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Rees-Dart Track

Track • 3 – 4 days. Medium/hard. Loop track. • Distance: 693m away

Alpine circuit along two river valleys at the head of Lake Wakatipu. More ▶︎

Haast to The Divide

GPX file • Distance: 1.1km away

Andrew Barker's traverse 2009. From Pleasant Flat in the Haast to The Divide via Mt Aspiring National Park. More ▶︎

Rees - Dart

GPX file • Distance: 1.3km away

Starting at Muddy Creek, this track heads up the Rees River to the head of the valley with a short ... More ▶︎

Rockburn Hut

Photograph • Distance: 1.6km away

Rockburn hut. taken 22-Jan-2010 More ▶︎

Rockburn Hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4. • Distance: 1.6km away

Rockburn Hut or McIntyres Hut. Near the confluence of Rock Burn and Dart River. A very rough and uninviting hut. ... More ▶︎

Rockburn Hut

Photograph • Distance: 1.6km away

DOC advises that the Rockburn Hut is closed "due to adverse weather conditions" .... and a fairly solid tree ! More ▶︎

beansburn track

Track • 3 – 5 days. Medium. Return via same track. • Distance: 1.6km away

a route that follows the beansburn valley. lake unknown can be reached from here. times: beansburn mouth-rock bivvy no 1 1-1.5 ... More ▶︎

Five Passes

Track • 6 – 7 days. Medium/hard. Loop track. • Distance: 1.7km away

A classic trip starting and finishing at the Routeburn road. The five passes are; Sugarloaf pass, Park pass, Cow saddle, Fiery ... More ▶︎

Lake Unknown

Video • Distance: 3.8km away

Overnight trip to Lake Unknown More ▶︎

Lake Unknown

Photograph • Distance: 3.8km away

Lake Unknown lies high between the Beans Burn & the Rockburn. The Dart Valley is visible behind about 750 meters ... More ▶︎

Lake Whakatipu from Sugarloaf

Photograph • Distance: 4.0km away

On the five passes route. Lake Whakatipu from just above Sugarloaf pass. taken Jan 2010 More ▶︎

Five Passes via Lake Nerine and North Col

Article • Distance: 4.5km away

A classic tramp north of the Routeburn. Rather than exit via the Rockburn, we extended the trip through Lake Nerine ... More ▶︎

Looking up the Rockburn

Photograph • Distance: 4.5km away

From Sugarloaf pass, this is the view of the Rockburn that greets you after you cross More ▶︎

Rockburn - Lake Nerine - North Routeburn

Track • 3 – 5 days. Medium. Loop track. • Distance: 4.6km away

A slightly shorter option to the 5 passes trip but of similar if not more difficulty. Can be done in ... More ▶︎

The Serpentine Range and the Three Passes

Article • Distance: 4.7km away

A six day trip around the Three Passes, including a traverse of the Serpentine Range instead of the North Route ... More ▶︎

Camp on Sugarloaf Pass

Photograph • Distance: 4.7km away

A good way to start a trip going into the Rockburn is to leave Glenorchy late in the day and ... More ▶︎

Bridge in the Rockburn

Photograph • Distance: 5.0km away

This fine bridge provides an easy crossing of the Rockburn just below Theatre Flat More ▶︎

Theatre Flat

Photograph • Distance: 5.2km away

Approaching Theatre Flat from down valley. On a nice day it's a pleasant place to camp, not so much this ... More ▶︎

Theatre Flat

Photograph • Distance: 5.3km away

Half way up the Rockburn is the giant Theatre Flats. Lake Nerine is at the top of the bluffs at ... More ▶︎

Lake Sylvan

Track • Easy. Loop track. • Distance: 5.4km away

A short forest walk to a tranquil lake. More ▶︎

Lake Sylvan

Photograph • Distance: 5.4km away

A calm forested lake in the Dart Valley near Glenorchy. More ▶︎

Broken bridge

Photograph • Distance: 7.1km away

The bridge at the start of the Routeburn Track, damaged by a slip, August 2008. More ▶︎

Lake Wilson and the Valley of the Trolls

Track • 2 – 3 days. Medium. Return by the same track. • Distance: 7.2km away

An overnight or multiday scenic diversion from the Routeburn Great Walk. The Valley of the Trolls is easily accessed from ... More ▶︎

Routeburn Track

Track • 2 – 4 days. Easy/medium. One way. • Distance: 7.3km away

An internationally renowned and popular alpine crossing between Fiordland and Lake Wakatipu. More ▶︎

Parorama from Harris Saddle

Photograph • Distance: 7.3km away

several photographs put together to create a panoramic view More ▶︎

Harris Saddle Old Emergency Shelter

Photograph • Distance: 7.4km away

This old Emergency Shelter on Harris Saddle (1277m) is now replaced by something larger/better. This picture is from 2 November ... More ▶︎

Routeburn Shelter

Photograph • Distance: 7.4km away

another rainy day at the start of the Routeburn (April 2009) More ▶︎

Routeburn Shelter

Hut • Shelter (DOC). • Distance: 7.4km away

Enclosed shelter at the Wakatipu end of the Routeburn Track. Overnight use prohibited. More ▶︎

