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Bush toilet

Photograph • Distance: less than 100m away

I found this toilet when I was camping at the start of the Cass saddle track and thought it would ... More ▶︎

Cass-Lagoon Saddle

Track • 2 days. Medium. One way. • Distance: less than 100m away

This classic route from Cass to Cora Lynn Road circles the Black Range to form an open loop, and a ... More ▶︎

Cass Saddle

Photograph • Distance: less than 100m away

Looking across the Cass Saddle from ridge on North Side. More ▶︎

Thesis Pk – indiretissima

Article • Distance: less than 100m away

A wander up the attractive Centre Creek off the Avoca valley to climb Thesis Pk the longer way. More ▶︎

Helicopter Hill Circuit

Track • Easy/medium. Loop track. • Distance: less than 100m away

This circuit in Craigieburn Forest Park knits together several different tracks, and visits the summit of Helicopter Hill (1256m). More ▶︎

Beech flowers

Photograph • Distance: 147m away

Bright red mountain beech flowers on Helicopter Hill, Craigieburn Forest. More ▶︎

Cass-Lagoon Saddle

GPX file • Distance: 207m away

Cass Lagoon Saddle Loop over two days More ▶︎

Cass Saddle

Track • 1 day. Easy/medium. One way. • Distance: 223m away

From the car park at the east end of the Cass road bridge, follow the vehicle track next to the ... More ▶︎

Helicopter Hill

Photograph • Distance: 442m away

From Lyndon Saddle, the climb to the small summit is quick and easy (1256m). More ▶︎

Dry beech forest

Photograph • Distance: 624m away

Mistletoe Track, Craigieburn Forest. More ▶︎

Camp Saddle / Lyndon Saddle spur

Photograph • Distance: 1.1km away

Scree slope leading down to Lyndon Saddle and Helicopter Hill. Over the highway is the yellow Broken Hill, with the ... More ▶︎

Craigieburn Shelter campsite

Campsite • Basic Campsite (DOC). 20 spaces. • Distance: 1.2km away

Popular campsite on the banks of Cave Stream in Craigieburn Forest Park, with a number of easy walking tracks nearby. ... More ▶︎

Cass Saddle Hut

Photograph • Distance: 1.3km away

... Heavy summer snow on New Year's Eve! More ▶︎

Cass Saddle Hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4. • Distance: 1.3km away

An old Forest Service hut on the Cass-Lagoon Saddle Track, built in 1953. The hut is located just below the ... More ▶︎

Cass Saddle Hut

Photograph • Distance: 1.3km away

Cass Saddle Hut, when I arrived, then, the morning after... More ▶︎

Camp Saddle / Lyndon Saddle circuit

GPX file • Distance: 1.7km away

A loop in Craigieburn Forest Park, leading up onto a spur of the Craigieburn Range. This route leads up the Broken ... More ▶︎

Mount Wall

GPX file • Distance: 2.3km away

A circuit from the Broken River locked gate up onto the Craigieburn Range, along to Mount Wall, and down. Points ... More ▶︎

Camp Saddle / Lyndon Saddle spur

Photograph • Distance: 2.4km away

Once up on Camp Saddle, it's a straightforward ridge cruise following the arc to the left. More ▶︎

Waimakariri to Rakaia

Video • Distance: 2.5km away

Video showing hike up the Waimakariri, over Jordan Pass, with a packraft down the Avoca and then walking up Rakaia ... More ▶︎

Dawn, Craigieburn Range.

Photograph • Distance: 2.5km away

Broken River Ski Area in summer. More ▶︎

Camp Saddle

Photograph • Distance: 2.6km away

The view south, down Camp Stream, Craigieburn Range. More ▶︎

Old Basins Hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 5. • Distance: 2.7km away

Old hut in the Avoca Valley at Basin Creek. Old Basins Hut is not the north bank, while Basins Hut ... More ▶︎

Basins Hut

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

Small hut on the Avoca River next to Basin Creek. More ▶︎

Avoca Hut

Photograph • Distance: 3.0km away

Avoca Hut 2016 More ▶︎

Way out, Cass Lagoon Saddle

Photograph • Distance: 3.0km away

Hamilton Hut is so nice. Great view.Will be back!! More ▶︎

Avoca Hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (Canterbury University tramping Club). Capacity: 6. • Distance: 3.0km away

Small hut in the Avoca Valley. Open to public, maintained by Canterbury University tramping Club (CUTC). Report any damage to CUTC ... More ▶︎

Mount Wall

Photograph • Distance: 3.5km away

1874m peak on the Craigieburn Range. The Broken River Ski Club occupies the valley to the right. More ▶︎

