Nearby | Lake Anti-Mavis, Tarn Pass in the distance

route from Lake Mavis to Edwards Valley bypassing Taruahuna Pass

Photograph • Distance: 981m away

This route bypasses the pass with its tiresome talus travel for those who have experienced it several times already! More ▶︎

Lake Mavis

Track • 2 days. Medium. Return via same track. • Distance: 981m away

A side trip off the popular Mingha-Deception route in Arthur's Pass. More ▶︎

Lake Mavis

Photograph • Distance: 981m away

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Lake Mavis

Photograph • Distance: 981m away

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Lake Mavis

Photograph • Distance: 981m away

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Lake Mavis

Article • Distance: 981m away

A snow wonder for all to enjoy. More ▶︎

Goat Pass Hut

Photograph • Distance: 1.6km away

Goat Pass Hut - from Lake Mavis More ▶︎

Goat Pass Hut

Photograph • Distance: 1.9km away

Goat Pass Hut 2008 More ▶︎

Goat Pass Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 20. • Distance: 1.9km away

Large hut on the popular Mingha-Deception route More ▶︎

Mingha River-Deception River

Track • 2 days. Medium. One way. • Distance: 2.2km away

Goat Pass Track. Alpine track over a pass between two river valleys. More ▶︎

Ascent to Taruahuna Pass

Photograph • Distance: 2.8km away

Ascent to Taruahuna Pass from Otehake More ▶︎

Heading back to the tent on Tarn Col

Photograph • Distance: 2.9km away

Chuzzman aka chuzz returning to the tent after getting yha on the cliff-sides of Tarn Col. More ▶︎

Veiw from campsite on Amber Col

Photograph • Distance: 3.2km away

This just shows the route up to Amber Col from the Otehaki river on the bottom right, Falling Mtn on ... More ▶︎

First Light Amber Col

Photograph • Distance: 3.2km away

5:30am God it's early, beautiful light, freezing cold, about an hour before total white-out. More ▶︎

Amber Col

Photograph • Distance: 3.2km away

September 2008 Stayed the previous night at the new Hawdon Hut, then made my way over Walker Pass and up the ... More ▶︎

Upper Deception Hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 6. • Distance: 3.4km away

Six bunk hut adjacent the popular Mingha-Deception route. It was built by the NZFS in 1962. [A four bunker Lower Deception ... More ▶︎

Upper Deception hut Feb 2009

Photograph • Distance: 3.4km away

A sound old NZFS hut in need of a bit of TLC. The scrub badly needed cutting back last time ... More ▶︎

Mingha Biv

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2. • Distance: 3.4km away

Just south of Goat Pass. Hut has had a full refurbishment thanks to NZDA, Permolat and The Back Country Trust. ... More ▶︎

Mingha Biv

Photograph • Distance: 3.4km away

The old and not in very good condition Mingha Biv More ▶︎

Deception River

Photograph • Distance: 4.7km away

Deception River More ▶︎

Edwards River-Hawdon River

Track • 3 days. Medium. One way. • Distance: 4.7km away

See Hawdon River. More ▶︎

Edwards Hut

Photograph • Distance: 4.9km away

Edwards Hut taken Waitangi Day 2009 More ▶︎

Edwards Hut

Photograph • Distance: 4.9km away

Edwards Hut taken Waitangi Day 2009 More ▶︎

Edwards Hut

Hut • Serviced Hut (DOC). Capacity: 16. • Distance: 4.9km away

Well built hut, sleeps 16 people. More ▶︎

Edwards Hut Toilet

Photograph • Distance: 4.9km away

View down the valley from the Edwards hut. More ▶︎

Walker Pass Tarn

Photograph • Distance: 5.0km away

October 08, Tarn on Walker Pass looking back towards the Hawdon Valley More ▶︎

Discovery Sudden

Photograph • Distance: 5.3km away

Discovery to Sudden Valley tarck More ▶︎

Discovery Stream/Sudden Valley traverse

Article • Distance: 5.3km away

2 day circuit from Hawden River, crossing mountain ridgetop after approach from Discovery Stream which features boulder-hopping and cascades. More ▶︎

The Descent Route of the NW Tributary of Discovery Stream

Photograph • Distance: 5.3km away

this route avoids waterfalls More ▶︎

Descent Route from NW Tributary of Discovery Stream

Photograph • Distance: 5.3km away

This avoids waterfalls More ▶︎

Page Memorial Shelter

Photograph • Distance: 5.8km away

Day shelter in Temple Basin, Arthurs Pass. Page Memorial Shelter is little day-hut built for skiers in Temple Basin, set apart ... More ▶︎

