Nearby | Molesworth Recreation Reserve

East West Route

Track • 5 – 6 days. Medium. One way. • Distance: less than 100m away

A long trail through remote, desolate high country between the Clarence River and Molesworth Recreation Reserve. More ▶︎

Molesworth Cob Cottage

Photograph • Distance: 1.5km away

Historic homestead and campsite at the original Molesworth site. More ▶︎

Molesworth Cob Cottage campsite

Campsite • Basic Campsite (DOC). 20 spaces. • Distance: 1.6km away

Campsite in Molesworth Recreation Reserve next to the original Molesworth Station homestead (1885). More ▶︎

Top Gordon hut

Photograph • Distance: 1.7km away

Top Gordon hut. Taken Oct 2018 More ▶︎

Top Gordon Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6. • Distance: 1.8km away

Small hut in beech forest at high on Gordon Stream, beneath Saxton Saddle. More ▶︎

Wairau-Paske saddle

Photograph • Distance: 2.3km away

The saddle at the head of the Wairau, crossing into the Paske. Tiring climbing on loose scree, but a non-technical ... More ▶︎

Top Leatham Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6. • Distance: 2.8km away

Hut in beech forest high on Leatham River, Leatham Conservation Area. More ▶︎

Top Leatham hut

Photograph • Distance: 2.8km away

Top Leatham hut. Taken Oct 2018 More ▶︎

Horse Flat Hut

Hut • Shelter (DOC). • Distance: 2.9km away

An historic iron rabbiters' hut on river flats in the Clarence Reserve. The carved door indicates the hut was built ... More ▶︎

Branch Bivvy

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

Small hut high on the Branch River, beneath the Raglan Range in the Leatham Conservation Area. More ▶︎

Paske Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6. • Distance: 3.5km away

Hut in the headwaters of Paske Creek, beneath the St Arnaud Range. Passes beyond the hut lead into the head ... More ▶︎

Paske Hut

Photograph • Distance: 3.6km away

Paske Hut. taken 11 Aug 2018. More ▶︎

Paske Valley

Photograph • Distance: 3.6km away

Paske Valley - looking down from the hut More ▶︎

Paske Hut

Photograph • Distance: 3.6km away

Paske Hut and the towering walls of the head basin beyond. The two valley cutting left lead to the Paske-Clarence ... More ▶︎

Waiau - Clarence Pass Lake Tennyson Circuit

Track • 4 – 5 days. Medium/hard. Loop track. • Distance: 3.7km away

A challenging 4-5 day circuit in the St. James Conservation Area / Nelson Lakes National Park featuring two alpine pass ... More ▶︎

Clarence Pass

Photograph • Distance: 4.1km away

Climbing towards Clarence Pass from the East Branch of the Sabine River. More ▶︎

Circuit of Saxton, Gordon, Waihopai , Acheron, and Port Cooper Saddles and Saxton

Article • Distance: 4.3km away

5 day circuit involving alternatives to the usual Saxton/Severn circuit. This avoids interminable plodding through wilding pines. More ▶︎

Elliott Bivvy Dec 2013

Photograph • Distance: 4.9km away

This newish bivvy is at the site of an older demolished hut. It is on the East - West route ... More ▶︎

Elliott Bivvy

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2. • Distance: 4.9km away

This newish bivvy is at the site of an older demolished hut. It is on the East - West route ... More ▶︎

Edelweiss on Port Cooper Saddle

Photograph • Distance: 5.1km away

Pretty colours of rock compliment this plant. More ▶︎

Edwards River Track

GPX file • Distance: 5.1km away

Tophouse Road to Scotties Camp Hut, in the St James Conservation Area. More ▶︎

Edwards River, Lake Guyon, Fowler Pass circuit

Track • 3 days. Easy/medium. Loop track with a road section. • Distance: 5.1km away

This circuit explores the southern portion of the St James Cycle Trail, explores the historic farm country around Lake Guyon ... More ▶︎

Section: Edwards River - McArthur Track

Track • 2 days. Easy/medium. One way. • Distance: 5.1km away

The southernmost section of the St James Cycle Trail, between Tophouse Road and the Lake Guyon junction on the Waiau ... More ▶︎

Mt Dumblane

Track • 1 day. Easy/medium. Return by the same track. • Distance: 5.4km away

An alternative to the more popular Mt Isobel at Hanmer Springs, this track is an easy climb with a reward ... More ▶︎

Hanmer Forest Conservation Park

Place • Conservation Park. 130.00km². • Distance: 5.4km away

This park surrounding Hanmer Springs is popular with families, offering easy walking and biking through both exotic and indigenous forests. More ▶︎

