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Southern descent of Mt.Browns Tops
Mt Brown hut & Newton Range April 2013
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Distance: less than 100m away
This photo shows how the popular Mt Brown hut sits in relation to the Newton Range.
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Mount Brown Hut
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Distance: less than 100m away
Perched on a cliff overlooking Lake Kaniere.
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Mt Brown Hut
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1 – 2 days. Medium. Loop track with a road section.
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Distance: less than 100m away
A circuit in the foothills behind Hokitika. Excellent views and a nice little hut.
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Leaving Mt.Browns Tops
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Distance: less than 100m away
A good stretch of the legs. Everyone else we saw on this walk and there were a few, was staying ...
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Tracks to the "New" Mt Brown hut
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Distance: less than 100m away
Here is a gpx file. It shows the new huts location & the routes to the hut from the Geologists ...
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View up Styx valley from Mt Brown hut June 2012
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Distance: less than 100m away
This photo looks up the Styx valley and was taken from outside Mt Brown hut. If you look closely you ...
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Mt Brown hut June 2012
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Distance: less than 100m away
Here is a winter time pic of the hut.
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Dusk at Mount Brown Hut
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Distance: less than 100m away
Moon rising over Mount Brown.
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Mt Brown summit & circuit routes March 2011
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Distance: less than 100m away
This map shows the actual track/routes overlayed in solid black lines on a Topo 50 map. The "old" Mt Brown ...
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The Mt Brown ridge construction site May 2010
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Distance: less than 100m away
Looking SW from Mt Brown ridge over top of the early stages of construction of the "new" hut.
The "old" Lower ...
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View out to coast from Mt Brown hut
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Distance: less than 100m away
This view is taken just a few steps from Mt Brown hut and looks back toward the track start and ...
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Lunch time at Mt Brown hut Dec 2010
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Distance: less than 100m away
The four younger members of the group of five of us that walked up to check out the new hut.
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Mt Brown hut & beyond Dec 2010
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Distance: less than 100m away
This hut replaces, but on a different site, the old Mt Brown hut which was removed by DOC about five ...
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Mt Brown Hut
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (Mt Brown Community Hut Project). Capacity: 4.
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Distance: less than 100m away
This hut replaces the old Mt Brown hut which was removed by DOC in 2006. The hut is in a ...
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glennj & Elle dog on summit of Mt Brown April 2011
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Summit of Mt Brown. It is the Browning Range in the background.
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Lake Kaniere etc from top of Mt Brown April 2011
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Distance: less than 100m away
This pic shows Elle dog on Mt Brown with views out to the coast behind. The Lake is Kaniere and ...
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Looking up the Styx from near the New Mt Brown hut
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Distance: less than 100m away
This pic taken yesterday was snapped from the tussock section below the hut whilst heading for the start of the ...
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Zit Saddle
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Distance: 428m away
Zit Saddle, between the Kokatahi and Toaroha valleys
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Picton to Aspiring
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Distance: 781m away
An aborted alpine traverse. Picton to West Cape, but aborted at Aspiring due to real world emergencies back home. Posted ...
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Route Guide: Otira to Mt Cook Village (pt 2)
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12 – 21 days. Hard. One way.
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Distance: 907m away
One possible route down the main divide from Otira on the Arthur's Pass road to Mt Cook Village.
Otira Hotel ...
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Route Guide: Otira to Mt Cook Village (pt 1)
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12 – 21 days. Hard. One way.
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Distance: 907m away
One possible route down the main divide from Otira on the Arthur's Pass road to Mt Cook Village.
Otira Hotel to ...
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Biv sign
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Distance: 907m away
Gone but not forgotten!
Bits of this biv were salvaged from the Hokitika rubbish dump. An aquaintance made a sculpture ...
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Kokatahi Bivouac (removed)
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Removed!
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Distance: 907m away
Hut removed 2008.
