Nearby | Upper Taipo Forks - Pope's Pass & Mt Harman

Popes Pass

Photograph • Distance: 1.4km away

This picture shows "Alpine" climbing up the start of the ridge leading to Mt Harman with Popes Pass below. We went ... More ▶︎

Cronin Icefall

Photograph • Distance: 1.8km away

Seen from Whitehorn Pass, the spectacular icefall coming off the Cronin Glacier. Whitehorn Pass is the highest point on the ... More ▶︎

Pope-Browning Pass - looking down the Wilberforce

Photograph • Distance: 2.0km away

Pope-Browning Pass on the snowfields on the SE face of Mt Harman. Looking over Lake Browning and down the Wilberforce More ▶︎

Arahura Valley from Mt Harman

Photograph • Distance: 2.0km away

Arahura Valley from Mt Harman More ▶︎

Ascending Whitehorn Snowfield

Photograph • Distance: 2.6km away

Only old icy snow on the field in summer. Ice axe recommended for this part, but if confident on ice ... More ▶︎

snow ghost

Photograph • Distance: 2.6km away

snow ghost, taken from Whitehorn pass Feb 2007. More ▶︎

Three Passes

Track • 4 – 5 days. Medium/hard. One way. • Distance: 2.8km away

A classic trip from Arthur's Pass across Browning, Whitehorn and Harman Passes, emerging near Lake Kaniere on the West Coast. More ▶︎

Cronin Glacier

Photograph • Distance: 2.9km away

Cronin valley and glacier on the 3 passes route. taken in perfect weather, February 2007. More ▶︎

Upper Taipo towards Pope Pass

Photograph • Distance: 3.2km away

Upper Taipo towards Pope Pass - boulderfields through the last of the scrub-layer More ▶︎

Harman Pass

Photograph • Distance: 3.3km away

Looking back over Ariels Tarns to Harman Pass. More ▶︎

Harman Pass - Taipo River - Kelly Saddle

Track • 3 – 5 days. Medium/hard. One way. • Distance: 3.3km away

A long journey through the west of Arthur's Pass National Park. More ▶︎

Tops SW of Lake Browning April 2013

Photograph • Distance: 3.4km away

I'm sharing this photo of the area near Browning Pass. I guess it must be one of my favoured areas ... More ▶︎

Climbing Browning Pass

Photograph • Distance: 3.5km away

Ascending the zig-zag tracked part of Browning Pass. It's a steep scramble up the scree at the top, probably better ... More ▶︎

Lake Browning

Photograph • Distance: 3.5km away

Lake Browning, behind Browning Pass. Officially the West Coast after crossing Browning Pass, now the rain starts. More ▶︎

Browning Pass etc from Mt Browning Nov 2017

Photograph • Distance: 3.6km away

Looking toward Browning Pass etc from high on Mt Browning. I climbed up from the Styx Saddle and enjoyed great ... More ▶︎

Campbell biv Feb 2009

Photograph • Distance: 4.0km away

A 1950's vintage cullers biv located on a west facing spur of the Campbell Range. From the biv there are ... More ▶︎

Looking down the Arahura River from near Campbell biv Feb 2009

Photograph • Distance: 4.0km away

This pic shows the Arahura River as far as the "big bend" where it goes out of sight then it ... More ▶︎

Campbell biv

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2. • Distance: 4.0km away

A 1950's vintage cullers biv located on a west facing spur of the Campbell Range. From the biv there are ... More ▶︎

Browning Pass zig-zag

Photograph • Distance: 4.0km away

The zig-zag trail going up to Browning Pass on the 3 passes route. taken February 2007 More ▶︎

Taipoiti Gorge

Photograph • Distance: 4.1km away

Described in DoC literature as "impassable", small waterfalls at the top of the Taipoiti Stream, on the way from Carrington ... More ▶︎

Harman Hut

Photograph • Distance: 4.7km away

Harman Hut on a typical West Coast summer day. Pretty basic hut that comes with its own family of weka! More ▶︎

View from un-named Campbell Range saddle

Photograph • Distance: 4.7km away

This April 2013 photo was taken from the un-named Campbell Range Saddle at 1600m that is on the direct route ... More ▶︎

