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Upper Deception Hut

Upper Deception hut Feb 2009

Upper Deception hut Feb 2009

Photograph • Distance: less than 100m away
A sound old NZFS hut in need of a bit of TLC. The scrub badly needed cutting back last time ...   More ▶︎
Goat Pass Hut

Goat Pass Hut

Photograph • Distance: 2.2km away
Goat Pass Hut 2008   More ▶︎
Goat Pass Hut

Goat Pass Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 20. • Distance: 2.2km away
Large hut on the popular Mingha-Deception route   More ▶︎
Mingha River-Deception River

Mingha River-Deception River

Track • 2 days. Medium. One way. • Distance: 2.3km away
Goat Pass Track. Alpine track over a pass between two river valleys.   More ▶︎
Lake Mavis

Lake Mavis

Track • 2 days. Medium. Return via same track. • Distance: 2.3km away
A side trip off the popular Mingha-Deception route in Arthur's Pass.   More ▶︎
Deception River

Deception River

Photograph • Distance: 2.4km away
Deception River   More ▶︎
Goat Pass Hut

Goat Pass Hut

Photograph • Distance: 2.5km away
Goat Pass Hut - from Lake Mavis   More ▶︎
route from Lake Mavis to Edwards Valley bypassing Taruahuna Pass

route from Lake Mavis to Edwards Valley bypassing Taruahuna Pass

Photograph • Distance: 3.0km away
This route bypasses the pass with its tiresome talus travel for those who have experienced it several times already!   More ▶︎
Lake Mavis

Lake Mavis

Photograph • Distance: 3.0km away
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Lake Mavis

Lake Mavis

Photograph • Distance: 3.0km away
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Lake Mavis

Lake Mavis

Photograph • Distance: 3.0km away
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Lake Mavis

Lake Mavis

Article • Distance: 3.0km away
A snow wonder for all to enjoy.   More ▶︎
Lake Anti-Mavis, Tarn Pass in the distance

Lake Anti-Mavis, Tarn Pass in the distance

Photograph • Distance: 3.4km away
Lake Anti-Mavis, Tarn Pass in the distance   More ▶︎
Page Memorial Shelter

Page Memorial Shelter

Photograph • Distance: 3.5km away
Day shelter in Temple Basin, Arthurs Pass. Page Memorial Shelter is little day-hut built for skiers in Temple Basin, set apart ...   More ▶︎
Temple Basin Ski Area

Temple Basin Ski Area

Photograph • Distance: 4.0km away
November 2009.   More ▶︎
Temple Basin

Temple Basin

Track • Easy/medium. Return via same track. • Distance: 4.0km away
A steepish climb through alpine meadows to the Temple Basin skifield   More ▶︎
Temple Basin Ski Field

Temple Basin Ski Field

Photograph • Distance: 4.0km away
Taken a little past the ski huts, November 2012   More ▶︎
Mingha Biv

Mingha Biv

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2. • Distance: 4.5km away
Just south of Goat Pass. Hut has had a full refurbishment thanks to NZDA, Permolat and The Back Country Trust. ...   More ▶︎
Mingha Biv

Mingha Biv

Photograph • Distance: 4.5km away
The old and not in very good condition Mingha Biv   More ▶︎
Mount Cassidy

Mount Cassidy

Track • 1 day. Medium/hard. Return via same track. • Distance: 4.5km away
A short but challenging climb from Arthur's Pass Village.   More ▶︎
Mount Barron

Mount Barron

Photograph • Distance: 5.0km away
Mount Barron from the Death's Corner lookout. The route follows the far edge of the obvious slip. The steep bluffs ...   More ▶︎
Mt Philistine Traverse

Mt Philistine Traverse

Track • 1 day. Hard. One way. • Distance: 5.1km away
A classic mountain traverse in Arthurs Pass National Park, includes climbing steep scree, bluffs, rock and snow. An ice axe ...   More ▶︎
Lake Misery Track