Kokatahi Bivouac (dilapidated) was once a typical 2-bed apline bivouac, located on a grassy face above the upper ...
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Kokatahi Bivouac
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Distance: 907m away
No - the camera's not on an angle - it's the Biv that's leaning. The dilapidated Kokatahi Bivouac below Zit ...
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"New" Top Kokatahi hut April 2008
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Distance: 913m away
This pic is of Top Kokatahi hut after the upgrade at the new site.
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Toaroha/Zit Saddle/Kokatahi/Lathrop Saddle/Styx River Route
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3 – 5 days. Medium/hard. Loop track with a road section.
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Distance: 939m away
Loop track across 2 Westland saddles, taking in some remote huts
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Adventure Biv
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Distance: 1.6km away
Perhaps this is the ADD-VENTURE behind all adventures...
'Out there with his people he forgets himself,
He forgets himself with his people,
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Adventure Ridge Biv
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2.
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Distance: 1.7km away
A great little bivvy with it's own water tank.
Built by the NZFS in 1964.
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Looking SW from Adventure Ridge April 2008
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Distance: 1.7km away
In the foreground is the Adventure Ridge biv.
Next ridge back is Yeats Ridge with a white dot in the tussocky ...
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Commodore Ridge etc Feb 2012
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Distance: 1.8km away
This photo was taken from Point 1809m on the Toaroha Range NW of Mt Chamberlin and looks eastward toward the ...
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Yeats Ridge, Toaroha
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Distance: 1.8km away
Climbing the Yeats ridge just beyond the monkey scrub belt. In the background is the Toaroha River and the Yeats ...
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Route between Yeates Hut & Crystal Biv
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Distance: 2.4km away
This file traces the route up from Yeates Hut to the 1300m contour, then descends to Crystal Biv. If going ...
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Yeats Ridge hut April 2008
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Distance: 2.4km away
This hut is located on a flattish area of moss & tussock amidst the scrub zone of the Toaroha catchment. ...
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Yeats Ridge hut
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4.
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Distance: 2.4km away
This hut is located on a flattish area of moss & tussock amidst the scrub zone of the Toaroha catchment. ...
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Crystal Biv Track
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Distance: 2.4km away
Track to Crystal Biv from the valley floor in the Toaroha, Westland. This track has just been reopened by volunteers ...
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Descending to Crystal biv April 2008
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Distance: 2.4km away
This pic shows part of the route you would take if descending from Yeats Ridge to Crystal biv.
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Crystal Biv
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2.
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Distance: 2.4km away
Standard 2 person biv located in the Toaroha Valley, located on a spur between Pretty and Crystal Creeks. Set beside ...
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Kokatahi River
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Distance: 2.5km away
Boulder hopping down the upper Kokatahi, between Top Koktahi Hut and Crawford Junction Hut.
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Upper Kokatahi River
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Distance: 2.6km away
Kokatahi River, above Top Kokatahi Hut. The track to Zit Saddle crosses this river several times, and will not be ...
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Three Passes
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4 – 5 days. Medium/hard. One way.
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Distance: 2.6km away
A classic trip from Arthur's Pass across Browning, Whitehorn and Harman Passes, emerging near Lake Kaniere on the West Coast.
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Lake Kaniere - Otira
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Distance: 2.8km away
from the north end of Lake Kaniere, along the west shore to the Styx river. East along the Styx to ...
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Top Kokatahi Hut
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4.
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Distance: 2.8km away
The Top Kokatahi Hut (4 bunks, matresses, tank water, stove) is a forestry-style hut. It is perched above the confluence ...
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Top Kokatahi Hut
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Distance: 2.8km away
Top Kokatahi Hut, Westland
Note: this hut has since been relocated to the former site of Kokatahi Biv, some 5km upriver
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Blue Duck at the Tyndall / Styx confluence
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Blue Duck at the Tyndall / Styx confluence
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Main Range of the Southern Alps from Mt. Bannatyne
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Distance: 3.2km away
Main Range of the Southern Alps from Mt. Bannatyne, a trampable ridgeline from Kokatahi Bivouac to Toaroha Bivouac.
