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Five Passes via Lake Nerine and North Col
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Distance: 1.8km away
A classic tramp north of the Routeburn. Rather than exit via the Rockburn, we extended the trip through Lake Nerine ...
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beansburn track
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3 – 5 days. Medium. Return via same track.
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Distance: 2.6km away
a route that follows the beansburn valley. lake unknown can be reached from here.
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beansburn mouth-rock bivvy no 1 1-1.5 ...
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Five Passes
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6 – 7 days. Medium/hard. Loop track.
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Distance: 2.6km away
A classic trip starting and finishing at the Routeburn road.
The five passes are; Sugarloaf pass, Park pass, Cow saddle, Fiery ...
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Bridge in the Rockburn
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Distance: 2.7km away
This fine bridge provides an easy crossing of the Rockburn just below Theatre Flat
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Theatre Flat
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Distance: 2.8km away
Approaching Theatre Flat from down valley. On a nice day it's a pleasant place to camp, not so much this ...
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Theatre Flat
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Distance: 2.8km away
Half way up the Rockburn is the giant Theatre Flats. Lake Nerine is at the top of the bluffs at ...
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Haast to The Divide
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Distance: 3.1km away
Andrew Barker's traverse 2009. From Pleasant Flat in the Haast to The Divide via Mt Aspiring National Park.
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Rees-Dart Track
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3 – 4 days. Medium/hard. Loop track.
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Distance: 3.2km away
Alpine circuit along two river valleys at the head of Lake Wakatipu.
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Rockburn - Lake Nerine - North Routeburn
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3 – 5 days. Medium. Loop track.
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Distance: 3.5km away
A slightly shorter option to the 5 passes trip but of similar if not more difficulty. Can be done in ...
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Dart River
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Distance: 3.8km away
looking down the Dart - about to head into the forest
Feb 2013
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Rees - Dart
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Distance: 4.6km away
Starting at Muddy Creek, this track heads up the Rees River to the head of the valley with a short ...
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Beans Burn waterfall
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Distance: 4.7km away
On the five passes route. Waterfall mid Beans Burn. taken Jan 2010
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Rockburn Skyline
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Distance: 4.9km away
panorama of the Rockburn from Park Pass Glacier to Theatre Flat - from the outlet of Lake Nerine
Feb 2013
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Close up of Park Pass Glacier
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Distance: 5.0km away
Showing the snout of the glacier with the tip obscured by the rock wall. Taken from above the steep snowgrass ...
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Lake Nerine
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Distance: 5.1km away
The first view you get of Lake Nerine as you cross the saddle by Point 1594.
Jan 2017
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Rockburn Hut
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4.
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Distance: 5.2km away
Rockburn Hut or McIntyres Hut. Near the confluence of Rock Burn and Dart River. A very rough and uninviting hut. ...
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A tarn on the way to Lake Nerine
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Distance: 5.2km away
This tarn is a very attractive place to stop for a while on the way to Lake Nerine. While it ...
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Theatre Flat from above
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Distance: 5.2km away
Looking back down at Theatre Flat from the lip of the hanging valley that holds lake Nerine
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The route to Lake Nerine from Park Pass
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Distance: 5.2km away
Looking from the moraine of Park Pass glacier, the steep snowgrass slopes can be seen to the south. These slopes ...
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Rockburn Hut
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Distance: 5.3km away
DOC advises that the Rockburn Hut is closed "due to adverse weather conditions"
.... and a fairly solid tree !
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Park Pass glacier - close up the snout.
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Distance: 5.3km away
The neve certainly looks very accessible from the terminal end. It was only the time factor which disallowed us the ...
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A fresh look at the descent to Lake Nerine.
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Distance: 5.4km away
If visiting the lake from Park Pass it is inevitable you will find yourself at the top of this slope ...