Lake Misery Track

Photograph • Distance: 5.1km away
Small rockpile on the Lake Misery Track.   More ▶︎
Ascent to Taruahuna Pass

Ascent to Taruahuna Pass

Photograph • Distance: 5.2km away
Ascent to Taruahuna Pass from Otehake   More ▶︎

Lake Misery Track

GPX file • Distance: 5.2km away
Short connector track that crosses the Main Divide of the Southern Alps.   More ▶︎
Shattered rock on Mount Cassidy

Shattered rock on Mount Cassidy

Photograph • Distance: 5.2km away
The rock is very crumbly and unstable.   More ▶︎
Walks Around Arthur's Pass

Walks Around Arthur's Pass

Article • Distance: 5.4km away
A variety of both easy and more challenging walks are available around Arthur's Pass village and the nearby pass.   More ▶︎
Mt Aicken in Jan

Mt Aicken in Jan

Photograph • Distance: 5.4km away
Require Medium fitness level, rock/stone marked track above bushline.   More ▶︎

Dobson Nature Walk

GPX file • Distance: 5.5km away
Stroll through an alpine herbfield scattered with massive boulders, Arthur's Pass National Park.   More ▶︎
Myosotis lyalli

Myosotis lyalli

Photograph • Distance: 5.5km away
Mount Cassidy.   More ▶︎
Heading back to the tent on Tarn Col

Heading back to the tent on Tarn Col

Photograph • Distance: 5.8km away
Chuzzman aka chuzz returning to the tent after getting yha on the cliff-sides of Tarn Col.   More ▶︎
Phipps Peak (1965m)

Phipps Peak (1965m)

Photograph • Distance: 5.8km away
From the Otira Valley.   More ▶︎

Bealey Chasm and Valley

Track • Easy/medium. • Distance: 6.0km away
A excellent short walk in the autumn or spring with wonderful views of rolleston glacier   More ▶︎
Arthur's Pass National Park

Arthur's Pass National Park

Place • National Park. 1145.00km2. • Distance: 6.1km away
This alpine park straddles the Main Divide of the Southern Alps, with dry beech forests in the east and damp ...   More ▶︎
Dobson Nature Walk

Dobson Nature Walk

Track • Easy. One way. • Distance: 6.1km away
A short walk on the Main Divide of the Southern Alps, offering alpine flora and panoramic views.   More ▶︎
Philistine / Warnock's Bluffs

Philistine / Warnock's Bluffs

Photograph • Distance: 6.2km away
The normal route up Philistine from the road ascends through this line of bluffs. When there is no snow, the ...   More ▶︎
Rock wren

Rock wren

Photograph • Distance: 6.2km away
I heard this bird before I saw it, on the scree just above the Con's Track bushline on Mount Cassidy, ...   More ▶︎
Geum uniflorum

Geum uniflorum

Photograph • Distance: 6.3km away
Mount Cassidy.   More ▶︎
Great mountain buttercup

Great mountain buttercup

Photograph • Distance: 6.3km away
Ranunculus lyalli. Con's Track, Mount Cassidy, Arthur's Pass.   More ▶︎

Mount Barron Route

GPX file • Distance: 6.3km away
Old trail leading up the the tussock tops of Mount Barron. A good benched track leads up to a rocky ...   More ▶︎
Mount Barron Route

Mount Barron Route

Track • Medium/hard. One way. • Distance: 6.3km away
Old access track onto the Mount Barron tussock tops.   More ▶︎
Otira Valley

Otira Valley

Track • Easy. Return via same track. • Distance: 6.4km away
A short, pretty walk into an alpine environment. A variety of alpine flowers in summer.   More ▶︎
Otira Valley

Otira Valley

Photograph • Distance: 6.4km away
Footbridge on the Otira Valley.   More ▶︎
Arthur's Pass Walking Track

Arthur's Pass Walking Track

Track • Easy. One way. • Distance: 6.5km away
A new walk, opened March 2014 to mark 150 years of Arthur's Pass. Attractive and easy walking from the Arthur's ...   More ▶︎
Forest

Forest

Photograph • Distance: 6.6km away
Con's Track, Arthur's Pass.   More ▶︎
Devil's Punchbowl Falls.