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Boo Boo Hut
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4.
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Distance: 3.5km away
Located on the Kokatahi River track just south of where a branch leads up onto the Toaroha Range.
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Boo Boo hut & woodshed March 2009
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Distance: 3.5km away
TL of the Kokatahi valley. High on a ridge well above the river gorges.
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Blue Duck Bivvy Setting Feb 2016
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Distance: 3.5km away
Blue Duck Bivvy is a derelict B-49 style NZ Forest Service hunters bivvy that was built in the late 1950's ...
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Blue Duck Bivvy
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC).
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Distance: 3.5km away
A derelict B-49 NZ Forest Service hunters bivvy that was built in the late 1950's and is still on site. ...
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Building extensions Cedar Flat hut 9.03.12
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Distance: 3.7km away
This pic shows the progress on the extensions to the newer of the two Cedar Flat huts. The DOC building ...
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Cedar Flat Hut
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Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 12.
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Distance: 3.7km away
Double hut at the edge of a frost flat beneath the Toaroha Range. Used to be a six bunker. A ...
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Cedar Flat Hut August 2008
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Distance: 3.7km away
Cedar Flat Hut during the big snowfall, August 2008
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Top Toaroha hut Jan 2009
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Distance: 3.7km away
This hut is located on the Bannatyne Flats towards the head of the Toaroha River. It is on the main ...
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Top Toaroha hut
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Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6.
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Distance: 3.7km away
This hut is located on the Bannatyne Flats towards the head of the Toaroha River. It is on the main ...
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Cedar Flat Hut (Historic)
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2.
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Distance: 3.8km away
Older hut at Cedar Flat now adjacent to the newer hut. This hut features hand-adzed timber. It was constructed in ...
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Lake Kaniere
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Distance: 3.8km away
Lake Kanierec from lookout below Mt Upright, Lake Kaniere track
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Cedar Flat Historic Hut
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Distance: 4.0km away
The Cedar Flat Historic hut after renovations and the picture taken during the big snow of August 2008.
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Cedar Flat
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2 days. Easy/medium. Return via same track.
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Distance: 4.0km away
An easy and pleasant walk into a secluded valley near Hokitika. Rudimentary hot pools.
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Historic Cedar Flats Hut
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Distance: 4.0km away
A well maintained old hut. 2 bunks
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Cedar Flats Hot Springs
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Distance: 4.0km away
Perfect hot springs in a secluded hokitika valley. Holds upto 6 people.
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Kokatahi River
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Distance: 4.1km away
Kokatahi River, between Crawford Junction Hut and Top Kokatahi Hut.
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Waterfall in the upper Toaroha
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Distance: 4.3km away
The waterfall in the upper Toaroha river. From Toaroha Saddle - 500m east of Toaroha Bivouac
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Map of Toaroha Valley to Pinnacle Biv via Adventure Ridge routes
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Distance: 4.3km away
This map is to illustrate the route info provided under the Comments section of the Pinnacle biv hut page.
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Setting of Pinnacle biv (aka Crinkle Top biv) March 2012
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Distance: 4.3km away
This pic shows the replacement biv which was moved to this site in 2011. It is the same design & ...
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Pinnacle biv (aka Crinkle Top biv)
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2.
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Distance: 4.3km away
An old late 1950's NZFS cullers biv situated up in the tussock near the top of Mt Crinkle Top. This ...
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Genoa Peak March 2009
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Distance: 4.3km away
This pic is of the eastern side of Genoa Peak and was taken from just above Pinnacle biv on the ...
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Pinnacle biv (aka Crinkle Top biv) March 2009
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Distance: 4.3km away
A survivor from the deer culling days before helicopters! This biv gave shooters access to hundreds of hectares of tussock ...
