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The Way Down
Lockett Range
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Distance: 621m away
looking N along the Lockett Range to Mt Benson -
from Iron Hill
Feb 2017
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Lake Sylvester Hut
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Distance: 1.6km away
Replacement/ Upgrade of "Bushline Hutt"
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Gendarme on the Lockett
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Distance: 2.3km away
a gendarme on the Lockett Range, requiring a sidle (easy) under SH1503. More challenging is the descent from SH1672, first ...
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Sylvester Hut
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Serviced Hut (DOC). Capacity: 12.
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Distance: 2.9km away
Modern 12 bunk hut with heater (not stove), bench seating and two sleeping platforms with a sink and two toilets ...
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Sylvester Hut
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Distance: 2.9km away
Sylvester Hut as you return from Lake Sylvester. (better photographs invited ;)
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Cobb Valley
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2 days. Easy. Return by the same track.
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Distance: 3.0km away
A beautiful, easy tramp for beginners. The valley had many grassy flats so there are wonderful views all the way. ...
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Cobb River campsite
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Informal campsite (DOC). 20 spaces.
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Distance: 3.1km away
Camping on grassy river flats in the Cobb Valley. Ample walking options in the area.
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Trilobite Hut
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Distance: 3.1km away
cosy hut with log fire, easy access, good starting point to explore the area.
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Trilobite Hut
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Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 12.
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Distance: 3.1km away
A large road-end hut. Picnic table and barbecue outside.
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Lake Peel
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1 day. Easy/medium. Return by the same track.
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Distance: 3.2km away
Pleasant walk to an alpine lake in the Cobb Valley.
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Wangapeka Tramp
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Distance: 3.2km away
Large lump of quartz in Kahurangi National Park
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Chaffey Hut - Cobb Valley
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Distance: 3.4km away
The recently renovated Chaffey Hut in the Cobb Valley is a rustic 3 bunk shelter.
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Chaffey Hut
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Distance: 3.4km away
Photo taken of restored hut 5/5/13. Three bunks with mattresses.
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Chaffey Hut
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 3.
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Distance: 3.5km away
This hut was built by NZFS ranger Jack McBurney in 1953. By 1994 it was no longer maintained and becoming ...
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View from Myttons Hut, looking up Cobb Valley
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Distance: 3.9km away
Lynette Salisbury on the Cobb. Distant peaks at valley head are Xenicus Peak & Aorere Peak.
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Myttons Hut
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4.
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Distance: 3.9km away
Four bunks with mattresses. Water from tap outside - possibly from nearby creek.
From 1994, DOC have stopped maintaining this quaint ...
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Mt Lockett (Kahurangi NP)
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Distance: 4.2km away
View from Mt Benson on the Lockett Range, looking toward Mt Lockett. Ruby Lake in the foreground, Diamond lake at ...
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Cobb Reservior from Lookout
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Distance: 4.4km away
view on the way to Balloon Hut.
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The route to Lake Peel
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Distance: 4.5km away
The Cobb Reservoir fills the glacial valley.
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Lake Peel
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Distance: 4.8km away
Pretty, circular lake in Kahurangi National Park.
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Dragonfly nymph
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Distance: 4.8km away
Floating in Lake Peel, in the Cobb Valley.
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Gendarme on the Lockett
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Distance: 5.9km away
gendarme on the Lockett Range - but taken from behind (from Kakapo Peak), showing SH1672 and the scree descent (or ...
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Asbestos Cottage
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Distance: 7.2km away
First view as you come out of the bush into the clearing
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Asbestos Cottage
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4.
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Distance: 7.2km away
A quaint hut with history - some of the original occupant's belongings still present and in use.
Asbestos Cottage was ...
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Balloon Hut
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Serviced Hut (DOC). Capacity: 14.
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Distance: 7.3km away
Gas cooker and heater. Great views of the Arthur Range and over the headwaters of the Leslie River (from Balloon ...
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Tent Camp Hut, Cobb Valley
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 3.
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Distance: 7.4km away
This is the last remaining Forest Service deer culling camp, the meat safe still hangs in a nearby tree. There ...