Mount Wall, Craigieburn Range

Track • 1 day. Medium/hard. Return by the same track. • Distance: 3.5km away

Day walk to a summit overlooking the Broken River Ski Area. More ▶︎

Arthur's Pass National Park

Place • National Park. 1145.00km². • Distance: 3.7km away

This alpine park straddles the Main Divide of the Southern Alps, with dry beech forests in the east and damp ... More ▶︎

Packrafting trip from Bealey to upper Rakaia River

Video • Distance: 4.1km away

A video of a hiking and packrafting trip up over Jordan saddle, down the Avoca, Harper, and Wilberforce Rivers, then ... More ▶︎

Bealey Spur - Jordan Saddle - Waimakariri River

Track • 1 – 2 days. Medium/hard. Loop track with a road section. • Distance: 4.1km away

A long day trip with great views from open tops travel, a descent down a stream and beginning and ending ... More ▶︎

Barker Hut

Track • 2 – 3 days. Medium. Return by the same track. • Distance: 4.4km away

Surrounded by glaciers at the head of the White River, this is the highest hut in Arthur's Pass National Park. More ▶︎

View of Torlesse Gap from the west

Photograph • Distance: 4.4km away

The well recognised landmark on the Torlesse Range can easily be seen from the top of Broken Hill in the ... More ▶︎

Castle Hill

Photograph • Distance: 4.5km away

not much of a tramp, but worth a look. Flock hill. More ▶︎

Cave Stream

Track • Medium. One way (about 5 mins walk from end to end). • Distance: 4.7km away

An exciting walk through a twisty limestone cave near Castle Hill. More ▶︎

Barker Hut

Photograph • Distance: 5.0km away

The Barker Hut on an absolutely stunning April morning in 2011. Not a breath of wind, not a cloud in ... More ▶︎

Looking down on Barker Hut

Photograph • Distance: 5.0km away

On a perfect autumn morning we picked our way up some of the ridges of shattered rock behind Barker Hut. ... More ▶︎

Barker Hut

Hut • Serviced Alpine Hut (Canterbury Mountaineering Club). Capacity: 10. • Distance: 5.0km away

At 1560m, Neville Barker Memorial Hut is the highest in Arthur's Pass National Park, surrounded by the glaciers of the ... More ▶︎

Barker Hut at sunrise.

Photograph • Distance: 5.1km away

Overcast March morning after a night of wind and sleet. More ▶︎

Barker Hut

Photograph • Distance: 5.1km away

The Canterbury Mountaineering Club hut high at the head of the White River. More ▶︎

inside Hamilton hut

Photograph • Distance: 5.1km away

The inside of Hamilton hut. More ▶︎

Hamilton Hut

Hut • Serviced Hut (DOC). Capacity: 20. • Distance: 5.1km away

A large hut on the Cass-Lagoon Saddle Track. The hut is well situated on a terrace above the wide Hamilton ... More ▶︎

Hamilton Hut - Dec 2009

Photograph • Distance: 5.1km away

Exterior shot of Hamilton Hut in December 2009. More ▶︎

Hamilton hut

Photograph • Distance: 5.1km away

Hamilton hut, 20 bunks and very cosy. Loads of sandflies but well equipped with nets on the doors to keep ... More ▶︎

Anti Crow Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6. • Distance: 5.4km away

In the Waimakariri valley near Anti Crow River. The previous Anti Crow Hut used to be the CMC hut about half ... More ▶︎

Anti Crow Hut

Photograph • Distance: 5.4km away

A basic hut not far from the road. More ▶︎

White River

Photograph • Distance: 5.6km away

Barker Hut sits on the rocky outcrop at centre. More ▶︎

Hogs Back Circuit

Track • Easy. Loop track. • Distance: 5.8km away

Great views of the Cass basin and surrounding mountain ranges. More ▶︎

Weka Burnet biv

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

2 person upright biv as opposed to the dogbox style at junction of Weka and Burnet Streams, not far from ... More ▶︎

Hogs Back Circuit

Photograph • Distance: 5.8km away

A variation of the Hogsback mountain bike track. The mtb track is roughly marked as s-d-c-t. The walking circuit is ... More ▶︎

Complete and Final Version of Craigieburn Double Crossing

Article • Distance: 5.8km away

Double crossing of the Craigieburn Range from Hogs Back MTB trail over to Hamilton Hut, then return via Mt Cheeseman ... More ▶︎

Double Crossing of Craigieburn Range

Photograph • Distance: 5.8km away

Queens Birthday weekend trip, combined with scenic tour down the Harper to Mystery Tarn, on the Clay Range. More ▶︎

Bealey Hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 6. • Distance: 6.1km away

