Nearby | Old Ghost Road | New Zealand Tramper

Head of Lyell Creek

Photograph • Distance: less than 100m away

This pic looks up Lyell Creek to Lyell Saddle where the new Lyell Saddle hut has been built. The snow ... More ▶︎

Porch end view of Lyell Saddle hut Sept 2011

Photograph • Distance: less than 100m away

Mokihinui-Lyell Backcountry Trust's new hut on Lyell Saddle built as part of one of the NZ Cycle Trail Projects. More ▶︎

Lyell Saddle hut

Hut • Standard Hut (NA). Capacity: 12.Bookings required. • Distance: less than 100m away

This recently built hut was started in April 2011. It was initially lived in by track builders but is now ... More ▶︎

Lyell Saddle hut Sept 2011

Photograph • Distance: less than 100m away

This recently built hut was started in April 2011. It was initially lived in by track builders but is now ... More ▶︎

Stern Valley Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (NA). Capacity: 18.Bookings required. • Distance: less than 100m away

This recently constructed hut has been built as part of the Old Ghost Road cycleway/tramping route. There are 2 sleepouts at ... More ▶︎

Specimen Point Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (NA). Capacity: 12.Bookings required. • Distance: less than 100m away

Specimen Point hut is situated on a high point with a commanding view over a stretch of the Mokihinui river. The ... More ▶︎

Mokihinui Forks Hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 10. • Distance: less than 100m away

Mokihinui Forks Hut sits over the south branch of the Mokihinui River, just before it meets the north branch. The hut ... More ▶︎

Mokihinui Forks Hut

Photograph • Distance: less than 100m away

Mokihinui Forks Hut sits over the south branch of the Mokihinui River, just before it meets the north branch. More ▶︎

Ghost Lake Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (NA). Capacity: 12.Bookings required. • Distance: less than 100m away

Ghost Lake hut is perched high on the Lyell Range close above a tarn "Ghost Lake". There are extensive views ... More ▶︎

Old Ghost Road

Track • 4 – 5 days. Easy/medium. One way. • Distance: less than 100m away

This new trail links the ghost town of Lyell with the Mokihinui River. The first section is open from 2 ... More ▶︎

Old Ghost Road

Track • 3 – 5 days. Medium. One way. • Distance: less than 100m away

A four or five day tramp from the Lyell Campsite(off SH6 in the Buller Gorge) to the Mokihinui road end ... More ▶︎

Lyell Saddle Hut

Photograph • Distance: less than 100m away

One of four new huts which the Mokihinui-Lyell Backcountry Trust has established on the Old Ghost Road cycle trail. Lyell Saddle ... More ▶︎

Ghost Lake Hut

Photograph • Distance: less than 100m away

One of four new lodges built by the Mokihinui-Lyell Backcountry Trust on their Old Ghost Road cycle trail. Perched above ... More ▶︎

Mokihinui Forks Hut - renovated

Photograph • Distance: less than 100m away

In 2013 DOC doubled the size of Mok Forks Hut which includes more bunks inside a new foyer. Total of ... More ▶︎

Goat Creek Hut (DOC)

Photograph • Distance: less than 100m away

In 2013 this historic hut built in 1957 was cleaned up. The old graffiti wall is still intact, and the ... More ▶︎

Stern Valley Hut

Photograph • Distance: less than 100m away

One of four new huts which the Mokihinui-Lyell Backcountry Trust has established on the Old Ghost Road cycle trail. Stern Valley ... More ▶︎

Pioneer Cemetery Walk

Track • Easy. Return via same track. • Distance: 104m away

A brief, easy walk to Lyell Cemetery, hidden under beech forest above the creek. More ▶︎

Goat Creek hut Sept 2009

Photograph • Distance: 107m away

A charming hut situated on the TR of the South Branch of the Mokihinui River at the confluence with Goat ... More ▶︎

Goat Creek hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4. • Distance: 107m away

A charming hut situated on the TR of the South Branch of the Mokihinui River at the confluence with Goat ... More ▶︎

Lyell Campsite

Campsite • Standard Campsite (DOC). 18 spaces. • Distance: 127m away

This grassy camping space occupies a terrace above Lyell Creek, next to Kawatiri / the Buller River. The site was ... More ▶︎

Specimen Point Hut

Photograph • Distance: 162m away

One of four new huts which the Mokihinui-Lyell Backcountry Trust has established on the Old Ghost Road cycle trail. Specimen Point ... More ▶︎

