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trudge col - from the north
![Trudge Col](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/19/19026-mini.jpg)
Trudge Col
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Distance: less than 100m away
A day trip to an iconic spot in Arthurs Pass.
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trudge col
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Distance: less than 100m away
trudge col as seen from hawdon hut. left of rough peak, hawdon valley, arthurs pass national park.
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![Sidle Mt Valiant](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/13/13361-mini.jpg)
Sidle Mt Valiant
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Distance: 1.5km away
A good direct route from the East Hawdon to the head of the Poulter at Trudge stream, Arthurs Pass National ...
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![East Hawdon Stream](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/3/3899-mini.jpg)
East Hawdon Stream
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1 – 2 days. Easy/medium. Return via same track.
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Distance: 2.9km away
A short walk to a new biv located on a branch of the Hawdon River.
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![East Hawdon Bivouac](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/4/4129-mini.jpg)
East Hawdon Bivouac
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2.
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Distance: 2.9km away
A smart new hut on East Hawdon Stream. It was built 2007, replacing the original biv.
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![East Hawdon Biv](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/4/4129-mini.jpg)
East Hawdon Biv
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Distance: 2.9km away
The shiny new two-bunk hut in the frosty East Hawdon Valley.
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![Walker Pass Tarn](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/6/6016-mini.jpg)
Walker Pass Tarn
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Distance: 3.4km away
October 08,
Tarn on Walker Pass looking back towards the Hawdon Valley
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![Herbfields above Worsley Pass](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/25/25947-mini.jpg)
Herbfields above Worsley Pass
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Distance: 3.5km away
Herbfields above Worsley Pass
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![Edwards River-Hawdon River](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/12/12373-mini.jpg)
Edwards River-Hawdon River
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3 days. Medium. One way.
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Distance: 3.7km away
See Hawdon River.
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![Back down the Poulter from Worsley Pass](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/25/25946-mini.jpg)
Back down the Poulter from Worsley Pass
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Distance: 3.8km away
Back down the Poulter from Worsley Pass
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![Hawdon Hut](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/6/6905-mini.jpg)
Hawdon Hut
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Serviced Hut (DOC). Capacity: 20.
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Distance: 3.8km away
A new hut opened in December 2007 after the previous hut was destroyed by fire June 2005.
An easy two to ...
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![The Recutting of the NZFS track to Worsley Pass](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/12/12821-mini.jpg)
The Recutting of the NZFS track to Worsley Pass
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Distance: 4.0km away
How we searched for, found, recut and marked this ancient track that had been lost for 25 years.
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![Worsley Biv](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/12/12821-mini.jpg)
Worsley Biv
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 3.
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Distance: 4.1km away
Recently renovated (thanks CUTC with Kerry Clapham) with new ridgeline and skylight 'A' frame Maori bunk biv, with 3 foam ...
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![NZFS track to Worsley Pass and deer trail route in Poulter Gorge](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/12/12821-mini.jpg)
NZFS track to Worsley Pass and deer trail route in Poulter Gorge
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Distance: 4.1km away
They were bitchin' in the hut book about this track in 1988. No work done on it for a long ...
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![Otehake hut](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/12/12421-mini.jpg)
Otehake hut
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Distance: 4.3km away
Otehake hut is an NZFS six bunker that was built in 1963. It is the "stretched style" with a porch ...
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![Otehake Hut](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/4/4922-mini.jpg)
Otehake Hut
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Standard Hut (DOC).
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Distance: 4.3km away
Otehake Hut. NZFS six bunker with porch. Built 1962/63.
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![Otehake Hut](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/7/7511-mini.jpg)
Otehake Hut
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Distance: 4.3km away
6 bunk NZFS style hut in the Otehake Valley, near the confluence of East & West Otehake Rivers, altitude 640m
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![The Descent Route of the NW Tributary of Discovery Stream](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/7/7700-mini.jpg)
The Descent Route of the NW Tributary of Discovery Stream
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Distance: 5.1km away
this route avoids waterfalls
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![Descent Route from NW Tributary of Discovery Stream](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/7/7699-mini.jpg)
Descent Route from NW Tributary of Discovery Stream
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Distance: 5.1km away
This avoids waterfalls
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![Heading back to the tent on Tarn Col](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/7/7571-mini.jpg)
Heading back to the tent on Tarn Col
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Distance: 5.4km away
Chuzzman aka chuzz returning to the tent after getting yha on the cliff-sides of Tarn Col.