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Toaroha Saddle April 2011
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Distance: 4.4km away
This is the saddle joining the Diedrich and Toaroha Ranges. It is approx 450 metres to the east of the ...
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Toaroaha Saddle-Frew Saddle Circuit
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4 – 6 days. Medium. One way.
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Distance: 4.4km away
A great tramp in a remote location, crosses two alpine saddles, ice-axes and crampons needed in winter. More information on ...
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Toaroha Bivouac
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2.
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Distance: 4.5km away
Toaroha Bivouac (2 bunks, matresses, tarn water 50m distant) is a typical alpine bivouac on the saddle of the track ...
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Toaroha Bivouac
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Distance: 4.5km away
Toaroha Bivouac - on the saddle between the Toaroha Valley and Mungo /Hokitika valley
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Toaroha Saddle biv 2009
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Distance: 4.5km away
Here is a close up shot of the biv taken just after day break as we were about to leave ...
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Toaroha Saddle biv & Diedrich Range April 2011
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Distance: 4.5km away
This pic was taken from east of the biv on the knob back toward the true saddle. It looks west ...
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Toaroha Saddle Bivvy
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2.
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Distance: 4.5km away
Hut on the saddle between the Mungo and Toaroha Rivers.
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Mid Styx hut Feb 2009
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Distance: 4.5km away
This photo of Mid Styx hut was taken during a "Permolat" working bee when a group of volunteers worked on ...
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Track to Mid Styx Hut
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Easy. Loop track.
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Distance: 4.5km away
Recently recut 40 minute track to this front country hut renovated by volunteers from the Permolat on-line community.
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Mid Styx Hut
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Distance: 4.5km away
Our trip in to check out this hut restored by the Permolat Community
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Mid Styx Hut
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (NA). Capacity: 4.
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Distance: 4.5km away
4 person ex-NZFS hut with open fireplace on north facing terrace high above the Styx River. Renovated extensively and maintained ...
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Short cut to Mid Styx hut
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Distance: 4.5km away
This photo shows the turnoff to Mid Styx hut as described below.
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Toaroha Saddle Bivvy
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Distance: 4.5km away
We woke up after a windy night in the bivvy to half a meter of fresh snow. The weather didn't ...
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Mid Styx Hut painting March 2014
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Distance: 4.5km away
Volunteers have prepared & painted the hut exterior. This is just the second paint job this 1960 built hut has ...
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Old Water Race below Lower Arahura hut
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Distance: 4.6km away
Here is a photo of a remnant section of the water race that runs roughly parallel with the current track ...
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Mullins Basin April 2008
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Distance: 4.6km away
This pic shows the huts location in the basin and shows part of the imposing Diedrich Range behind.
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Mullins Basin hut April 2008
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Distance: 4.6km away
Mullins Basin hut is a four bunk hut situated in the head basin of Mullins Creek a TL tributary of ...
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Mullins Basin hut
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4.
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Distance: 4.6km away
A four bunk hut situated in the head basin of Mullins Creek a TL tributary of the Toaroha River. The ...
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Mungo River and Brunswick Creek April 2011
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Distance: 4.8km away
This pic shows part of the Mungo River and its tributary Brunswick Creek. It was taken from near the true ...
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Mungo Valley & Park Stream April 2011
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Distance: 4.8km away
This pic looks up the Mungo River. On the left (TR) you can see tributaries Saddle Creek & Park Stream. ...
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Mungo hut Feb 2012
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Distance: 4.9km away
The Mungo is a tributary of the Hokitika River. The hut is situated on a terrace between the Mungo River ...
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Mungo hut
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4.
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Distance: 4.9km away
The Mungo is a tributary of the Hokitika River. The hut is situated on a terrace between the Mungo River ...
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Crawford Junction hut Feb 2012
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Distance: 5.3km away
This hut sits near the edge of a low terrace on the TL of the Crawford River and overlooks the ...
