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Gloomy Gorge

Photograph • Distance: less than 100m away

Viewed from the French Ridge Track, with Mount Avalanche in the background. More ▶︎

Liverpool Hut

Photograph • Distance: 141m away

Viewed from the French Ridge Track across the valley More ▶︎

Head of the Matukituki Valley West Branch

Photograph • Distance: 141m away

Viewed from French Ridge Track. More ▶︎

French Ridge Hut Reflection

Photograph • Distance: 455m away

Reflection of the French Ridge Hut in the tarn on a fine April day. More ▶︎

French Ridge Hut at night

Photograph • Distance: 455m away

210 second exposure @ f / 4.0, 17mm More ▶︎

French Ridge Hut

Hut • Serviced Alpine Hut (NZAC). Capacity: 20. • Distance: 455m away

This new hut is located on the summer snowline on French Ridge, near the head of the Matukituki Valley West ... More ▶︎

French Ridge Hut

Photograph • Distance: 640m away

This NZAC hut is located on the summer snowline near Mount Aspiring. More ▶︎

Mount Avalanche

Photograph • Distance: 640m away

Sunset view from French Ridge Hut More ▶︎

French Ridge

Track • 2 – 4 days. Medium. Return via same track. • Distance: 640m away

A steep climb to the snowline in the West Matukituki. More ▶︎

French Ridge Track

Photograph • Distance: 707m away

The French Ridge Track features tangled roots, steep gradients, and clambering down rock walls. More ▶︎

Pearl Flat to Scott's Bivvy

GPX file • Distance: 1.1km away

A new track has been cut through bush up the true left of the Matukituki river from Pearl Flat to ... More ▶︎

Mmmmmm tasty

Photograph • Distance: 1.1km away

While stopping for a rest on the way back down to the hut a flock of thirteen Keas drop in ... More ▶︎

Rock Formations on French Ridge

Photograph • Distance: 1.3km away

Interesting formations on the way up the ridge to the Quarterdeck glacier. More ▶︎

Mt French

Photograph • Distance: 1.4km away

Dawn reveals an overnight dusting of snow covers Mt French and the Quarterdeck glacier. More ▶︎

Scotts Rock Biv

Rock bivouac • Distance: 1.5km away

Located at the head of the Matukituki River West Branch, beyond Pearl Flat. The biv is 500m upstream of the upper ... More ▶︎

Gloomy Gorge

Photograph • Distance: 1.7km away

An 800 odd metre drop off seperates French Ridge from Gloomy Gorges floor. More ▶︎

West Matukituki from Liverpool hut

Photograph • Distance: 1.8km away

Looking down valley from the hut, Rob Roy Peak dominates above Shovel Flat, the Cascade Saddle is visible in the ... More ▶︎

Views from Liverpool hut

Photograph • Distance: 1.8km away

The triangle of Mt Aspiring pokes above the skyline to the left, with Mt French and French Ridge in the ... More ▶︎

Liverpool hut

Photograph • Distance: 1.8km away

The new (2009) 10 bunk Liverpool hut beneath Mt Barff. More ▶︎

Liverpool Hut

Photograph • Distance: 1.8km away

Liverpool Hut commands and excellent view down the West Matukituki Vallet More ▶︎

Scotts Bivvy

Photograph • Distance: 1.9km away

The floor was too damp to sit on More ▶︎

Scotts Bivvy

Photograph • Distance: 1.9km away

Standing on top of the Bivvy. The head of the valley beyond More ▶︎

Scotts Bivvy

Hut • Natural shelter (NA). Capacity: 2. • Distance: 1.9km away

A poor shelter for two people. Beware of the resident stream within the bivvy when it rains More ▶︎