Devil's Punchbowl Falls.

Photograph • Distance: 6.6km away
From Con's Track, Arthur's Pass.   More ▶︎
Veiw from campsite on Amber Col

Veiw from campsite on Amber Col

Photograph • Distance: 6.6km away
This just shows the route up to Amber Col from the Otehaki river on the bottom right, Falling Mtn on ...   More ▶︎
First Light Amber Col

First Light Amber Col

Photograph • Distance: 6.6km away
5:30am God it's early, beautiful light, freezing cold, about an hour before total white-out.   More ▶︎
Amber Col

Amber Col

Photograph • Distance: 6.6km away
September 2008 Stayed the previous night at the new Hawdon Hut, then made my way over Walker Pass and up the ...   More ▶︎
Mt Philistine

Mt Philistine

Photograph • Distance: 6.7km away
The slopes to the summit - from the east.   More ▶︎
Track Descent

Track Descent

Photograph • Distance: 6.8km away
The map shows the track crossing two small tributaries before heading sharply down to meet the main river. You may ...   More ▶︎
The Track Starts

The Track Starts

Photograph • Distance: 6.8km away
After three or four scree/shrub combinations, where the gorge below opens out a little, keep an eye out for the ...   More ▶︎
Grass my Arse

Grass my Arse

Photograph • Distance: 6.8km away
Sections of alpine "herbs" break up the scree slopes high above the Rolleston River. There is no track through these ...   More ▶︎
Pick Your Path

Pick Your Path

Photograph • Distance: 6.8km away
Try to stay reasonably high above the river on the true left for the easiest route down and to avoid ...   More ▶︎
Top of Rolleston Valley

Top of Rolleston Valley

Photograph • Distance: 6.8km away
There are sporadic cairns down into the Rolleston Valley, but they can be difficult to pick out against the scree. ...   More ▶︎
At the top

At the top

Photograph • Distance: 6.8km away
If intending to cross over into the Rolleston from the Waimak, DON'T go over the actual Waimak Col (you'll see ...   More ▶︎
Route Planning

Route Planning

Photograph • Distance: 6.8km away
Checking the map for a route over the head of the Waimakariri Valley into the Rolleston Valley. Be aware in ...   More ▶︎
Other Part of trail to Carrington Hut

Other Part of trail to Carrington Hut

Photograph • Distance: 6.8km away
the trail after a nice rain   More ▶︎
The Trail Klondyke Corner to Carrington Hu

The Trail Klondyke Corner to Carrington Hu

Photograph • Distance: 6.8km away
view of the grassy trail before the riverbed becomes the trail. The hut is still far here but it is behind ...   More ▶︎
Waimakariri River-Rolleston River

Waimakariri River-Rolleston River

Track • 2 – 3 days. Hard. One way. • Distance: 6.8km away
Alpine tramp over Waimakariri Col.   More ▶︎

Devil's Punchbowl Track

GPX file • Distance: 6.8km away
Short walk to a classic Arthur's Pass waterfall.   More ▶︎
Edwards Hut

Edwards Hut

Photograph • Distance: 6.9km away
Edwards Hut taken Waitangi Day 2009   More ▶︎
Edwards Hut

Edwards Hut

Photograph • Distance: 6.9km away
Edwards Hut taken Waitangi Day 2009   More ▶︎
Edwards Hut

Edwards Hut

Hut • Serviced Hut (DOC). Capacity: 16. • Distance: 6.9km away
Well built hut, sleeps 16 people.   More ▶︎
Edwards Hut Toilet

Edwards Hut Toilet

Photograph • Distance: 6.9km away
View down the valley from the Edwards hut.   More ▶︎
Barrack Creek Route