A tidy hut near the end of the Cass-Lagoon Saddle Track. The hut has six bunks (most, but not all, ... More ▶︎

Bealey Hut

Photograph • Distance: 6.1km away

A tidy little hut at the Cora Lynn end of the Cass-Lagoon Saddle Track. More ▶︎

East Hawdon Stream

Track • 1 – 2 days. Easy/medium. Return via same track. • Distance: 6.1km away

A short walk to a new biv located on a branch of the Hawdon River. More ▶︎

Hawdon Shelter

Hut • Shelter (DOC). • Distance: 6.1km away

An open shelter at the edge of extensive frost flats. Ample camping opportunities. More ▶︎

Bealy hut

Photograph • Distance: 6.2km away

Arthurs Pass end of the Lagoon Saddle track 5 minutes from the Cora Lynn carpark. More ▶︎

Edwards River-Hawdon River

Track • 3 days. Medium. One way. • Distance: 6.2km away

See Hawdon River. More ▶︎

Hawdon Shelter campsite

Campsite • Informal campsite (DOC). 20 spaces. • Distance: 6.2km away

Broad golden grass flats on the banks of the Hawdon River. Kea overhead and ample space to avoid the crowds. ... More ▶︎

Hawdon River flats

Photograph • Distance: 6.3km away

Ample camping space around the Hawdon Shelter across the Mount White Bridge. The Pyramid (1608m) is in the background. More ▶︎

Broken River Hut via Cave Stream

GPX file • Distance: 6.3km away

Alternative route to Broken River Hut. Land owners' permission needed. More ▶︎

Back Basins Hide

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2. • Distance: 6.3km away

Small biv on the bushline on the Tobacco Range above Basin Creek. More ▶︎

Horrible and Misery

Photograph • Distance: 6.4km away

Mounts Horrible (1234m) and Mount Misery (1765m) from the Hawdon River flats. More ▶︎

Kammeis, Ice needles

Photograph • Distance: 6.4km away

These are ice needles that form under little stones and pieces of dirt and lift them up perpendicular to the ... More ▶︎

Cave Stream

Photograph • Distance: 6.5km away

Limestone jumble just downstream of the cave. More ▶︎

Erosion on Broken River

Photograph • Distance: 6.7km away

Just downstream of Cave Stream. More ▶︎

Prebble Hill (902m)

Photograph • Distance: 6.7km away

Red Peak (1853m), The Gap, and Castle Hill Peak (1998m) behind. More ▶︎

West Harper Hut

Photograph • Distance: 6.8km away

Historic hut on the Cass-Lagoon Saddle Track. More ▶︎

West Harper Hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 5. • Distance: 6.8km away

An historic hut on the Harper River with axe-cut beams, canvas bunks and a dirt floor. Although basic, this hut ... More ▶︎

Edwards River-Otehake River

Track • 4 days. Medium. One way. • Distance: 6.9km away

Another north-south crossing of the park. More ▶︎

Towards Andrews and Binser

Photograph • Distance: 6.9km away

Taken end of Summer '06 on a brief jaunt between Hawdon and Andrews stream, nearby is a grove of gooseberries ... More ▶︎

Otehake Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). • Distance: 6.9km away

Otehake Hut. NZFS six bunker with porch. Built 1962/63. More ▶︎

Urquhart's Hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 6. • Distance: 7.1km away

Historic hut build in 1933 during the Great Depression. Situated on a terrace in the Wilberforce Valley. Dirt floor and ... More ▶︎

Bealey Spur

Track • 1 – 2 days. Easy/medium. One way. • Distance: 7.1km away

Gentle climb with generous views over Arthurs Pass and the Waimakariri River. The track visits an historic musterers' hut framed ... More ▶︎

Bealey Spur Hut

Photograph • Distance: 7.1km away

Hut is located bottom centre of picture, in the clearing. More ▶︎

4 day circuit in Arthurs Pass - White Col, Weka Burnet, Bristed Stream, Jordan Saddle

Article • Distance: 7.2km away

1st day: Barker Hut, 2nd day: Weka Burnet Biv via White Col and Burnet Stream, 3rd day: Bristed Stream to ... More ▶︎

Bealey Spur

GPX file • Distance: 7.2km away

Easy walk to an historic hut, with good views. More ▶︎

Bealey Spur shortcut

GPX file • Distance: 7.2km away

A side track that bypasses Cloudesley Road. More ▶︎

Hog's Back Track

Track • Easy. Return by the same track. • Distance: 7.3km away

https://www.craigieburntrails.org.nz/tracks/hogs-back-track/ More ▶︎

Circuit of Broad Stream, Harper Saddle, Lagoon Saddle, Mangos Creek, Broad Stream