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![Poulter Hut](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/3/3591-mini.jpg)
Poulter Hut
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Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 10.
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Distance: 5.7km away
Fairly new hut with 8 mattresses on 2 levels of Maori bunks. On flats by the Poulter River at the ...
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![Poulter Hut](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/3/3591-mini.jpg)
Poulter Hut
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Distance: 5.7km away
At the confluence of Poulter River and Minchin Stream, Arthurs Pass NP
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![Ascent to Taruahuna Pass](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/25/25948-mini.jpg)
Ascent to Taruahuna Pass
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Distance: 5.9km away
Ascent to Taruahuna Pass from Otehake
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![Veiw from campsite on Amber Col](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/6/6008-mini.jpg)
Veiw from campsite on Amber Col
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Distance: 5.9km away
This just shows the route up to Amber Col from the Otehaki river on the bottom right, Falling Mtn on ...
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![Amber Col](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/5/5798-mini.jpg)
Amber Col
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Distance: 5.9km away
September 2008
Stayed the previous night at the new Hawdon Hut, then made my way over Walker Pass and up the ...
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![First Light Amber Col](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/5/5799-mini.jpg)
First Light Amber Col
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Distance: 5.9km away
5:30am God it's early, beautiful light, freezing cold, about an hour before total white-out.
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![route from Otehake Track to Big Tops Hut via Koropuku Gorge](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/7/7329-mini.jpg)
route from Otehake Track to Big Tops Hut via Koropuku Gorge
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Distance: 6.0km away
Untracked mission involving 1)crossing of Otehake River. Only able to be done at low flows. @) travel up Koropuku Gorge ...
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![Hawdon Valley - Discovery Flat](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/11/11865-mini.jpg)
Hawdon Valley - Discovery Flat
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Distance: 6.1km away
View looking to the south across the Hawdon Valley at Discovery Flat. Taken from the track up from the Hawdon ...
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![Hawdon River](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/0/538-mini.jpg)
Hawdon River
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2 days. Easy. Return via same track.
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Distance: 6.1km away
Easy travel up a wide river valley.
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![route from Otehake Track to Big Tops Hut via Koropuku Gorge](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/6/6777-mini.jpg)
route from Otehake Track to Big Tops Hut via Koropuku Gorge
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Distance: 6.5km away
Untracked mission only able to be done when rivers at low flows (usually from December to April).
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![Discovery Stream/Sudden Valley traverse](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/7/7700-mini.jpg)
Discovery Stream/Sudden Valley traverse
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Distance: 6.6km away
2 day circuit from Hawden River, crossing mountain ridgetop after approach from Discovery Stream which features boulder-hopping and cascades.
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![Casey/Castle Hill Return](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/2/2069-mini.jpg)
Casey/Castle Hill Return
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Distance: 6.6km away
A weekend trip with the Peninsula Tramping Club where we ascended to Castle Hill from the Surprise/Casey Stream junction and ...
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![Poulter Bivvy](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/5/5380-mini.jpg)
Poulter Bivvy
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2.
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Distance: 7.4km away
A new 2 bunk D.O.C. bivvy located in the headwaters of the Poulter River. It has two sleeping platforms with ...
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![Casey Saddle - Poulter River - Binser Saddle](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/4/4959-mini.jpg)
Casey Saddle - Poulter River - Binser Saddle
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2 – 3 days. Easy/medium. Loop track with a short road section.
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Distance: 7.4km away
A brief circuit crossing one open saddle and one bush saddle in the southeastern corner of Arthur's Pass National Park. ...
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![Mural gracing Koropuku hut](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/8/8558-mini.jpg)
Mural gracing Koropuku hut
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Distance: 7.8km away
I snapped this to show my partner how cultured the inhabitants of back country huts can be. It is topical ...
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![Koropuku Hut](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/6/6777-mini.jpg)
Koropuku Hut
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4.
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Distance: 7.8km away
Cult Hut! A NZFS 4 bunk beauty with silken wooden floors, no fireplace, tasteful furnishings and domestic accoutrements including the ...
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![Approaching Casey Saddle](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/2/2071-mini.jpg)
Approaching Casey Saddle
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Distance: 7.8km away
Casey Saddle (777m) is a flat, barely perceptible saddle. Castle Hill (1545m) is behind.
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Penny Pass
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3 – 4 days. Medium. Loop track.