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Crawford Junction Hut
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 6.
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Distance: 5.3km away
Crawford Junction Hut (6 bunks, matresses, tank water, stove) is by far the nicest hut in the valley. It's of ...
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View from Hans Bay Lake Kaniere Aug 2015
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Distance: 5.3km away
I took this picture from beside the lake a few minutes before parking at the Mt Tuhua track carpark and ...
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Mt Tuhua Sept 2010
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Distance: 5.3km away
Yesterday morning I took advantage of the first nice day for a while to head up Mt Tuhua which is ...
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Crawford Junction Hut
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Distance: 5.4km away
Crawford Junction Hut, at the confluence of Crawford Creek and Kokatahi River in Westland
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Crawford Junction
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Distance: 5.4km away
Crawford Junction, the confluence of Crawford Creek and Kokatahi River in Westland. Photo taken from the doorway of Crawford Junction ...
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Jumble Tops Traverse
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Distance: 5.5km away
A GPS track of Doug Forster's traverse of Jumble Tops in pink. 3 of us did a more direct version ...
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Newton Range biv Jan 2008
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Distance: 5.7km away
This biv is perched near the crest of the Newton Range. This range seperates the Arahura River to the north ...
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Poet Hut
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Distance: 5.8km away
Poet Hut, a riverside hut in the Mungo / Hokitika valley.
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Poet Hut
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Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 4.
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Distance: 5.8km away
Poet Hut (4 bunks, matresses, fireplace, river water) is a timber built hut in a small clearing in the Mungo ...
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Poet hut April 2011
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Distance: 5.8km away
This hut is a 1950's NZFS cullers hut located on the TR of the Mungo River a tributary of the ...
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Looking eastward along the Newton Range April 2012
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Distance: 5.8km away
This picture was taken from a spot on the range a bit over an hour west of the bivvy. The ...
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Newton Range biv
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2.
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Distance: 5.8km away
This NZFS biv built in 1962 is perched near the crest of the Newton Range. This range seperates the Arahura ...
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Mungo River pools above Poet Hut
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Distance: 5.8km away
Mungo River pools 200m upstream of Poet Hut
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Jumbletop
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Distance: 6.0km away
Near the summit of Mt Jumbletop at sunrise. View to Mt Evans and Sentinal
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Western flanks of Mt Ross
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Distance: 6.2km away
This pic was taken when MM & I stopped to boil the billy having descended from Mt Ross(1770m) en route ...
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Crawford Creek
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Distance: 6.3km away
Crawford Creek, Westland. Between Top Crawford Hut and Crawford Junction Hut.
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Another old track sign July 2012
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Distance: 6.5km away
Ian G's. picture of an old National Park sign still marking a track in the Urewera got me thinking. I ...
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Gerhardt Spur
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Distance: 6.7km away
A crystal clear morning at Gerhardt Spur Bivvy
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"New" Gerhardt Spur biv June 1975
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Distance: 6.8km away
This pic shows DH at the then fairly new Gerhardt Spur biv on Queens Birthday weekend 1975. Mt Jumble Top ...
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Looking down at Gerhardt Spur biv from Jumble Top May 2009
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Distance: 6.8km away
Gerhardt Spur biv is an early/mid 1970's era NZFS biv located in the tussock high on Gerhardt Spur which is ...
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Gerhardt Spur biv
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2.
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Distance: 6.8km away
An early/mid 1970's era NZFS biv located in the tussock high on Gerhardt Spur which is on the western side ...
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Southern Alps from Homeward Ridge
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Distance: 7.1km away
Southern Alps from Homeward Ridge - opposite Poet Hut, above the Mungo / Hokitika valley.
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Browning Range Biv - almost ...
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Distance: 7.1km away
Browning Range Biv - almost there ...
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Browning Range Bivouac
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Distance: 7.1km away
Browning Range Bivouac, on the bush-line in the Browning Range - the hut overlooks the Styx Valley and Grassy Flat, ...