Barrack Creek Route

Photograph • Distance: 7.0km away
Goat Hill and Barrack Creek from Mount Barron. The route follows the spur to the true right of Barrack Creek.   More ▶︎
Mountain violet

Mountain violet

Photograph • Distance: 7.0km away
Viola cunninghamii, Bridal Veil Track, Arthur's Pass.   More ▶︎
Mount Barron tops

Mount Barron tops

Photograph • Distance: 7.1km away
The end of the marked track up Mount Barron.   More ▶︎

Goat Creek track to Mt Barron

Track • 0 – 1 day. Hard. Loop track with a road section. • Distance: 7.4km away
Overgrown and line is destroyed by recent slips.   More ▶︎

Picton to Aspiring

GPX file • Distance: 7.4km away
An aborted alpine traverse. Picton to West Cape, but aborted at Aspiring due to real world emergencies back home. Posted ...   More ▶︎
Philistine Bluffs

Philistine Bluffs

Photograph • Distance: 7.5km away
Decending the bluffs - not a forgiving place to loose your footing- there have been deaths here.   More ▶︎
Philistine Bluffs

Philistine Bluffs

Photograph • Distance: 7.5km away
Decending the bluffs - not a forgiving place to loose your footing- there have been deaths here.   More ▶︎
Mt Philistine

Mt Philistine

Track • 1 day. Medium/hard. Return via same track. • Distance: 7.5km away
Moderate to hard daytrip in Arthurs Pass.   More ▶︎
Lake Kaniere - Otira

Lake Kaniere - Otira

GPX file • Distance: 7.5km away
from the north end of Lake Kaniere, along the west shore to the Styx river. East along the Styx to ...   More ▶︎

Avalanche Creek Shelter campsite

Campsite • Basic Campsite (DOC). 10 spaces. • Distance: 7.7km away
Campsite located near the highway in Arthur's Pass Village. A good base for a variety of day walks. The information ...   More ▶︎

Millennium Walk

GPX file • Distance: 7.7km away
Short walk to a waterfall at the Arthur's Pass Visitor Centre.   More ▶︎
Te Araroa Trail

Te Araroa Trail

Track • 95 days. Medium. One way. • Distance: 7.8km away
Te Araroa is a walking trail running the entire length of the North and South Islands. The trail opened 3 ...   More ▶︎
Arthur's Pass Village

Arthur's Pass Village

Place • Place. • Distance: 7.8km away
Resort village surrounded by mountains within Arthur's Pass National Park.   More ▶︎
Creek below Devil's Punchbowl Falls.

Creek below Devil's Punchbowl Falls.

Photograph • Distance: 7.8km away
November 2009.   More ▶︎
Devil's Punchbowl Falls.

Devil's Punchbowl Falls.

Photograph • Distance: 7.8km away
Rainy November day, 2009.   More ▶︎
Avalanche Peak-Crow River

Avalanche Peak-Crow River

Track • 1 – 2 days. Medium. One way. • Distance: 7.8km away
A route over Avalanche Peak dropping to the Crow River and exiting down the Waimakariri River.   More ▶︎
Arthur's Pass Village Historic Walk

Arthur's Pass Village Historic Walk

Track • Easy. Loop track. • Distance: 7.8km away
Introductory circuit of the village, providing a history of the Pass and the rail tunnel.   More ▶︎
Devil's Punchbowl Walking Track

Devil's Punchbowl Walking Track

Track • Easy/medium. Return by the same track. • Distance: 7.8km away
Classic Arthur's Pass walk to the 131m Punchbowl Falls / Te Tautea o Hinekakai.   More ▶︎
Arthur's Pass Kea

Arthur's Pass Kea

Photograph • Distance: 7.8km away
Photogenic Kea on car at Arthur's Pass   More ▶︎
Route Guide: Otira to Mt Cook Village (pt 2)