Jacks Pass Track

GPX file • Distance: 5.5km away

Route from Jacks Pass to Mount Isobel. More ▶︎

From Mount Isobel

Photograph • Distance: 5.6km away

Looking north. More ▶︎

From Mount Isobel

Photograph • Distance: 5.6km away

Looking north. More ▶︎

Mount Isobel

Photograph • Distance: 5.6km away

Poled route leading to the summit of Mount Isobel (1319m). More ▶︎

Mount Isobel

Track • Easy/medium. Return via same track.. • Distance: 5.6km away

A brief climb to the peak behind Hanmer Springs. More ▶︎

Dog Stream Waterfall

Photograph • Distance: 5.6km away

The Dog Stream waterfall, Upper Dog Stream track, just below link track to Mount Isobel More ▶︎

Bottom Gordon Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6. • Distance: 5.7km away

Hut next to Hut Stream on the Leatham River in the Leatham Conservation Area. More ▶︎

Bottom Gordon hut

Photograph • Distance: 5.7km away

Bottom Gordon hut. Taken Oct 2018 More ▶︎

Elliott Stream

Photograph • Distance: 5.7km away

Descending into Elliott Stream ... peaks in the distance offering promise ... More ▶︎

Thompson Pass

GPX file • Distance: 5.7km away

Caroline Creek Hut, Upper Waiau Valley to East Matakitaki Hut via Thompson Pass & Unamed Pass More ▶︎

Thompson Pass

GPX file • Distance: 5.7km away

Caroline Creek Hut, Upper Waiau Valley to East Matakitaki Hut via Thompson Pass & Unamed Pass More ▶︎

Caroline Creek Bivvy

Photograph • Distance: 5.8km away

Caroline Creek Bivvy More ▶︎

Caroline Creek Bivvy

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2. • Distance: 5.8km away

A nice little bivvy with 2 canvas bunks and an open fire More ▶︎

Seymour / Forbes Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 10. • Distance: 5.8km away

Hut on the Clarence River near the Seymour River, and at the end of the 4WD route over Blind Saddle. ... More ▶︎

Mount Isobel

GPX file • Distance: 5.9km away

Mount Isobel Half day walk More ▶︎

Creeping mapou

Photograph • Distance: 6.1km away

Mount Isobel. More ▶︎

Misty approach to Mount Isobel

Photograph • Distance: 6.2km away

Poled route ascends easily to the summit. More ▶︎

View northwest from Mount Isobel

Photograph • Distance: 6.2km away

Waiau Toa / Clarence River in the distance. More ▶︎

Lees Creek and Coldwater Stream

Track • 2 days. Medium. Loop track with a road section. • Distance: 6.5km away

Upper Wairau Valley and Hells Gate Two day tramp not marked past the Lees Creek hut. Will need a mtb ... More ▶︎

Upper Lees Creek Basin

Photograph • Distance: 6.5km away

Two nice tarns and great scenery are included in this tramp. It is a remote and seldom visited area. We drank ... More ▶︎

Upper Lees Creek

Photograph • Distance: 6.5km away

Upper Lees Creek basin being the true left hand side stream next to Coldwater Stream with tarns. More ▶︎

Clarence River

Photograph • Distance: 6.9km away

The mighty Clarence - from the start of the Molesworth East-West route above Seymour Hut. 1 or 3 crossings are ... More ▶︎

Upper Waiau Uwha River

Photograph • Distance: 7.0km away

Having descended from Waiau Pass, the photo is looking upstream to the start of the climb up the fault line ... More ▶︎

Lake Thompson Panorama

Photograph • Distance: 7.1km away

Making dinner at Lake Thompson, alpine upper Waiau River. Just outside of Nelson Lakes National Park More ▶︎

Waiau Pass towards Thompson Pass

Photograph • Distance: 7.1km away

Looking nearly due south towards Lake Thompson (blue horizontal strip above my head), a very prominent fault to its right ... More ▶︎

Descent from Lake Thompson

Photograph • Distance: 7.1km away

This is the route we took from our camp at the outlet of Lake Thompson down to the Waiau Valley ... More ▶︎

Lake Thompson, Nelson Lakes

Photograph • Distance: 7.1km away

A good summer camping spot at Lake Thompson in the Nelson Lakes. This lake is at 1700m, at the head ... More ▶︎

Lake Thompson, Nelson Lakes

Photograph • Distance: 7.1km away

A good summer camping spot at Lake Thompson in the Nelson Lakes. This lake is at 1700m, at the head ... More ▶︎