Harman Hut

Photograph • Distance: 4.8km away

Standard DOC hut in the Arahura catchment More ▶︎

Harman hut August 1975

Photograph • Distance: 4.8km away

This pic was taken after having come down from Browning Pass. Shortly after I snapped the pic it started snowing ... More ▶︎

Harman Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6. • Distance: 4.8km away

Standard DOC hut at the confluence of the Harman & Arahura rivers. This hut is on the popular "3 passes" ... More ▶︎

West Coast Streams

Photograph • Distance: 4.9km away

En-route from Harman Hut to Grassy Flat Hut. Be mindful that during heavy rain in the New Zealand bush, small ... More ▶︎

Julia Hut

Photograph • Distance: 5.1km away

Standard DOC hut at the confluence of the Julia & Taipo rivers. More ▶︎

Julia Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6. • Distance: 5.1km away

Standard DOC hut at the confluence of Julia and Mary Creeks where they meet the Taipo River. Good hot pools ... More ▶︎

inside old julia

Photograph • Distance: 5.2km away

a classic view of the interior of a classic hut. Note the hand hewn locally sourced timbers. More ▶︎

SI Bush Robin in Old Julia hut April 2013

Photograph • Distance: 5.2km away

For the second time in about a month a bush robin has spent time in a hut that I've been ... More ▶︎

"Old" Julia hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4. • Distance: 5.2km away

Close to the "New" Julia hut near the confluence of Julia & Mary Creeks where they join to form the ... More ▶︎

"Old" Julia hut Feb 2009

Photograph • Distance: 5.2km away

Close to the "New" Julia hut near the confluence of Julia & Mary Creeks where they join to form the ... More ▶︎

Park Morpeth Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6. • Distance: 5.5km away

This is a Canterbury Mountaineering Club Hut, and it appears in DOC's hut list. On the classic Three Passes route. More ▶︎

Park Morpeth Hut

Photograph • Distance: 5.5km away

Park Morpeth hut. taken 17-Feb-2007 More ▶︎

Picton to Aspiring

GPX file • Distance: 6.2km away

An aborted alpine traverse. Picton to West Cape, but aborted at Aspiring due to real world emergencies back home. Posted ... More ▶︎

Route Guide: Otira to Mt Cook Village (pt 1)

Track • 12 – 21 days. Hard. One way. • Distance: 6.3km away

One possible route down the main divide from Otira on the Arthur's Pass road to Mt Cook Village. Otira Hotel to ... More ▶︎

Route Guide: Otira to Mt Cook Village (pt 2)

Track • 12 – 21 days. Hard. One way. • Distance: 6.3km away

One possible route down the main divide from Otira on the Arthur's Pass road to Mt Cook Village. Otira Hotel ... More ▶︎

Arahura Valley

Photograph • Distance: 6.3km away

The Arahura Valley from the Mudflats swingbridge. More ▶︎

Mudflats Hut

Photograph • Distance: 6.3km away

Mudflats Hut, in the Arahura Valley, Westland. More ▶︎

Mudflats Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6. • Distance: 6.3km away

Mudflats Hut (6 bunks, matresses, tank water, stove, firewood available) lies in the mid-reaches of the Arahura Valley in Westland. ... More ▶︎

White River

Photograph • Distance: 6.3km away

Barker Hut sits on the rocky outcrop at centre. More ▶︎

Carrington Hut

Hut • Serviced Hut (DOC). Capacity: 36. • Distance: 6.5km away

A large hut in the upper Waimakariri River, and often the first or last hut on a longer trip. The extensive ... More ▶︎

Barker Hut

Track • 2 – 3 days. Medium. Return by the same track. • Distance: 6.5km away

Surrounded by glaciers at the head of the White River, this is the highest hut in Arthur's Pass National Park. More ▶︎

Carrington Hut

Photograph • Distance: 6.5km away

Carrington Hut. taken 17-Feb-2007 More ▶︎

Other Part of trail to Carrington Hut

Photograph • Distance: 6.5km away

the trail after a nice rain More ▶︎

Styx Saddle

Photograph • Distance: 6.5km away

Styx Saddle - between the Styx and Arahura valleys in Westland. The Campbell Range forms a backdrop beyond the upper ... More ▶︎

Carrington Hut

Photograph • Distance: 6.6km away

A large wooden hut at the confluence of the Waimakariri and the White Rivers. More ▶︎

Carrington Peak

Photograph • Distance: 6.7km away

Carrington Peak, Arthur's Pass, from near Carrington hut. taken February 2007 More ▶︎

Barker Hut

Photograph • Distance: 6.7km away

The Canterbury Mountaineering Club hut high at the head of the White River. More ▶︎

Barker Hut at sunrise.

