Chaffey Hut

This hut was built by NZFS ranger Jack McBurney in 1953. By 1994 it was no longer maintained and becoming ...   More ▶︎
Gendarme on the Lockett

Gendarme on the Lockett

a gendarme on the Lockett Range, requiring a sidle (easy) under SH1503. More challenging is the descent from SH1672, first ...   More ▶︎
Mt Lockett (Kahurangi NP)

Mt Lockett (Kahurangi NP)

View from Mt Benson on the Lockett Range, looking toward Mt Lockett. Ruby Lake in the foreground, Diamond lake at ...   More ▶︎
Lockett Range

Lockett Range

looking N along the Lockett Range to Mt Benson - from Iron Hill Feb 2017   More ▶︎
Gendarme on the Lockett

Gendarme on the Lockett

gendarme on the Lockett Range - but taken from behind (from Kakapo Peak), showing SH1672 and the scree descent (or ...   More ▶︎
The Way Down

The Way Down

If you're heading S along the Lockett Range, don't worry about where to descend to Lake Sylvester - it's pretty ...   More ▶︎
New Tent Camp Hut

New Tent Camp Hut

New Tent Camp Hut at 24/1/2016   More ▶︎
Tent Camp Hut, Cobb Valley

Tent Camp Hut, Cobb Valley

This is the last remaining Forest Service deer culling camp, the meat safe still hangs in a nearby tree. There ...   More ▶︎
Inside of New Tent Camp Hut

Inside of New Tent Camp Hut

Inside of New Tent Camp Hut   More ▶︎
Back of New Tent Camp Hut

Back of New Tent Camp Hut

Back of New Tent Camp Hut   More ▶︎
Tent Camp

Tent Camp

newly refurbished - lots of good camping all about Mar 2017   More ▶︎
Old Tent Camp Hut, Cobb Valley. Replaced July 2014

Old Tent Camp Hut, Cobb Valley. Replaced July 2014

An old Forest Service tent camp from the deer culler days. Built in 1973. Still servicable! No Longer. It was completely ...   More ▶︎
Cobb Valley

Cobb Valley

A beautiful, easy tramp for beginners. The valley had many grassy flats so there are wonderful views all the way. ...   More ▶︎
Lake Sylvester Hut

Lake Sylvester Hut

Replacement/ Upgrade of "Bushline Hutt"   More ▶︎
Lake Sylvester

Lake Sylvester

20 min from Lake Sylvester Hutt.   More ▶︎
Trilobite Hut

Trilobite Hut

A large road-end hut. Picnic table and barbecue outside.   More ▶︎
Trilobite Hut

Trilobite Hut

popular hut.   More ▶︎
Trilobite Hut

Trilobite Hut

cosy hut with log fire, easy access, good starting point to explore the area.   More ▶︎
Lake Peel

Lake Peel

Pleasant walk to an alpine lake in the Cobb Valley.   More ▶︎
Cobb Hut

Cobb Hut

it's a bit unloved compared to the spick Fenella Hut just up the track but there are a few good ...   More ▶︎
Cobb Hut

Cobb Hut

Just a quick stop here because the newer Fenella Hut is a few hundred metres up the track   More ▶︎
Cobb Hutt

Cobb Hutt

No longer maintained but still in good condition. Water from river. Four bunks with mattresses. Floor slopes due to rotting ...   More ▶︎

Cobb River campsite

Camping on grassy river flats in the Cobb Valley. Ample walking options in the area.   More ▶︎
campsite on the Lockett Range

campsite on the Lockett Range

our campsite in the hanging valley on the Lockett range, above Fenella Hut, looking S to Mt Benson. There is ...   More ▶︎
Xenicus

Xenicus

morning light on Xenicus from the Lockett Range - clearly visible is the (cairned) rising shelf that leads under Xenicus, ...   More ▶︎
Dragonfly nymph