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Tent Camp
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Distance: 7.4km away
newly refurbished - lots of good camping all about
Mar 2017
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Asbestos Track
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0 – 1 day. Easy/medium. Return by the same track.
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Distance: 7.5km away
A gently graded mine road climbing to an asbestos mine and 1890s cottage.
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Balloon Hut
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Distance: 7.7km away
5 star accommodation, gas burner & cooker provided!! Approxmately 4 hr from Trilobite Hut
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Old Tent Camp Hut, Cobb Valley. Replaced July 2014
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Distance: 8.2km away
An old Forest Service tent camp from the deer culler days. Built in 1973. Still servicable!
No Longer. It was completely ...
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Waingaro Forks Hut
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4.
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Distance: 8.4km away
Historic hut located on the terrace where the Stanley and Waingaro Rivers meet on the Waingaro Pack Track. The hut ...
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campsite on the Lockett Range
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Distance: 8.8km away
our campsite in the hanging valley on the Lockett range, above Fenella Hut, looking S to Mt Benson. There is ...
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Cobb Hut
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Distance: 8.9km away
it's a bit unloved compared to the spick Fenella Hut just up the track but there are a few good ...
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Cobb Hutt
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4.
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Distance: 8.9km away
No longer maintained but still in good condition. Water from river. Four bunks with mattresses. Floor slopes due to rotting ...
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Cobb Hut
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Distance: 8.9km away
Just a quick stop here because the newer Fenella Hut is a few hundred metres up the track
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Xenicus
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Distance: 8.9km away
morning light on Xenicus from the Lockett Range - clearly visible is the (cairned) rising shelf that leads under Xenicus, ...
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Tablelands Circuit
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2 days. Easy. Loop track.
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Distance: 9.0km away
Joins onto Leslie-Karamea Track.
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Mt Arthur to Murchison
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Distance: 9.1km away
track from Mt Atrhur Tablelands to Murchison via Wangapeka Saddle, Nugget Knob and the Matiri Valley
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Waingaro Peak
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Distance: 9.1km away
Looking NE to S from the summit of Waingaro, the southerly start of the Douglas Range. Photo shows spur from ...
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Lonely Lake - Fenella Hut
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Medium. One way.
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Distance: 9.3km away
11km route along the Douglas Range from Lonely Lake Hut to Fenella Hut
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Tarn above Fenella Hut, 2009
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Distance: 9.3km away
A mere ten-minutes amble from Fenella, this alpine rock garden is picture perfect around sunset. Some folk swear they've swum ...
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Fenella Hut
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Serviced Hut (DOC). Capacity: 12.
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Distance: 9.3km away
The hut was built as a memorial to Fenella Druce who was one of 4 people killed when the Three ...
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Fenella Hut 2009
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Distance: 9.3km away
Crowded at Easter, many folk did floor-time, or camped outside. This is a luxurious and spacious hut (normally!) set in ...
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Dry Rock Shelter
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Natural shelter (DOC). Capacity: 3.
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Distance: 9.3km away
Dry Rock Shelter. An open air shelter under a rock overhang, but with a sleeping platform and mattresses.
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Lower Gridiron Shelter
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4.
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Distance: 9.8km away
4 person hut bivvy under rock overhang
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Lower Gridiron Shelter
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Distance: 9.8km away
Lower Gridiron shelter. taken 18-Mar-2006
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Salisbury Lodge
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Distance: 9.8km away
from Gordon's Pyramid, the hut looks deceptively close - Apr 2011
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Mt Arthur Hut - Salisbury Lodge
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Easy/medium. One way.
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Distance: 9.8km away
via Gordons Pyramid
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Salisbury Lodge looking toward Mt Arthur
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Distance: 9.9km away
My great-great-grandfather herded 400 sheep & cattle here on the Tablelands from 1875 til 1920, once he obtained the grazing ...
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Salisbury Lodge
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Serviced Hut (DOC). Capacity: 22.
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Distance: 9.9km away
A big beautiful hut. Four large sleeping platforms with mattresses. Gas cookers (2 sets of 4 rings) and 2 gas ...
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Leslie-Karamea
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3 – 4 days. Medium. One way.
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Distance: 9.9km away
Joins onto Wangapeka Track.
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