Photograph • Distance: 6.7km away

Overcast March morning after a night of wind and sleet. More ▶︎

Barker Hut

Hut • Serviced Alpine Hut (Canterbury Mountaineering Club). Capacity: 10. • Distance: 6.8km away

At 1560m, Neville Barker Memorial Hut is the highest in Arthur's Pass National Park, surrounded by the glaciers of the ... More ▶︎

Barker Hut

Photograph • Distance: 6.8km away

The Barker Hut on an absolutely stunning April morning in 2011. Not a breath of wind, not a cloud in ... More ▶︎

Looking down on Barker Hut

Photograph • Distance: 6.8km away

On a perfect autumn morning we picked our way up some of the ridges of shattered rock behind Barker Hut. ... More ▶︎

Upper Styx valley

Photograph • Distance: 6.8km away

Upper Styx valley and Grassy Flats, from the track over Styx Saddle. More ▶︎

Looking SW from Mt Lathrop March 2017

Photograph • Distance: 7.3km away

This is the view looking out over the Crawford and Kokatahi Rivers in a south westerly direction. The Bracken snowfield ... More ▶︎

View of Mt Lathrop etc. and further east

Photograph • Distance: 7.4km away

This photo looks east along the Browning Range. Lathrop Saddle crosses this scene in front of the prominent Mt Lathrop ... More ▶︎

Taipo River track to Julia Hut

Photograph • Distance: 7.4km away

Taipo River track to Julia Hut - above Dry Creek More ▶︎

Old Julia Hut

Photograph • Distance: 7.4km away

Old Julia Hut after refurbishment in February 2014. More ▶︎

Arthur's Pass National Park

Place • National Park. 1145.00km². • Distance: 7.7km away

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

Arahura-Styx track

Photograph • Distance: 8.0km away

The Arahura - Styx track: a benched historic pack-horse track through the Arahura and Styx valleys in Westland. An easy ... More ▶︎

Rear view of "New" Top Crawford hut

Photograph • Distance: 8.2km away

Here is a rear view of the hut. The perspective is looking NNW past the hut and over the two ... More ▶︎

Top Crawford Hut (New)

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 4. • Distance: 8.2km away

This entry is for the "new" Top Crawford hut which is an hour walk up the valley from the location ... More ▶︎

"New" Top Crawford hut Feb 2012

Photograph • Distance: 8.2km away

This photo is of the "new" Top Crawford hut which is an hour walk up the valley from the location ... More ▶︎

Toaroha/Zit Saddle/Kokatahi/Lathrop Saddle/Styx River Route

Track • 3 – 5 days. Medium/hard. Loop track with a road section. • Distance: 8.2km away

Loop track across 2 Westland saddles, taking in some remote huts More ▶︎

Top Crawford Hut

Photograph • Distance: 8.3km away

Near old Top Crawford Biv site, this 4 bunk forest service hut was refurbished and relocated in February 2011. It ... More ▶︎

Mount Learmont

Photograph • Distance: 8.3km away

Mount Learmont and the upper Crawford Valley, Westland More ▶︎

Top Crawford Bivouac

Photograph • Distance: 8.3km away

Top Crawford Bivouac, Crawford Valley, Westland More ▶︎

Top Crawford Bivouac (Removed)

Hut • Removed! • Distance: 8.3km away

The Top Crawford Bivouac (2 bunks, no matresses, stream water 100m distant, no fire) is a typical alpine Biv, with ... More ▶︎

View East from Top Crawford biv Dec 2010

Photograph • Distance: 8.3km away

This pic was taken from the biv & shows the basin immediately East of the biv. Thought the ribbonwoods looked ... More ▶︎

Lathrop Saddle

Photograph • Distance: 8.4km away

Lathrop Saddle - a hanging valley cutting through the Browning Range between the Styx and Crawford valleys. A marked track ... More ▶︎