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Camp at Lake Nerine
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Distance: 5.4km away
This has to be every tramper's dream. A camp at Lake Nerine in perfect windless conditions
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Looking back towards Park Pass
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Distance: 5.4km away
It is a steep snowgrass sidle from Park Pass to this point but the view is rewarding
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Park Pass Glacier
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Distance: 5.4km away
a highly recommended side trip on the 5 Passes tramp
Feb 2013
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Lakelet in the Humboldt Mountains - Mt.Aspiring NP NZ.
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Distance: 5.4km away
Perched high above the Rockburn valley floor, near to Lake Nerine only a little northward toward Park Pass.
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to Lake Nerine
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Distance: 5.4km away
on the sidle to Lake Nerine, looking back to Park Pass Glacier
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The Serpentine Range and the Three Passes
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Distance: 5.5km away
A six day trip around the Three Passes, including a traverse of the Serpentine Range instead of the North Route ...
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View of the Rockburn from Park Pass Bivvy
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Distance: 5.5km away
As you ascend the Rockburn, perhaps as part of the Five Passes Walk, you can take advantage of a rock ...
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Early morning reflection
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Distance: 5.5km away
Taken from the top of Park Pass looking south towards the route into Lake Nerine
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Terminal lakes of Park Pass glacier
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Distance: 5.6km away
To the north of Park Pass (1175m) is Poseidon Pk(2208m) from which flows Park Pass glacier to appx 1500m. It ...
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Park Pass
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Distance: 5.6km away
On the five passes route. The upper Rock Burn from Park Pass. taken Jan 2010
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Park Pass Glacier
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Distance: 5.6km away
some of the breath-taking scenery on the descent from the glacier
Feb 2013
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Park Pass and the Rockburn
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Distance: 5.7km away
the climb to Park Pass Glacier opens views down the Rockburn and the sidle to Lake Nerine
Feb 2013
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Lake Nerine
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Distance: 6.0km away
Looking back at Lake Nerine from the ridge at its head. Mt Earnslaw in the distance
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View north from Nereus Peak
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Distance: 6.1km away
The ridge east of Nereus Peak summit can be reached by a straight forward climb from North Col. Looking north ...
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The tops of the Darran Mountains - Fjordland NZ
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Distance: 6.2km away
The exit from the Lake Nerine basin when heading to North Col overlooks the lower end of Hidden Falls Ck ...
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Looking up the Rockburn
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Distance: 6.5km away
From Sugarloaf pass, this is the view of the Rockburn that greets you after you cross
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Lake Whakatipu from Sugarloaf
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Distance: 6.5km away
On the five passes route. Lake Whakatipu from just above Sugarloaf pass. taken Jan 2010
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Hollyford Valley
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Distance: 6.6km away
thick cloud fills the Hollyford Valley as we sidle on the 1600m contour to North Col (Prospector Peak in the ...
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Tutuko & Madeline
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Distance: 6.6km away
Looking across at Mt Tutuko and Madeline across a cloud filled Hollyford Valley. This is during a rest on the ...
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Camp on Sugarloaf Pass
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Distance: 6.7km away
A good way to start a trip going into the Rockburn is to leave Glenorchy late in the day and ...
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Ice Cave
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Distance: 7.1km away
Remnants of winter snow fall melted from underneath by the North Routeburn. Taken from just below North Col.
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North Col from Serpentine Range
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Distance: 7.4km away
Looking north from Peak 1550 towards North Col. Peak 1796, which anchors the northern end of the Serpentine Range, rises ...
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Summer 2017
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Distance: 7.5km away
January 2017 was complete garbage. While on the Serpentine Range we awoke to found our camp site under snow!
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North Branch Route Burn
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Distance: 7.5km away
From near small tarn on Serpentine Range
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On the Serpentine Range
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Distance: 7.5km away
Looking south down the range from flat topped Peak 1550, over the unnamed lake that drains into the North Route ...
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New Dredge Lake
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Distance: 7.7km away
The new lake at Dredge Flat on the Dart River.
