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Rees Vally
Haast to The Divide
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Distance: 1.9km away
Andrew Barker's traverse 2009. From Pleasant Flat in the Haast to The Divide via Mt Aspiring National Park.
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Matukituki to Paradise by roads less travelled
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Distance: 3.7km away
A rough, tough crossing from Raspberry Flat (Aspiring Road, Wanaka) to the Earnslaw Burn (Glenorchy-Paradise road) via Shotover Saddle, Lochnagar, ...
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Sleepy Hollow Pass route (Caples to Dart)
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Medium/hard. One way.
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Distance: 7.2km away
The Sleepy Hollow pass route from the mid-Caples to the Dart Valley. This can be combined with either a walk ...
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McIntosh Hut (Mac's Hut)
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4.
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Distance: 7.3km away
Scheelite miners' hut high on Mount McIntosh, dated around 1915.
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McIntosh hut
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Distance: 7.3km away
McIntosh hut. Mt Earnslaw in background. taken Sept 2015
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Whakaari Conservation Area
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Place. 94.00km2.
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Distance: 7.4km away
Mountains east of Glenorchy, dotted with scheelite miners' huts and relics.
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McIntyre Hut
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Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 5.
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Distance: 7.5km away
Corrugated iron miners' hut dating from the 1960s.
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Scott Saddle route (Dart to Caples)
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1 – 2 days. Medium. One way.
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Distance: 7.9km away
This route crosses the easiest pass from the Dart to Caples Valleys, via Scott Creek, Scott Saddle and Kay Creek ...
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Not The Routeburn
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Distance: 8.0km away
A six-passes, seven catchments trip through the Humboldt Mountains from Glenorchy to The Divide.
Note that for access from Double Barrel ...
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Glenorchy Lagoon
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Easy. Loop track.
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Distance: 8.3km away
Stroll along boardwalks through this lagoon occupying an old bend of the Rees River. The lagoon is dominated by willows, ...
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Buckler Burn Forks Hut (Delapidated)
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Derelict hut (DOC).
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Distance: 9.0km away
This old miners' hut is located at the confluence of Wallers Creek with the Buckler Burn.
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Paradise Road Glenorchy, New Zealand, Fiordland, April 2018
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Distance: 9.0km away
Paradise Road Glenorchy, New Zealand, Fiordland, April 2018
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rees valley
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3 days. Medium. Return via same track.
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Distance: 9.2km away
pleasant walk up the rees valley. the track gets a bit swampy at the start and then a few avalance ...
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Jean Hut
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Overnight use prohibited (DOC).
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Distance: 9.3km away
Historic miners' hut clad in flattened iron drums. It features a series of rocks suspended from the roof to hold ...
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Heather Jock Hut
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1 – 2 days. Easy. Loop track.
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Distance: 9.3km away
A gentle climb through a mining area to a small hut with panoramic mountain views.
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Goat kid
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Distance: 9.3km away
Near Jean Hut, Mount Alaska. This young goat was dozing comfortably in the sun, and quite confused about whether or ...
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Heather Jock Hut
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 3.
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Distance: 9.4km away
A small miner's hut high on Mount Alaska, near Glenorchy. This little-used hut combines easy access with spectacular panoramic views ...
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Morning view from Heather Jock Hut.
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Distance: 9.4km away
From left: Tooth Peak 2061m near the Greenstone River mounth, Mount Judah 1416m (foreground), Bold Peak 2118m and Mount Bonpland ...
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Dusk, near Heather Jock Hut
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Distance: 9.4km away
Looking northwest, toward the Cosmos Peaks and Mount Earnslaw.
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Heather Jock Hut
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Distance: 9.4km away
Wrestling with the sticky door, August 2008.
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Heather Jock Hut
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Distance: 9.4km away
August evening with Mount McIntosh in the background.
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Five Passes via Lake Nerine and North Col
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Distance: 9.5km 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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Five Passes
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6 – 7 days. Medium/hard. Loop track.
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Distance: 9.5km 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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Lake Sylvan
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Easy. Loop track.
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Distance: 9.5km away
A short forest walk to a tranquil lake.
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Toilet at Heather Jock Hut
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Distance: 9.5km away
This long drop toilet forms part of a scenic view from Heather Jock Hut.
The axle and remains of a solid ...
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Heather Jock Hut
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Distance: 9.6km away
A spectacular location above Glenorchy where the old time Sheelite miners used to toil away. Reached via a track from ...
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Rees - Dart
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Distance: 9.7km 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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Aspiring - Rees
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Distance: 9.7km away
Starting at Raspberry Flat, this track passes Mt Aspiring Hut in the West Matukituki Valley and then climbs steeply to ...
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Rees-Dart Track
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3 – 4 days. Medium/hard. Loop track.
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Distance: 9.8km away
Alpine circuit along two river valleys at the head of Lake Wakatipu.
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Descent to Glacier Burn
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Distance: 9.8km away
The final descent to Glacier Burn from pt1731, on the route from the Caples valley via Sleepy Hollow.
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Glacier burn - ascent to sleepy hollow pass
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Distance: 9.8km away
From Glacier Burn to Sleepy Hollow pass: route leaves the Glacier Burn track and climbs this scree gully on the ...
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Bonnie Jean hut interior
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Distance: 9.9km away
Bonnie Jean hut interior. taken Sept 2015
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Boozer Hut
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC).
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Distance: 9.9km away
An historic hut named for a notorious 1930s scheelite miner. The hut is clad in flattened steel drums, and contains ...
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Bonnie Jean Hut
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Overnight use prohibited (DOC).
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Distance: 9.9km away
Built in 1943, this hut near Bonnie Jean Mine is preserved as an on-site museum. It features an old tractor ...
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