Liverpool Hut From Behind

Photograph • Distance: 2.0km away

view of liverpool hut from behind ..mt apiring to the Left More ▶︎

Liverpool Hut toilet

Photograph • Distance: 2.0km away

View from the drop toilet at Liverpool Hut More ▶︎

Liverpool Hut

Photograph • Distance: 2.0km away

-Makeshift Campsite 200 meters from Liverpool Hut -Hut was full so we could not sleep there but we did cook there More ▶︎

Liverpool Hut

Photograph • Distance: 2.0km away

The Peach of West Matukituki Valley More ▶︎

Liverpool Hut

Hut • Serviced Alpine Hut (DOC). Capacity: 10. • Distance: 2.0km away

Located on the steep lower slopes of Mount Barff, this hut offers striking views and a route to the Arawhata ... More ▶︎

The Quarterdeck Glacier

Photograph • Distance: 2.2km away

Taken from the last rock outcrop at the base of the glacier at around about the 1860m mark, Mt French ... More ▶︎

Shovel Flat in the West Matukituki

Photograph • Distance: 3.1km away

A beutiful spot with heaps of great camping sites, French Ridge is the major ridge descending to the valley floor ... More ▶︎

Haast to The Divide

GPX file • Distance: 5.5km away

Andrew Barker's traverse 2009. From Pleasant Flat in the Haast to The Divide via Mt Aspiring National Park. More ▶︎

Matukituki to Paradise by roads less travelled

GPX file • Distance: 5.5km away

A rough, tough crossing from Raspberry Flat (Aspiring Road, Wanaka) to the Earnslaw Burn (Glenorchy-Paradise road) via Shotover Saddle, Lochnagar, ... More ▶︎

Aspiring Hut

Hut • Serviced Alpine Hut (NZAC). Capacity: 38. • Distance: 5.7km away

This historic hut in the West Matukituki Valley was constructed of local schist, and opened at Easter 1949. Situated immediately ... More ▶︎

Mount Aspiring

Photograph • Distance: 5.7km away

Peering over the shoulder of Rob Roy Peak, late afternoon, Aspiring Hut. More ▶︎

Aspiring Hut

Photograph • Distance: 5.7km away

This 1949 hut is constructed from local schist. More ▶︎

Cascade Saddle Route from Aspiring Hut

Photograph • Distance: 5.7km away

The route does not actually cross the saddle, but follows the rugged spur in the top centre of this photograph, ... More ▶︎

Mt Aspiring

Photograph • Distance: 5.9km away

from Cascade saddle (April 2009) More ▶︎

Is Aspiring erupting?

Photograph • Distance: 6.0km away

The sunset behind Mt.Aspiring provides some interesting effect. More ▶︎

Mount Aspiring National Park

Place • National Park. 3555.18km². • Distance: 6.2km away

The third-largest national park, although most of its space is under-utilised. The Routeburn is the second busiest trail in New ... More ▶︎

Olivine Wilderness Area

Place • Wilderness Area. 830.00km². • Distance: 6.2km away

Remote country in the Olivine Range. The wilderness area includes the Red Hills, the Olivine Ice Plateau, and the Joe ... More ▶︎

Arawhata Rock Biv

Rock bivouac • Distance: 6.7km away

Rock bivouac in the upper Arawhata River. More ▶︎

Colin Todd Hut

Hut • Serviced Alpine Hut (NZAC). Capacity: 12. • Distance: 6.7km away

This 1996 hut replaced the original, constructed in 1960. It was named after one of the best-known Post-War New Zealand ... More ▶︎

Dart Glacier

Photograph • Distance: 6.7km away

on the way to Cascade saddle, the weather just perfect (April 2009) More ▶︎

Cascade Saddle Route

Video • Distance: 6.7km away

2.5 Day traverse from Wanaka to Glenorchy More ▶︎

Dart Glacier

Photograph • Distance: 6.7km away

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Colin Todd Hut

Photograph • Distance: 6.7km away

Perched on the side of Mt Aspiring above the Bonar Glacier, Colin Todd Hut serves as a base for climbers. ... More ▶︎