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The North Branch of the Routeburn
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Distance: 7.8km away
Our final camp in the North Branch of the Routeburn. North Col, which we have just come through, is in ...
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Olivine Wilderness Area
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Wilderness Area. 830.00km2.
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Distance: 7.9km away
Remote country in the Olivine Range. The wilderness area includes the Red Hills, the Olivine Ice Plateau, and the Joe ...
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Hidden Falls Creek
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Distance: 8.0km away
Most of the creek above the big bend; from between North Col & Serpentine Saddle
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Ultramafic rocks, Hidden Falls Creek
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Distance: 8.4km away
On the five passes route. Ultramafic rocks in upper Hidden Falls creek. taken Jan 2010
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On the Serpentine Range 2
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Distance: 8.5km away
Looking north from near Point 1489 over the saddle at Point 1410. There is good looking camping on the saddle. ...
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Camp on Hidden Falls Creek
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Distance: 8.5km away
looking upstream, our campsite high on Hidden Falls Creek was a little exposed but above the early morning mist
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Hobbs Bivvy, Route Burn North Branch
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Distance: 8.6km away
A dry and sheltered bivvy underneath a giant boulder in the North Branch of the Route Burn. Sleeps 4 or ...
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Hobbs Bivvy, Routeburn North Branch
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Distance: 8.6km away
Great dry bivvy located under a giant boulder in the north branch of the Routeburn. Sleeps 4 or 5 but ...
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Lake Sylvan
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Distance: 8.9km away
A calm forested lake in the Dart Valley near Glenorchy.
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Lake Sylvan
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Easy. Loop track.
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Distance: 8.9km away
A short forest walk to a tranquil lake.
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Mt Earnslaw
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Distance: 9.1km away
This was a sweet day trip taken in Feb 2008, bluebird day.
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Beans Burn camp
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Distance: 9.2km away
On the five passes route. Camping next to the Beansburn rock biv -- there is room for a couple of ...
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The upper Beansburn from the rock bivvy
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Distance: 9.2km away
Some rain appears on the lens as it blows directly into the bivvy site. Good for us we can get ...
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Morning mist, Hidden Falls creek
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Distance: 9.2km away
On the five passes route. Morning mist in upper Hidden Falls creek, not far from Cow saddle. taken Jan 2010
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Heading down Hidden Falls creek
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Distance: 9.6km away
Leaving the campsite in Cow saddle after a morning of relaxation and clothes drying. It's just an afternoons walk to ...
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Broken bridge
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Distance: 9.7km away
The bridge at the start of the Routeburn Track, damaged by a slip, August 2008.
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Lake Wilson and the Valley of the Trolls
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2 – 3 days. Medium. Return by the same track.
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Distance: 9.8km away
An overnight or multiday scenic diversion from the Routeburn Great Walk. The Valley of the Trolls is easily accessed from ...
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Parorama from Harris Saddle
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Distance: 9.8km away
several photographs put together to create a panoramic view
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Routeburn Track
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2 – 4 days. Easy/medium. One way.
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Distance: 9.8km away
An internationally renowned and popular alpine crossing between Fiordland and Lake Wakatipu.
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Routeburn Shelter
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Distance: 9.8km away
another rainy day at the start of the Routeburn (April 2009)
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Routeburn Shelter
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Shelter (DOC).
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Distance: 9.8km away
Enclosed shelter at the Wakatipu end of the Routeburn Track. Overnight use prohibited.
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Harris Saddle Old Emergency Shelter
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Distance: 9.8km away
This old Emergency Shelter on Harris Saddle (1277m) is now replaced by something larger/better. This picture is from 2 November ...
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Great Walks Information
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Distance: 9.9km away
The DOC Great Walks are a set of premium tramping tracks throughout New Zealand.
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Esquilant Bivvy Hut
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Serviced Alpine Hut (NZAC). Capacity: 6.
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Distance: 10.0km away
Small hut located on Wright's Col in the Rees Valley.
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