Picton to Aspiring

GPX file • Distance: 7.1km away

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

Lake Constance, Nelson Lakes

Photograph • Distance: 7.1km away

Lake Constance in the Nelson Lakes, viewed from the Waiau Pass More ▶︎

Nelson Lakes National Park

Place • National Park. 1017.53km². • Distance: 7.1km away

An alpine park of beech forests, valleys, and glacial lakes, offering some relatively easy walking. Established in 1956. Highest point: ... More ▶︎

Lake Thompson

Photograph • Distance: 7.1km away

Lake Thompson, just below the Thompson Pass in the Nelson Lakes More ▶︎

Blue Lake Hut - Bobs Hut

GPX file • Distance: 7.2km away

Blue Lake campsite to Bob’s Hut, via Lake Thompson and D’Urville Pass An actual, recorded, gpx – the high route section ... More ▶︎

Waiau Pass

Photograph • Distance: 7.2km away

View south down to the Waiau River valley from Waiau Pass More ▶︎

Lake Tennyson

Photograph • Distance: 7.2km away

Lake Tennyson from the North More ▶︎

Waiau Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6. • Distance: 7.3km away

New hut on the Waiau Pass Track and Te Araroa Trail. This hut was opened 27 January 2018, and constructed ... More ▶︎

Waiau hut

Photograph • Distance: 7.3km away

Waiau hut. 6-February-2018 More ▶︎

Lake Constance

Photograph • Distance: 7.3km away

Lake Constance, Nelson Lakes National Park. taken part way up to Waiau pass March 2003. More ▶︎

St Arnaud to Lewis Pass

Track • 5 – 9 days. Medium/hard. One way. • Distance: 7.3km away

A 5-9 day north-south route from St Arnaud to the Lewis Pass, via Travers Pass, Waiau Pass, Thompson Pass and ... More ▶︎

St Arnaud - Lewis Pass

Article • Distance: 7.3km away

A 9-day 100km tramp via the Thompson, D'Urville and 3 Tarns Passes Feb 2013 More ▶︎

Profile : St Arnaud - Lewis Pass

Photograph • Distance: 7.3km away

A useful profile of the 100km tramp - with a couple of bad weather alternatives : 1. low route past Speargrass ... More ▶︎

Lake Constance

Photograph • Distance: 7.3km away

above the loose scree section of the climb to Waiau Pass (looking to Lake Constance) - easier going from here Feb ... More ▶︎

Nelson Lakes double figure eight with a reverse twist

Article • Distance: 7.4km away

January 2008. A seven day epic up and over Lake Angelus from Speargrass Hut, then up the Sabine River, over Waiau ... More ▶︎

Route Guide: St Arnaud to Lewis Pass

Article • Distance: 7.5km away

A 5-7 day north-south route from St Arnaud to the Lewis Pass, via Travers Pass, Waiau Pass, Thompson Pass and ... More ▶︎

Lake Thompson

Photograph • Distance: 7.5km away

A view of the beautiful Lake Thompson, a short distance from Thompson Pass More ▶︎

St James Conservation Area

Place • Place. 781.96km². • Distance: 7.5km away

A large new recreational area featuring tussock grasslands, and including the headwaters of the Waiau and Clarence Rivers. More ▶︎

Thompson Pass & Sth Island Alpine Fault line

Photograph • Distance: 7.5km away

A view from Waiau Pass which clearly shows the alpine fault line as it heads south through Thompson Pass. More ▶︎

Thompson - D'Urville sidle

Photograph • Distance: 7.5km away

Cyan shows our actual route from Thompson Pass to D'Urville Pass. Red is Skiveoff's GPX route (downloadable from this website). In ... More ▶︎

The Saxton

Photograph • Distance: 8.0km away

Rain showers drift across the upper Saxton. The hut is at the forks in the mid-distance More ▶︎

Severn Hut Dec 2013

Photograph • Distance: 8.1km away

A newish six bunker without a fire built in 2006. It's fenced to keep cattle out. It's on the DOC ... More ▶︎

Severn hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6. • Distance: 8.1km away

A newish six bunker without a fire built in 2006. It's fenced to keep cattle out. It's on the DOC East ... More ▶︎

Rainbow valley

Photograph • Distance: 8.3km away

Ascent towards the Rainbow Pass More ▶︎

Upper D'Urville valley

Photograph • Distance: 8.3km away

Upper D'Urville valley, descending from Thompson Pass towards D'Urville Hut. Nelson Lakes. More ▶︎

