Nearby | Boscawen Saddle, Rough Creek route

100 Acres Plateau

Photograph • Distance: 4.1km 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: 4.1km away

Tarns and camping sites galore. More ▶︎

Old Ghost Road

GPX file • Distance: 4.5km away

A GPS track of the Old Ghost Road November 2017 More ▶︎

Goat Creek Hut (DOC)

Photograph • Distance: 5.3km away

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

Goat Creek hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4. • Distance: 5.3km 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 Sept 2009

Photograph • Distance: 5.3km away

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

Mokihinui Forks Hut - renovated

Photograph • Distance: 5.7km away

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

Mokihinui Forks Hut

Photograph • Distance: 5.7km away

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

Mokihinui Forks Hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 10. • Distance: 5.7km away

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

Old Ghost Road

Track • 4 – 5 days. Easy/medium. One way. • Distance: 5.7km away

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

100 Acres Plateau

Photograph • Distance: 5.9km away

Viewed from the summit of the Needle. More ▶︎

Thousand Acres Plateau

Track • 3 – 4 days. Medium. Return via same track. • Distance: 5.9km away

Explore a cliff-edged tussock plateau near Murchison. More ▶︎

Panorama from the Needle

Photograph • Distance: 5.9km away

Haystack, Larrikin Creek, 100 Acres Plateau. More ▶︎

Mt Haystack from the Needle

Photograph • Distance: 6.0km away

The Needle-Haystack ridge looks quite a daunting prospect. The key is to regain the ridge top as quick as possible ... More ▶︎

Speargrass weevil

Photograph • Distance: 6.1km away

Near the summit of the Needle. More ▶︎

1000 Acre Plateau

GPX file • Distance: 6.4km away

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

Larrikin's Creek Hut

Photograph • Distance: 6.4km away

This is a great hut, fireplace, 4 bunks and serviced by DOC. I recommend a partner and a bottle of ... More ▶︎

Larrikin Creek Hut

Photograph • Distance: 6.5km away

A tidy DOC hut beneath the Haystack. More ▶︎

Larrikin Creek Hut

Photograph • Distance: 6.5km away

A small but tidy hut near the Hundred Acres Plateau. More ▶︎

Larrikin Creek Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 4. • Distance: 6.5km away

A tidy hut located in forest margin at the foot of the Haystack, a small peak with striking mudstone banding. ... More ▶︎

Larrikin Hut to Hurricane Hut via Mt Haystack

Photograph • Distance: 6.8km away

This pic is taken from point 1442 looking back towards Mt Haystack. The point on the skyline is 1411 on ... More ▶︎

Crossing the plateau.

Photograph • Distance: 7.7km away

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

Specimen Point Hut

Photograph • Distance: 7.7km away

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

Old Ghost Road

Track • 3 – 5 days. Medium. One way. • Distance: 7.7km away

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

Specimen Point Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (NA). Capacity: 12.Bookings required. • Distance: 7.9km away

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