Article • Distance: 7.5km away

A 2 day circuit in Craigieburn Forest Park, crossing 2 low saddles above the bushline and travelling in easy, pleasant ... More ▶︎

Carrington Hut

Photograph • Distance: 7.8km away

Carrington Hut. taken 17-Feb-2007 More ▶︎

Harman Pass - Taipo River - Kelly Saddle

Track • 3 – 5 days. Medium/hard. One way. • Distance: 7.8km away

A long journey through the west of Arthur's Pass National Park. More ▶︎

Carrington Hut

Hut • Serviced Hut (DOC). Capacity: 36. • Distance: 7.8km away

A large hut in the upper Waimakariri River, and often the first or last hut on a longer trip. The extensive ... More ▶︎

Other Part of trail to Carrington Hut

Photograph • Distance: 7.8km away

the trail after a nice rain More ▶︎

Carrington Hut

Photograph • Distance: 7.9km away

A large wooden hut at the confluence of the Waimakariri and the White Rivers. More ▶︎

Andrews Shelter campsite

Campsite • Informal campsite (DOC). 20 spaces. • Distance: 7.9km away

Free camping on flats next to Andrews Stream. A sturdy shelter is located here. From here, the Andrews Valley Track ... More ▶︎

Carrington Peak

Photograph • Distance: 7.9km away

Carrington Peak, Arthur's Pass, from near Carrington hut. taken February 2007 More ▶︎

Casey Saddle - Poulter River - Binser Saddle

Track • 2 – 3 days. Easy/medium. Loop track with a short road section. • Distance: 8.0km away

A brief circuit crossing one open saddle and one bush saddle in the southeastern corner of Arthur's Pass National Park. ... More ▶︎

Andrews Shelter

Photograph • Distance: 8.0km away

An enclosed shelter at the beginning of the Andrews Track leading to Casey Saddle. More ▶︎

Lake Minchin

Photograph • Distance: 8.0km away

Not far from the new Poulter Hut, though the old Trust Poulter Hut has more 'character' and is quite liveable. ... More ▶︎

Andrews Stream-Lake Minchin-Townsend Creek

Track • 4 days. Medium. One way. • Distance: 8.0km away

A north-south crossing of the park. More ▶︎

Andrews Shelter

Hut • Shelter (DOC). • Distance: 8.0km away

Shelter and campsite on Andrews Stream near the Mount White Bridge. Water is available from the nearby stream. Here, or ... More ▶︎

Penny Pass

Track • 3 – 4 days. Medium. Loop track. • Distance: 8.0km away

3 day trip from upper Poulter River over Penny Pass between Minchin and Thompson Streams. More ▶︎

Lagoon Saddle Hut

Photograph • Distance: 8.2km away

When you stop off at the Lagoon Saddle Shelter, this shiny hut glints through the trees from across the creek. More ▶︎

Lagoon Saddle Hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2. • Distance: 8.2km away

A shiny corrugated iron hut across the creek from the shelter near Lagoon Saddle. The hut is tidy, features shelving ... More ▶︎

Lagoon Saddle Shelter

Photograph • Distance: 8.2km away

A small A frame day shelter near Lagoon Saddle. More ▶︎

Lagoon Saddle hut in the Snow

Photograph • Distance: 8.2km away

Lagoon Saddle hut on a snowy winters day More ▶︎

Park Morpeth Hut

Photograph • Distance: 8.6km away

Park Morpeth hut. taken 17-Feb-2007 More ▶︎

Park Morpeth Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6. • Distance: 8.6km away

This is a Canterbury Mountaineering Club Hut, and it appears in DOC's hut list. On the classic Three Passes route. More ▶︎

Lagoon Saddle Shelter

Photograph • Distance: 8.7km away

Lagoon Saddle shelter in the Snow More ▶︎

Lagoon Saddle Shelter

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). • Distance: 8.7km away

An A-frame day shelter located in a sunny clearing near Lagoon Saddle on the Cass-Lagoon Saddle Track. The Lagoon Saddle ... More ▶︎

Cronin Glacier

Photograph • Distance: 8.9km away

Cronin valley and glacier on the 3 passes route. taken in perfect weather, February 2007. More ▶︎

DOC sign

Photograph • Distance: 8.9km away

Kura Tawhiti Conservation Area is the karst landscape also known as Castle Hill, located on the road between Porter's and ... More ▶︎

Bealey Spur Hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 6. • Distance: 9.0km away

Historic 1925 musterers' hut on an easy grassy spur over the Waimakariri River. Old basic hut built around 1925 by musterers ... More ▶︎