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Distance: 8.0km away
3 day trip from upper Poulter River over Penny Pass between Minchin and Thompson Streams.
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![Carmichaelia monroi](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/2/2070-mini.jpg)
Carmichaelia monroi
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Distance: 8.1km away
A tiny dwarf broom growing north of Hallelujah Flat, Andrews Track, Arthur's Pass National Park.
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![Caterpillar on bog pine](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/4/4959-mini.jpg)
Caterpillar on bog pine
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Distance: 8.1km away
This Dasyuris callicrena caterpillar is brilliantly disguised and almost invisible. It is directly in the centre of this picture. Dracophyllum ...
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![Lake Anti-Mavis, Tarn Pass in the distance](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/25/25949-mini.jpg)
Lake Anti-Mavis, Tarn Pass in the distance
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Distance: 8.2km away
Lake Anti-Mavis, Tarn Pass in the distance
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![Otehake NZFS track up to Big Tops and down to Koropuku Hut](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/6/6777-mini.jpg)
Otehake NZFS track up to Big Tops and down to Koropuku Hut
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1 day. Medium. One way.
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Distance: 8.2km away
Attractive old track from Otehake swingbridge to open tops. Recent extensions cut from gully to bypass waterfalls.
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![Taramakau in the evening from Big Tops](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/10/10291-mini.jpg)
Taramakau in the evening from Big Tops
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Distance: 8.4km away
then the rain came and washed it all away...and yet keeping low doesn't make no sense so little Eiffel stands ...
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Sudden Valley
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Distance: 8.6km away
Sudden Valley off Hawdon Valley - Arthurs Pass
Great short trip in times of low rainfall
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!["New" Sudden Valley biv Feb 2010](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/8/8333-mini.jpg)
"New" Sudden Valley biv Feb 2010
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Distance: 8.6km away
Replacement for old biv. This biv is only a short distance from the Hawdon Shelter. You can get in and ...
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![Sudden Valley Biv](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/8/8333-mini.jpg)
Sudden Valley Biv
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2.
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Distance: 8.6km away
The small dark biv was replaced Summer 2008. Camping is possible around the biv.
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![Sudden Valley](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/8/8333-mini.jpg)
Sudden Valley
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2 days. Medium. Return via same track.
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Distance: 8.6km away
A secluded hanging valley in the southeast corner of Arthur's Pass National Park
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![Sudden valley track](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/3/3899-mini.jpg)
Sudden valley track
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Distance: 9.0km away
Comments to add to other articles about Sudden Valley
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![route from Lake Mavis to Edwards Valley bypassing Taruahuna Pass](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/4/4649-mini.jpg)
route from Lake Mavis to Edwards Valley bypassing Taruahuna Pass
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Distance: 9.2km away
This route bypasses the pass with its tiresome talus travel for those who have experienced it several times already!
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![Lake Mavis](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/0/676-mini.jpg)
Lake Mavis
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2 days. Medium. Return via same track.
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Distance: 9.2km away
A side trip off the popular Mingha-Deception route in Arthur's Pass.
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![Casey Hut](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/2/2073-mini.jpg)
Casey Hut
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Distance: 9.3km away
A comfortable but prosaic hut in the Poulter Valley, Arthur's Pass National Park.
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![Casey Hut [DESTROYED]](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/2/2073-mini.jpg)
Casey Hut [DESTROYED]
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Removed!
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Distance: 9.3km away
This hut burned down around 3 October 2015. and has been replaced by a 12 person hut 15 minutes further ...
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!['20 minutes' rock, Big Tops](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/10/10313-mini.jpg)
'20 minutes' rock, Big Tops
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Distance: 9.4km away
'Lost track of my past/
On deception pass/
Dont know where im going/
Can't recall where ive been'
Deception Pass (Mudhoney)
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![Otehake Hot Springs](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/6/6733-mini.jpg)
Otehake Hot Springs
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Distance: 9.4km away
Otehake hot springs. October 25th 2009.
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![Woolshed Hill](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/3/3899-mini.jpg)
Woolshed Hill
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Medium. Hawdon Valley.
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Distance: 9.7km away
The track begins steeply climbing through beech forest from near the Hawdon carpark. It emerges into brilliant dracophyllum draped tops ...
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New Casey Hut
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Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 12.
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Distance: 9.8km away
Similar to Poulter Hut but has solar lighting and outside sink and bench on the porch under effective shelter. Nice ...
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