Route Guide: Otira to Mt Cook Village (pt 2)

Track • 12 – 21 days. Hard. One way. • Distance: 7.9km away
One possible route down the main divide from Otira on the Arthur's Pass road to Mt Cook Village. Otira Hotel ...   More ▶︎
Route Guide: Otira to Mt Cook Village (pt 1)

Route Guide: Otira to Mt Cook Village (pt 1)

Track • 12 – 21 days. Hard. One way. • Distance: 7.9km away
One possible route down the main divide from Otira on the Arthur's Pass road to Mt Cook Village. Otira Hotel to ...   More ▶︎
2010_05_01 Otira Valley

2010_05_01 Otira Valley

Photograph • Distance: 7.9km away
2010_05_01 Otira Valley.JPG   More ▶︎
Edwards River-Hawdon River

Edwards River-Hawdon River

Track • 3 days. Medium. One way. • Distance: 7.9km away
See Hawdon River.   More ▶︎
Rome Ridge - Avalanche Peak Traverse

Rome Ridge - Avalanche Peak Traverse

Track • 1 day. Medium. Loop track with a road section. • Distance: 8.0km away
Climb up Rome Ridge towards Mount Rolleston to traverse the ridge between it and Avalanche Peak.   More ▶︎
Walker Pass Tarn

Walker Pass Tarn

Photograph • Distance: 8.2km away
October 08, Tarn on Walker Pass looking back towards the Hawdon Valley   More ▶︎
Otehake Hut

Otehake Hut

Photograph • Distance: 8.2km away
6 bunk NZFS style hut in the Otehake Valley, near the confluence of East & West Otehake Rivers, altitude 640m   More ▶︎
Otehake hut

Otehake hut

Photograph • Distance: 8.2km away
Otehake hut is an NZFS six bunker that was built in 1963. It is the "stretched style" with a porch ...   More ▶︎
Otehake Hut

Otehake Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). • Distance: 8.2km away
Otehake Hut. NZFS six bunker with porch. Built 1962/63.   More ▶︎

Mt Rolleston- Low Peak (via Rome ridge)

Track • Medium/hard. • Distance: 8.4km away
Track starts off at SH73 (Coral track). Steep ascent through the bush line on a marked track leading you up ...   More ▶︎
Discovery Stream/Sudden Valley traverse

Discovery Stream/Sudden Valley traverse

Article • Distance: 8.7km away
2 day circuit from Hawden River, crossing mountain ridgetop after approach from Discovery Stream which features boulder-hopping and cascades.   More ▶︎
Discovery Sudden

Discovery Sudden

Photograph • Distance: 8.7km away
Discovery to Sudden Valley tarck   More ▶︎
The Descent Route of the NW Tributary of Discovery Stream

The Descent Route of the NW Tributary of Discovery Stream

Photograph • Distance: 8.8km away
this route avoids waterfalls   More ▶︎
Descent Route from NW Tributary of Discovery Stream

Descent Route from NW Tributary of Discovery Stream

Photograph • Distance: 8.8km away
This avoids waterfalls   More ▶︎
Mt Rolleston - Otira Face

Mt Rolleston - Otira Face

Photograph • Distance: 8.8km away
The best known peak in Arthurs Pass national park. The Otira Face as seen here from Mt Philistine is often ...   More ▶︎
Crow Glacier, Mt Rolleston

Crow Glacier, Mt Rolleston

Photograph • Distance: 8.9km away
Crow glacier and Mt Rolleston. taken April 1969.   More ▶︎
Head of the Rolleston River, just below Pt2000

Head of the Rolleston River, just below Pt2000

Photograph • Distance: 9.1km away
Taken while traversing slopes high in the Rolleston river. Shows the snow slope used to access the first col north ...   More ▶︎
Crow Slide in snow

Crow Slide in snow

Photograph • Distance: 9.1km away
Frank and me doing an alpine finish (our speciality) down the Crow slide en route to Crow Hut from Avalanche ...   More ▶︎
View from Avalanche Peak June 2013