Island Gully Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 4. • Distance: 8.4km away

DOC Hut sited approx 200m off the Hanmer Springs-St. Arnaud Rd, which is a toll/gravel road. Features four bunks and ... More ▶︎

Lake Constance

Photograph • Distance: 8.5km away

Looking south across the lake to Waiau Pass. The southern end of the lake is dammed by an ancient, massive ... More ▶︎

Lake Constance

Photograph • Distance: 8.5km away

From the ascent to Waiau Pass. Looking down the West Sabine valley. More ▶︎

Wild toilet

Photograph • Distance: 8.5km away

Lake Tennyson Campsite. The view behind is the Clarence Valley. This is a standard Department of Conservation "Norski" brand fibreglass ... More ▶︎

Lake Tennyson

Photograph • Distance: 8.5km away

The lake in a Norwester wind, from the campsite and shelter. More ▶︎

Lake Tennyson Campsite

Campsite • Informal campsite (DOC). 10 spaces. • Distance: 8.5km away

Expansive campsite on the tussock shoreline of Lake Tennyson, on Molesworth Station. The campsite is close to the start of ... More ▶︎

Lake Constance

Photograph • Distance: 8.6km away

View down to Lake Constance from Waiau Pass More ▶︎

descent to the head of Lake Constance

Photograph • Distance: 8.6km away

after sidling across tussock grass, the descent from the bluff above the lake is pretty much tracked - and poled ... More ▶︎

Lees Creek hut

Photograph • Distance: 8.6km away

Lees Creek hut More ▶︎

Lees Creek Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 4. • Distance: 8.6km away

Hut on Lees Creek east of the Wairau River. Alpine passes give access to Coldwater Creek and the Branch River. ... More ▶︎

Sidling above Lake Constance

Photograph • Distance: 8.8km away

recent discussion about the track above Lake Constance (Campfire forum, Lake Constance - Waiau Pass Safety topic) has prompted me ... More ▶︎

Bottom Misery Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6. • Distance: 8.8km away

Hut with balcony at the junction of Misery and Branch Streams in the Leatham Conservation Area. More ▶︎

Peters Valley Track

Photograph • Distance: 8.8km away

Near Tophouse Road behind Hanmer Springs. More ▶︎

D'Urville Pass

Photograph • Distance: 8.8km away

an easier route (red) to D'Urville Pass Feb 2013 More ▶︎

Saxton-Severn saddle

Photograph • Distance: 8.9km away

Saxton-Severn saddle - looking down the unnamed stream towards the Saxton from the pass More ▶︎

Saxton Hut Dec 2013

Photograph • Distance: 8.9km away

A six bunk hut with a woodburner stove newly erected at this site in April 2012. This is the 3rd ... More ▶︎

Saxton Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6. • Distance: 8.9km away

A six bunk hut with a woodburner stove newly erected at this site in April 2012. This is the 3rd ... More ▶︎

Crossing Maling Pass

Photograph • Distance: 9.1km away

The climb to the pass is easy, but it is deceptively high: 1308m. Over the pass is Mount Una (2300m) ... More ▶︎

Lake Constance

Photograph • Distance: 9.2km away

from the bolder field above the lake, near the track to Waiau Pass - Apr 2011 More ▶︎

Maling Pass to Lake Guyon junction

GPX file • Distance: 9.4km away

Northernmost section of the St James Cycle Trail More ▶︎

Maling Pass to Lake Guyon

GPX file • Distance: 9.4km away

From Lake Tennyson, cross Maling Pass into the deep Waiau Valley, then turn off to Lake Guyon. More ▶︎

Barbers Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6. • Distance: 9.6km away

Small hut opposite Barber Stream on the Leatham 4WD Road up the Leatham River. More ▶︎

Barbers hut

Photograph • Distance: 9.6km away

Barbers hut. Taken Oct 2018 More ▶︎

Goose Flat Hut [Destroyed]

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 10. • Distance: 9.6km away

Hut on Goose Flat, next to the Clarence River. This hut was destroyed by a 300 hectare backcountry fire 28 January ... More ▶︎

Blue Lake, Nelson Lakes

Photograph • Distance: 9.7km away

Blue Lake in the Nelson lakes. Viewed from the moraine wall below Lake Constance. More ▶︎

Limestone Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 4. • Distance: 9.7km away

Small hut located next to Limestone Stream on the Seaward Kaikoura Range. More ▶︎

Blue Lake

Photograph • Distance: 9.8km away

Tiny Blue Lake viewed from the track to Lake Constance. More ▶︎