Mt Earnslaw

Video • Distance: 7.6km away

A day trip to the summit of Mt Earnslaw More ▶︎

Mt Earnslaw

Article • Distance: 7.6km away

This was a sweet day trip taken in Feb 2008, bluebird day. More ▶︎

Rockburn Skyline

Photograph • Distance: 7.7km away

panorama of the Rockburn from Park Pass Glacier to Theatre Flat - from the outlet of Lake Nerine Feb 2013 More ▶︎

Matukituki to Paradise by roads less travelled

GPX file • Distance: 7.9km away

A rough, tough crossing from Raspberry Flat (Aspiring Road, Wanaka) to the Earnslaw Burn (Glenorchy-Paradise road) via Shotover Saddle, Lochnagar, ... More ▶︎

Beans Burn waterfall

Photograph • Distance: 8.0km away

On the five passes route. Waterfall mid Beans Burn. taken Jan 2010 More ▶︎

Theatre Flat from above

Photograph • Distance: 8.1km away

Looking back down at Theatre Flat from the lip of the hanging valley that holds lake Nerine More ▶︎

Lake Nerine

Photograph • Distance: 8.2km away

The first view you get of Lake Nerine as you cross the saddle by Point 1594. Jan 2017 More ▶︎

A fresh look at the descent to Lake Nerine.

Photograph • Distance: 8.2km away

If visiting the lake from Park Pass it is inevitable you will find yourself at the top of this slope ... More ▶︎

The North Branch of the Routeburn

Photograph • Distance: 8.3km away

Our final camp in the North Branch of the Routeburn. North Col, which we have just come through, is in ... More ▶︎

Camp at Lake Nerine

Photograph • Distance: 8.4km away

This has to be every tramper's dream. A camp at Lake Nerine in perfect windless conditions More ▶︎

Earnslaw Burn Rock Bivvy

Photograph • Distance: 8.4km away

Alternative rock bivvy from the biv shown on the topo map. This bivvy is on the true left of the ... More ▶︎

Earnslaw Burn Rock Bivvy

Rock bivouac • Distance: 8.4km away

This is an alternative bivvy to the one shown on topo maps. This bivvy is about 20 minutes upstream from ... More ▶︎

Earnslaw Burn Rock Bivvy, underneath.

Photograph • Distance: 8.4km away

Underneath the Rock Bivvy. This one is about 20 minutes upstream from the official one on the top map and ... More ▶︎

A tarn on the way to Lake Nerine

Photograph • Distance: 8.4km away

This tarn is a very attractive place to stop for a while on the way to Lake Nerine. While it ... More ▶︎

Great Walks Information

Article • Distance: 8.5km away

The DOC Great Walks are a set of premium tramping tracks throughout New Zealand. More ▶︎

Lakelet in the Humboldt Mountains - Mt.Aspiring NP NZ.

Photograph • Distance: 8.5km away

Perched high above the Rockburn valley floor, near to Lake Nerine only a little northward toward Park Pass. More ▶︎

Close up of Park Pass Glacier

Photograph • Distance: 8.6km away

Showing the snout of the glacier with the tip obscured by the rock wall. Taken from above the steep snowgrass ... More ▶︎

View north from Nereus Peak

Photograph • Distance: 8.6km away

The ridge east of Nereus Peak summit can be reached by a straight forward climb from North Col. Looking north ... More ▶︎

Esquilant Bivvy Hut

Hut • Serviced Alpine Hut (NZAC). Capacity: 6. • Distance: 8.7km away

Small hut located on Wright's Col in the Rees Valley. More ▶︎

The route to Lake Nerine from Park Pass

Photograph • Distance: 8.7km away

Looking from the moraine of Park Pass glacier, the steep snowgrass slopes can be seen to the south. These slopes ... More ▶︎

Looking back towards Park Pass

Photograph • Distance: 8.8km away

It is a steep snowgrass sidle from Park Pass to this point but the view is rewarding More ▶︎

Hobbs Bivvy, Route Burn North Branch

Rock bivouac • Distance: 8.8km away

A dry and sheltered bivvy underneath a giant boulder in the North Branch of the Route Burn. Sleeps 4 or ... More ▶︎

Hobbs Bivvy, Routeburn North Branch

Photograph • Distance: 8.8km away

Great dry bivvy located under a giant boulder in the north branch of the Routeburn. Sleeps 4 or 5 but ... More ▶︎

to Lake Nerine

Photograph • Distance: 8.8km away

on the sidle to Lake Nerine, looking back to Park Pass Glacier More ▶︎

Park Pass Glacier

Photograph • Distance: 8.9km away

From near pt 1796 south of North Col More ▶︎

Lake Nerine

Photograph • Distance: 8.9km away

Looking back at Lake Nerine from the ridge at its head. Mt Earnslaw in the distance More ▶︎

New Dredge Lake

Photograph • Distance: 9.0km away

The new lake at Dredge Flat on the Dart River. More ▶︎

The tops of the Darran Mountains - Fjordland NZ

Photograph • Distance: 9.0km away

The exit from the Lake Nerine basin when heading to North Col overlooks the lower end of Hidden Falls Ck ... More ▶︎

Park Pass glacier - close up the snout.

Photograph • Distance: 9.1km away

The neve certainly looks very accessible from the terminal end. It was only the time factor which disallowed us the ... More ▶︎