Mt Aicken in Jan

Photograph • Distance: 5.9km away

Require Medium fitness level, rock/stone marked track above bushline. More ▶︎

Mount Cassidy

Track • 1 day. Medium/hard. Return via same track. • Distance: 6.1km away

A short but challenging climb from Arthur's Pass Village. More ▶︎

Temple Basin Ski Field

Photograph • Distance: 6.2km away

Taken a little past the ski huts, November 2012 More ▶︎

Temple Basin

Track • Easy/medium. Return via same track. • Distance: 6.2km away

A steepish climb through alpine meadows to the Temple Basin skifield More ▶︎

Temple Basin Ski Area

Photograph • Distance: 6.2km away

November 2009. More ▶︎

Otehake hut

Photograph • Distance: 6.4km away

Otehake hut is an NZFS six bunker that was built in 1963. It is the "stretched style" with a porch ... More ▶︎

Otehake Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). • Distance: 6.4km away

Otehake Hut. NZFS six bunker with porch. Built 1962/63. More ▶︎

Otehake Hut

Photograph • Distance: 6.4km away

6 bunk NZFS style hut in the Otehake Valley, near the confluence of East & West Otehake Rivers, altitude 640m More ▶︎

Hawdon Hut

Hut • Serviced Hut (DOC). Capacity: 20. • Distance: 6.5km away

A new hut opened in December 2007 after the previous hut was destroyed by fire June 2005. An easy two to ... More ▶︎

Hawdon Hut

Photograph • Distance: 6.5km away

Hawdon Hut Feb 2012 More ▶︎

Hawdon Hut

Photograph • Distance: 6.5km away

New Hawdon Hut More ▶︎

Shattered rock on Mount Cassidy

Photograph • Distance: 7.0km away

The rock is very crumbly and unstable. More ▶︎

"New" Sudden Valley biv Feb 2010

Photograph • Distance: 7.0km away

Replacement for old biv. This biv is only a short distance from the Hawdon Shelter. You can get in and ... More ▶︎

Sudden Valley Biv

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2. • Distance: 7.0km away

The small dark biv was replaced Summer 2008. Camping is possible around the biv. More ▶︎

Sudden Valley

Track • 2 days. Medium. Return via same track. • Distance: 7.0km away

A secluded hanging valley in the southeast corner of Arthur's Pass National Park More ▶︎

Barriers Falls

Photograph • Distance: 7.0km away

Looking down on Barrier Falls More ▶︎

Sudden Valley

Article • Distance: 7.0km away

Sudden Valley off Hawdon Valley - Arthurs Pass Great short trip in times of low rainfall More ▶︎

Myosotis lyalli

Photograph • Distance: 7.2km away

Mount Cassidy. More ▶︎

Sudden valley track

Article • Distance: 7.3km away

Comments to add to other articles about Sudden Valley More ▶︎

Rock wren

Photograph • Distance: 7.7km away

I heard this bird before I saw it, on the scree just above the Con's Track bushline on Mount Cassidy, ... More ▶︎

Geum uniflorum

Photograph • Distance: 7.8km away

Mount Cassidy. More ▶︎

Great mountain buttercup

Photograph • Distance: 7.8km away

Ranunculus lyalli. Con's Track, Mount Cassidy, Arthur's Pass. More ▶︎

Walks Around Arthur's Pass

Article • Distance: 7.8km away

A variety of both easy and more challenging walks are available around Arthur's Pass village and the nearby pass. More ▶︎

Mt Philistine Traverse

Track • 1 day. Hard. One way. • Distance: 7.8km away

A classic mountain traverse in Arthurs Pass National Park, includes climbing steep scree, bluffs, rock and snow. An ice axe ... More ▶︎

Lake Misery Track

Photograph • Distance: 7.9km away

Small rockpile on the Lake Misery Track. More ▶︎

Lake Misery Track

GPX file • Distance: 7.9km away

Short connector track that crosses the Main Divide of the Southern Alps. More ▶︎

Dobson Nature Walk

GPX file • Distance: 8.0km away

Stroll through an alpine herbfield scattered with massive boulders, Arthur's Pass National Park. More ▶︎

Forest

Photograph • Distance: 8.0km away

Con's Track, Arthur's Pass. More ▶︎

Devil's Punchbowl Falls.

Photograph • Distance: 8.0km away

From Con's Track, Arthur's Pass. More ▶︎

Mount Barron

Photograph • Distance: 8.1km away

Mount Barron from the Death's Corner lookout. The route follows the far edge of the obvious slip. The steep bluffs ... More ▶︎

Devil's Punchbowl Track

GPX file • Distance: 8.2km away

Short walk to a classic Arthur's Pass waterfall. More ▶︎

trudge col

Photograph • Distance: 8.2km away

trudge col as seen from hawdon hut. left of rough peak, hawdon valley, arthurs pass national park. More ▶︎

Bealey Chasm and Valley

Track • Easy/medium. • Distance: 8.2km away

A excellent short walk in the autumn or spring with wonderful views of rolleston glacier More ▶︎

Trudge Col

Article • Distance: 8.2km away

A day trip to an iconic spot in Arthurs Pass. More ▶︎

trudge col - from the north

Photograph • Distance: 8.2km away

Trudge stream drains the northern or Poulter side of Trudge Col. Crossing Trudge Col provides an interesting and challenging route ... More ▶︎