View from Avalanche Peak June 2013

Photograph • Distance: 9.3km away
This pic looks WSW from the summit over the Crow River to Jellicoe Ridge and beyond. The prominent summit on ...   More ▶︎
Avalanche Peak

Avalanche Peak

Track • Medium. Loop track. • Distance: 9.3km away
A day trip near Arthur's Pass village to an altitude of 1833m.   More ▶︎
Avalanche Peak

Avalanche Peak

Photograph • Distance: 9.3km away
Viewed from Temple Basin access track.   More ▶︎
Mt Bealey - Lyell Peak - Avalanche Peak Traverse

Mt Bealey - Lyell Peak - Avalanche Peak Traverse

Track • 1 day. Medium. Loop track. • Distance: 9.3km away
A classic traverse from Mt Bealey to Avalanche Peak   More ▶︎
birds-eye view

birds-eye view

Photograph • Distance: 9.7km away
Looking from Waharoa Saddle down Pfeifer Stream & to Lake Kaurapataka   More ▶︎
traverse of Mt Pfeifer

traverse of Mt Pfeifer

Photograph • Distance: 9.8km away
Traverse of ridge south-east of the summit in clag. Getting around the boulder was tricky and a bit exposed.   More ▶︎
Paratu Stream - Waharoa Saddle

Paratu Stream - Waharoa Saddle

Article • Distance: 9.8km away
The easiest route to Mt Pfeifer via an attractive bouldered stream and a magical saddle with flybys of kaka and ...   More ▶︎
Pfeiffer Biv

Pfeiffer Biv

Photograph • Distance: 9.8km away
cosy,dinky even,modern 2 bunker with longdrop nearby.   More ▶︎
"Old" Pfeifer biv (Removed) Dec 2007

"Old" Pfeifer biv (Removed) Dec 2007

Photograph • Distance: 9.8km away
The old biv a few months before it was replaced.   More ▶︎
Pfeifer biv & toilet April 2012

Pfeifer biv & toilet April 2012

Photograph • Distance: 9.8km away
A new biv from early 2008 replacing an old biv that was about 20m to the south. (The sign on ...   More ▶︎
Pfeifer biv

Pfeifer biv

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2. • Distance: 9.8km away
A new biv from early 2008 replacing an old biv that was about 20m to the south. (The sign on ...   More ▶︎
scree descent from Pfeifer Biv

scree descent from Pfeifer Biv

Photograph • Distance: 9.8km away
as above   More ▶︎
Posing on Mt Pfeifer

Posing on Mt Pfeifer

Photograph • Distance: 9.8km away
This pic looks westward from Mt Pfeifer during autumn conditions prior to the May snowfalls. Mt Pfeifer is an easy ...   More ▶︎
Mt Pfeifer etc from Kellys Hill July 2011

Mt Pfeifer etc from Kellys Hill July 2011

Photograph • Distance: 9.8km away
This photo was taken from near the broadcasting repeaters on top of Kellys Hill which is the hill immediately north ...   More ▶︎
Hawdon Hut

Hawdon Hut

Photograph • Distance: 9.9km away
New Hawdon Hut   More ▶︎
Hawdon Hut

Hawdon Hut

Hut • Serviced Hut (DOC). Capacity: 20. • Distance: 9.9km away
A new hut opened in December 2007 after the previous hut was destroyed by fire June 2005. An easy two to ...   More ▶︎
Hawdon Hut

Hawdon Hut

Photograph • Distance: 9.9km away
Hawdon Hut Feb 2012   More ▶︎

Cockayne Nature Walk

GPX file • Distance: 9.9km away
Short walk in rich forest near Kellys Creek, Arthur's Pass National Park.   More ▶︎

Cockayne Nature Walk

Track • Easy. Loop track. • Distance: 9.9km away
A short loop in forest near Kelly's Creek, Otira.   More ▶︎