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A New Year's trip through the Snowdon Forest and on to The Divide. Heavily affected by weather, I had to ...   More ▶︎

Typical scene while traversing between the Upukerora and Whitestone rivers. A lightly marked route follows the true right stream bank ...   More ▶︎

Pleasant walking to be had on either riverbank with plenty of good camping once above the farmland.   More ▶︎

Decent sized river that flows out of the Snowdon Forest and eventually through Te Anau to the lake. This is ...   More ▶︎

Located on the Upukerora river, Army hut is an old deer hunters hut still in use today. Can be reached ...   More ▶︎

An old track linking Boyd Creek to the Upukerora via Dunton Swamp that is no longer maintained by DOC. There ...   More ▶︎

Although basic by DOC's categories, this is a comfortable, well appointed 4-bed hut, maintained by local volunteers from Te Anau. ...   More ▶︎

5 hours? Maybe in the 70's. Took me a bit about 9 hours and I wasn't fiddle-faffing around. This sign ...   More ▶︎

Panorama of the large flats above Army hut looking up river. December 2013   More ▶︎

Large 3.5km swamp in the Snowdon forest. The Boyd-Upukerora link track is mapped going around it but you're wasting your ...   More ▶︎

Approaching Kiwi Burn hut from the direction of the Whitestone River, its visible on the tree line. The track snakes ...   More ▶︎

Kiwi Burn Hut (12 bunks, wood-burning stove, water, firewood available) is a purpose built tramping hut located on the grassy ...   More ▶︎

The larger of a couple of tussocky/grassy/swampy clearings you encounter while on the Boyd Creek to Upukerora link track. There ...   More ▶︎

The normal start of the popular Kiwi Burn tramping track. The bridge crosses the Mararoa River and then its a ...   More ▶︎