Hawdon Valley - Discovery Flat

Photograph • Distance: 8.3km away

View looking to the south across the Hawdon Valley at Discovery Flat. Taken from the track up from the Hawdon ... More ▶︎

Hawdon River

Track • 2 days. Easy. Return via same track. • Distance: 8.3km away

Easy travel up a wide river valley. More ▶︎

Arthur's Pass Walking Track

Track • Easy. One way. • Distance: 8.3km away

A new walk, opened March 2014 to mark 150 years of Arthur's Pass. Attractive and easy walking from the Arthur's ... More ▶︎

Mountain violet

Photograph • Distance: 8.5km away

Viola cunninghamii, Bridal Veil Track, Arthur's Pass. More ▶︎

Arthur's Pass National Park

Place • National Park. 1145.00km². • Distance: 8.7km away

This alpine park straddles the Main Divide of the Southern Alps, with dry beech forests in the east and damp ... More ▶︎

Dobson Nature Walk

Track • Easy. One way. • Distance: 8.7km away

A short walk on the Main Divide of the Southern Alps, offering alpine flora and panoramic views. More ▶︎

Phipps Peak (1965m)

Photograph • Distance: 8.7km away

From the Otira Valley. More ▶︎

Te Araroa Trail

Track • 95 days. Medium. One way. • Distance: 8.8km away

Te Araroa is a walking trail running the entire length of the North and South Islands. The trail opened 3 ... More ▶︎

Arthur's Pass Village

Place • Place. • Distance: 8.8km away

Resort village surrounded by mountains within Arthur's Pass National Park. More ▶︎

Creek below Devil's Punchbowl Falls.

Photograph • Distance: 8.8km away

November 2009. More ▶︎

Devil's Punchbowl Falls.

Photograph • Distance: 8.8km away

Rainy November day, 2009. More ▶︎

Avalanche Peak-Crow River

Track • 1 – 2 days. Medium. One way. • Distance: 8.8km away

A route over Avalanche Peak dropping to the Crow River and exiting down the Waimakariri River. More ▶︎

Arthur's Pass Village Historic Walk

Track • Easy. Loop track. • Distance: 8.8km away

Introductory circuit of the village, providing a history of the Pass and the rail tunnel. More ▶︎

Devil's Punchbowl Walking Track

Track • Easy/medium. Return by the same track. • Distance: 8.8km away

Classic Arthur's Pass walk to the 131m Punchbowl Falls / Te Tautea o Hinekakai. More ▶︎

Arthur's Pass Kea

Photograph • Distance: 8.8km away

Photogenic Kea on car at Arthur's Pass More ▶︎

Avalanche Creek Shelter campsite

Campsite • Basic Campsite (DOC). 10 spaces. • Distance: 8.9km away

Campsite located near the highway in Arthur's Pass Village. A good base for a variety of day walks. The information ... More ▶︎

East Hawdon Stream

Track • 1 – 2 days. Easy/medium. Return via same track. • Distance: 8.9km away

A short walk to a new biv located on a branch of the Hawdon River. More ▶︎

Millennium Walk

GPX file • Distance: 9.0km away

Short walk to a waterfall at the Arthur's Pass Visitor Centre. More ▶︎

route from Otehake Track to Big Tops Hut via Koropuku Gorge

Photograph • Distance: 9.0km away

Untracked mission involving 1)crossing of Otehake River. Only able to be done at low flows. @) travel up Koropuku Gorge ... More ▶︎

Philistine / Warnock's Bluffs

Photograph • Distance: 9.2km away

The normal route up Philistine from the road ascends through this line of bluffs. When there is no snow, the ... More ▶︎

Otira Valley

Photograph • Distance: 9.4km away

Footbridge on the Otira Valley. More ▶︎

Otira Valley

Track • Easy. Return via same track. • Distance: 9.4km away

A short, pretty walk into an alpine environment. A variety of alpine flowers in summer. More ▶︎

Sidle Mt Valiant

Photograph • Distance: 9.5km away

A good direct route from the East Hawdon to the head of the Poulter at Trudge stream, Arthurs Pass National ... More ▶︎

Mount Barron Route

GPX file • Distance: 9.7km away

Old trail leading up the the tussock tops of Mount Barron. A good benched track leads up to a rocky ... More ▶︎

East Hawdon Stream

Photograph • Distance: 9.7km away

Following the riverbed. More ▶︎

Mount Barron Route

Track • Medium/hard. One way. • Distance: 9.7km away

Old access track onto the Mount Barron tussock tops. More ▶︎

Mt Philistine

Photograph • Distance: 9.8km away

The slopes to the summit - from the east. More ▶︎

East Hawdon Biv

Photograph • Distance: 9.8km away

The shiny new two-bunk hut in the frosty East Hawdon Valley. More ▶︎

East Hawdon Bivouac

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2. • Distance: 9.9km away

A smart new hut on East Hawdon Stream. It was built 2007, replacing the original biv. More ▶︎