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Mt Owen - Fyfe River country

granity pass huts

granity pass huts

yes huts. For a brief period the old and new huts were present together on Mt Owen.   More ▶︎
Granity Pass hut (new)

Granity Pass hut (new)

New Granity Pass hut.   More ▶︎
Granity Pass Hut

Granity Pass Hut

New DOC hut with 12 bunks. Rain catcher for fresh water only so you must go well supplied, can be ...   More ▶︎
New Granity Pass hut

New Granity Pass hut

New Granity Pass hut   More ▶︎
Granity Pass Hut

Granity Pass Hut

picture of the hut   More ▶︎
Granity Pass Track

Granity Pass Track

steep part of track leaving granity pass Hut   More ▶︎
Mount Owen - northern approach from Courthouse Flat

Mount Owen - northern approach from Courthouse Flat

Mount Owen (1875m) is the highest point in Kahurangi National Parks, a bare landscape of marble karst including New Zealand's ...   More ▶︎
Granity Pass Hut

Granity Pass Hut

the hut and surround   More ▶︎
Mt Owen via Sunrise Peak, return Fyfe Rive

Mt Owen via Sunrise Peak, return Fyfe Rive

Southern approach to Mt Owen, steep terrain, epic rock formations on the tops - making for stunning views but slow ...   More ▶︎
Branch Creek Hut

Branch Creek Hut

Branch Creek hut   More ▶︎
Mt Owen

Mt Owen

Amazing texture in the rocks (called marble, though I'd just say limestone) around this area. Mt Owen, Kahurangi National Park, South ...   More ▶︎
Mt. Owen Panorama

Mt. Owen Panorama

Mt. Owen in Kahurangi National Park. 1875m.   More ▶︎
Mount Owen

Mount Owen

Marble landscape   More ▶︎
Alpine Tarn

Alpine Tarn

Alpine Tarn in the basin below Mount Owen when approaching from Granity Pass Hut. Approximately one hour below the summit.   More ▶︎
Route up Mt Owen

Route up Mt Owen

Following an easy, cairned route through a spectacular marble landscape to the summit.   More ▶︎
Granity Pass Hut

Granity Pass Hut

Looking back at Granity Pass Hut from the route to Mt Owen   More ▶︎
Mount Owen

Mount Owen

Looking at Mount Owen from an hour below the summit   More ▶︎
South Island Robin

South Island Robin

A South Island Robin - Petroica australis australis   More ▶︎
Blue Creek Track

Blue Creek Track

This short walk sets off from the site of a gold mining town, exploring mining relics and a river resurgence.   More ▶︎
Culliford's Battery

Culliford's Battery

A temporary four-stamper in Blue Creek near Mount Owen. A quartz reef was discovered here in 1870 by Alfred Culliford. ...   More ▶︎

Courthouse Flat campsite

Wide grassy camping in the Wangapeka Valley. A common access point onto Mount Owen via Granity Pass Hut. A number ...   More ▶︎
Inside Cecil Kings Hut

Inside Cecil Kings Hut

A museum, but with matresses   More ▶︎
Cecil King Historic Hut

Cecil King Historic Hut

Built from the bush, a reminant from a past era   More ▶︎
The Cecil King Story

The Cecil King Story

What a wonderful tale   More ▶︎
Cecil Kings Hut

Cecil Kings Hut

This historic hut is only a couple of hundred metres from the newer and larger Kings Creek Hut on the ...   More ▶︎
Kings Creek Hut

Kings Creek Hut

A large and clinical 1980s hut on the Wangapeka Track   More ▶︎
Kings Creek Hut

Kings Creek Hut

A large and rather clinical hut on the Wangapeka Track   More ▶︎
Matiri Valley to Wangapeka Saddle

Matiri Valley to Wangapeka Saddle

An interesting cross country trip in Kahurangi National Park   More ▶︎
Wangapeka Track

Wangapeka Track

A Long gold trail following a series of river valleys.   More ▶︎
Great place for a snack

Great place for a snack

Doing my Garfield act on the last day of the Wangapeka   More ▶︎