Crossing Lathrop Saddle

Photograph • Distance: 8.4km away

Crossing Lathrop Saddle from the Crawford towards Browning Biv More ▶︎

Crawford Biv looking up Lathrop saddle

Photograph • Distance: 8.5km away

Lathrop saddle is off to the right, the spur to it is center above biv. More ▶︎

Lathrop Saddle feet dangle

Photograph • Distance: 8.5km away

Sitting on the edge of Lathrop. Spot the biv. Descent far right on the tussock spur. Dangling feet highly recommended. More ▶︎

Grassy Flats Hut

Photograph • Distance: 8.5km away

Grassy Flats Hut in the upper Styx Valley, Westland. The hut lies on the easy, benched Arahura-Styx track, and is ... More ▶︎

Grassy Flat Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 12. • Distance: 8.5km away

Grassy Flat Hut (sleeps 12 on 2 platforms, matresses, water, stove) is a modern tramping hut with a large covered ... More ▶︎

Mt Brown hut & Newton Range April 2013

Photograph • Distance: 8.5km away

This photo shows how the popular Mt Brown hut sits in relation to the Newton Range. As well as tramps to ... More ▶︎

Blue Ducks

Photograph • Distance: 8.7km away

Blue Ducks on Crawford Creek, Westland. Between Top Crawford Hut and Top Crawford Bivouac More ▶︎

Newton Creek Hut from Arahura Pack track

Track • 1 day. Hard. One way. • Distance: 8.8km away

Former forest service track that was left to overgrow and suffered further damage from snow loading in winter of 2008. Fortunately ... More ▶︎

Browning Biv

Photograph • Distance: 8.9km away

2 person Biv, Browning Range More ▶︎

Grassy Flats

Photograph • Distance: 8.9km away

Grassy Flats, in the upper Styx Valley (Westland). Taken fron Browning Range Biv, 600m above. More ▶︎

Browning Range Biv - almost ...

Photograph • Distance: 8.9km away

Browning Range Biv - almost there ... More ▶︎

Browning Range Bivouac

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2. • Distance: 8.9km away

'If you're just about buggered, you're just about at Browning Biv'. The sign below the biv says it all: it's ... More ▶︎

Browning Range Bivouac

Photograph • Distance: 8.9km away

Browning Range Bivouac, on the bush-line in the Browning Range - the hut overlooks the Styx Valley and Grassy Flat, ... More ▶︎

Browning Range

Photograph • Distance: 9.0km away

From the Browning Bivvy on the bushline above the Styx River we climbed in the dark to reach the top ... More ▶︎

Arahura River & swingbridge

Photograph • Distance: 9.0km away

The swingbridge over the Arahura on the track to Newton Creek Hut. More ▶︎

Waimakariri Falls Hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (Canterbury Mountaineering Club). Capacity: 6. • Distance: 9.0km away

Located in the Waimakariri headwaters at 1300m, just above the top falls. Built 1960, and refurbished 2005. More ▶︎

Waimakariri Falls hut

Photograph • Distance: 9.1km away

6 bunk hut 1380m More ▶︎

Above Waimakariri Falls

Photograph • Distance: 9.2km away

Looking down the valley from high under Waimak Col. Spot the hut? (just left of the river - the new ... More ▶︎

Dry Creek

Photograph • Distance: 9.8km away

Dry Creek - descending into the Taipo from it's 1700m saddle off Hunts Creek More ▶︎

Newton Creek Hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4. • Distance: 9.9km away

Newton Creek Hut (4 bunk, mattresses, stove, firewood, water) is a pleasant forestry hut beside Newton creek. It's drier and ... More ▶︎

Newton Creek hut Dec 2011

Photograph • Distance: 9.9km away

This view of the hut looks SW. The hill in the background is Mt Newton which is on the opposite ... More ▶︎

Newton Creek Hut

Photograph • Distance: 9.9km away

Newton Creek Hut, Westland More ▶︎

Newton Creek Hut from Arahura Pack track

Article • Distance: 9.9km away

Formerly overgrown forest service track that could have led to underuse of lovely hut in magical setting. More ▶︎

Kelly Tops, Dry Creek, Taipo Circuit

Article • Distance: 9.9km away

A 3 day circuit from 7 Mile Creek to the Kelly Tops, down to Hunts Saddle and then over Hunts ... More ▶︎