Dragonfly nymph

Floating in Lake Peel, in the Cobb Valley.   More ▶︎
Lake Peel

Lake Peel

Pretty, circular lake in Kahurangi National Park.   More ▶︎
Sylvester Hut

Sylvester Hut

Sylvester Hut as you return from Lake Sylvester. (better photographs invited ;)   More ▶︎
Sylvester Hut

Sylvester Hut

Modern 12 bunk hut with heater (not stove), bench seating and two sleeping platforms with a sink and two toilets ...   More ▶︎
Lonely Lake - Fenella Hut

Lonely Lake - Fenella Hut

11km route along the Douglas Range from Lonely Lake Hut to Fenella Hut   More ▶︎
Fenella Hut

Fenella Hut

The hut was built as a memorial to Fenella Druce who was one of 4 people killed when the Three ...   More ▶︎
Tarn above Fenella Hut, 2009

Tarn above Fenella Hut, 2009

A mere ten-minutes amble from Fenella, this alpine rock garden is picture perfect around sunset. Some folk swear they've swum ...   More ▶︎
Fenella Hut 2009

Fenella Hut 2009

Crowded at Easter, many folk did floor-time, or camped outside. This is a luxurious and spacious hut (normally!) set in ...   More ▶︎
Fenella Hut

Fenella Hut

looking from Fenella Hut into the Boogoes.   More ▶︎
View from Myttons Hut, looking up Cobb Valley

View from Myttons Hut, looking up Cobb Valley

Lynette Salisbury on the Cobb. Distant peaks at valley head are Xenicus Peak & Aorere Peak.   More ▶︎
Myttons Hut 2009

Myttons Hut 2009

Freshly painted by 'FOM', Easter 2009.   More ▶︎
Myttons' view

Myttons' view

Myttons Cobb Reservoir view   More ▶︎
Myttons at dawn

Myttons at dawn

Privately maintainted hut.   More ▶︎
Myttons Hut

Myttons Hut

Four bunks with mattresses. Water from tap outside - possibly from nearby creek. From 1994, DOC have stopped maintaining this quaint ...   More ▶︎
Wangapeka Tramp

Wangapeka Tramp

Large lump of quartz in Kahurangi National Park   More ▶︎
Waingaro Peak

Waingaro Peak

Looking NE to S from the summit of Waingaro, the southerly start of the Douglas Range. Photo shows spur from ...   More ▶︎
The route to Lake Peel

The route to Lake Peel

The Cobb Reservoir fills the glacial valley.   More ▶︎
Cobb Lake

Cobb Lake

a grassy spot under an old shady beech at the head of the lake - looking to the outlet. The track ...   More ▶︎
The Ledge on the edge!

The Ledge on the edge!

My colleague shot me posing on the rocky slabs of Xenicus Peak. We were halfway up to the top of ...   More ▶︎
Cobb Reservior from Lookout

Cobb Reservior from Lookout

view on the way to Balloon Hut.   More ▶︎
Xenicus

Xenicus

Xenicus Peak, with the Lockett Range behind - taken from Mt Gibbs Mar 2017   More ▶︎
Island Lake

Island Lake

Island Lake and Aorere Peak from near the summit of Mt Gibbs. A nice day walk from Fenella hut. taken ...   More ▶︎
Anatoki & The Dragon

Anatoki & The Dragon

The Dragons Teeth, Anatoki and Yuletide Peaks from Kakapo Peak Mar 2017   More ▶︎
Kakapo Peak

Kakapo Peak

panorama from Kakapo Peak, looking NNW. The usual route between Fenella & Lonely Lake huts sidles the western scree (mostly) face ...   More ▶︎
Balloon Hut

Balloon Hut

Gas cooker and heater. Great views of the Arthur Range and over the headwaters of the Leslie River (from Balloon ...   More ▶︎
Balloon Hut

Balloon Hut

5 star accommodation, gas burner & cooker provided!! Approxmately 4 hr from Trilobite Hut   More ▶︎

Soper Shelter tent camp

New reproduction of an old deer culler tent camp. Opened 16/4/2016. Constructed by DoC and volunteers from the Golden Bay ...   More ▶︎