Lyell Walkway

Track • Easy. Loop track. • Distance: 1.6km away

This loop track under pretty beech forest explores the history of the gold mining town of Lyell, including cemetery, stamper ... More ▶︎

nesting shags

Photograph • Distance: 2.0km away

Pied Shag nesting near the Chasm Creek Walkway on the Mokihinui River, north of Westport More ▶︎

Derelict miners hut Lyell Creek May 2014

Photograph • Distance: 2.8km away

This photo shows a surviving historic miners hut near the confluence of Lyell Creek and Irishmans Creek. (It is on ... More ▶︎

Mt Glasgow 1424m

Track • 1 – 2 days. Medium. Return via same track. • Distance: 3.1km away

A superb day walk in behind the sleepy village of Seddonville. More ▶︎

Mt Glasgow track map

Photograph • Distance: 3.1km away

Approximate position of track plotted on copy of NZ Topo 50 map. Crosses indicate position plotted from a GPS reading More ▶︎

View in easterly direction from summit of Mt Glasgow

Photograph • Distance: 3.1km away

View in easterly direction from summit of Mt Glasgow. Taken 04/02/2012 More ▶︎

Remains of Eight Mile Hut Lyell Jan 2015

Photograph • Distance: 3.1km away

I popped in to this hut when returning from a visit to check out the new Stern Valley and Ghost ... More ▶︎

Hound's tongue fern and kanono

Photograph • Distance: 3.6km away

Growing in a tangle at the edge of the Chasm Creek Track. More ▶︎

Chasm Creek Track

Track • Easy. Return via same track. • Distance: 3.6km away

A short walk along an old section of railway. A tunnel, a sculpted creek, and views of the Mokihinui River. More ▶︎

Thelymitra pulchella

Photograph • Distance: 3.6km away

Sun orchid growing in clay, Chasm Creek Track. More ▶︎

Orthoceras novae-zeelandiae

Photograph • Distance: 3.6km away

Orchid growing in clay on the Chasm Creek Track. More ▶︎

Warrigal Island, Mokihinui River

Photograph • Distance: 3.6km away

A tiny island in the lower reaches of the river between Mokihinui and Seddonville. More ▶︎

Kiokio

Photograph • Distance: 3.6km away

Kiokio (Blechnum) growing alongside the Chasm Creek Track. More ▶︎

Boscawen Saddle, Rough Creek route

Article • Distance: 4.5km away

A description of a weekend tramp up the Nina River, over Boscawen Saddle, sidling to Robinson Saddle, down one branch ... More ▶︎

Nthn Brunner Range from Mt Curtis

Photograph • Distance: 6.0km away

This photo taken from the summit of Mt Curtis (1412m) about 8am in the morning looks generally northward. The hill ... More ▶︎

Charming Creek Walkway

Track • Easy. One way. • Distance: 6.1km away

One of Buller's longer established walkways that is also open to mountain bikers. The majority of the 10.5 km route ... More ▶︎

Gentle Annie Point

Track • Easy. Return via same track. • Distance: 7.9km away

A short walk to a secluded West Coast beach. More ▶︎

100 Acres Plateau

Photograph • Distance: 8.3km away

This is a beautiful tussock landscape dominated by the Needle and the Haystack. Accessed from Larrikin's Creek Hut, there are ... More ▶︎

100 Acres Plateau

Photograph • Distance: 8.3km away

Tarns and camping sites galore. More ▶︎

Beach near Gentle Annie Point

Photograph • Distance: 8.4km away

A beautiful and secluded West Coast beach. More ▶︎

Charming Creek Walkway

Photograph • Distance: 9.9km away

Charming Creek Walkway north of Westport. I walked it north to south starting at Seddonville. but unless you particularly want ... More ▶︎

Charming Creek

Photograph • Distance: 9.9km away

Waterfall on the Charming Creek Walkway north of Westport. I walked it north to south starting at Seddonville. but unless ... More ▶︎

Charming Creek

Photograph • Distance: 9.9km away

Charming Creek Walkway north of Westport. I walked it north to south starting at Seddonville. but unless you particularly want ... More ▶︎

Crossing the plateau.

Photograph • Distance: 10.0km away

The long walk across the Thousand Acres Plateau, toward the distant Needle and Haystack. More ▶︎

1000 Acre Plateau

GPX file • Distance: 10.0km away

The route from The Matiri Road end up to the Plateau, Larrikins Hut and on to climb the Needle More ▶︎