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Grassy Flats
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Distance: 7.1km away
Grassy Flats, in the upper Styx Valley (Westland). Taken fron Browning Range Biv, 600m above.
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Browning Range Bivouac
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2.
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Distance: 7.1km away
'If you're just about buggered, you're just about at Browning Biv'. The sign below the biv says it all: it's ...
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Grassy Flats Hut
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Distance: 7.4km away
Grassy Flats Hut in the upper Styx Valley, Westland. The hut lies on the easy, benched Arahura-Styx track, and is ...
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Grassy Flat Hut
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Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 12.
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Distance: 7.4km away
Grassy Flat Hut (sleeps 12 on 2 platforms, matresses, water, stove) is a modern tramping hut with a large covered ...
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Frisco hut Jan 2009
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Distance: 7.5km away
Frisco hut is on the TR of the Hokitika River less than 2kms below the junction with the Mungo River. ...
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Frisco hut
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4.
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Distance: 7.5km away
Frisco hut is on the TR of the Hokitika River less than 2kms below the junction with the Mungo River. ...
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Browning Range
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Distance: 7.5km away
From the Browning Bivvy on the bushline above the Styx River we climbed in the dark to reach the top ...
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Top Crawford Hut (Removed)
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Removed!
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Distance: 7.7km away
Top Crawford Hut (4-bunks, matresses, tank water, no fire) is a typical forestry-style hut. It's located on a small terrace ...
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Top Crawford Hut
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Distance: 7.7km away
Top Crawford Hut, Crawford Creek, Westland.
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Hans Bay Campsite
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Basic Campsite (DOC). 40 spaces.
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Distance: 7.7km away
Large campsite next to Lake Kaniere. Very popular with families over the summer.
Dogs are not permitted.
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Hans Bay, Lake Kaniere
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Distance: 7.7km away
Hans Island is just a short swim from the shoreline.
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"Old" Bluff hut (Removed) 1974
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Distance: 7.9km away
This is the "old" Bluff hut that has been shifted to the new site & upgraded. We will visit the ...
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"Old" Bluff Hut (has been relocated & upgraded)
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Removed!
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Distance: 7.9km away
Ex NZFS 4 person hut. Shifted by DOC in 2009 further upvalley. Following notes are historical.
The water supply is currently ...
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Lathrop Saddle
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Distance: 8.0km away
Lathrop Saddle - a hanging valley cutting through the Browning Range between the Styx and Crawford valleys. A marked track ...
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The bluff on the upper Hokitika River just above the Mungo confluence
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Distance: 8.0km away
This pic taken in 2009 before Bluff hut was shifted and upgraded shows the setting of the hut from the ...
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"New" Bluff hut April 2011
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Distance: 8.0km away
This square on shot of the new hut is from the perspective of looking up the TL of the Hokitika ...
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"New" Bluff hut & Mungo valley April 2011
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Distance: 8.0km away
The old Bluff hut was dismantled and moved about 150 metres in 2010. At the same time it got a ...
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"New" Bluff Hut
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Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6.
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Distance: 8.0km away
The old Bluff hut was dismantled and moved about 150 metres in 2010. At the same time it got a ...
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Crossing Lathrop Saddle
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Distance: 8.1km away
Crossing Lathrop Saddle from the Crawford towards Browning Biv
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Lathrop Saddle feet dangle
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Distance: 8.1km away
Sitting on the edge of Lathrop. Spot the biv. Descent far right on the tussock spur. Dangling feet highly recommended.
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"New" Lower Arahura hut June 2010
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Distance: 8.2km away
A replacement DOC 6 bunk hut for the old NZFS 4 bunk hut that used to sit 30m to the ...
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Lower Arahura hut
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Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6.
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Distance: 8.2km away
A new DOC 6 bunk hut that replaces the old 4 bunk NZFS hut. The new hut is 30m east ...
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"Old" Lower Arahura hut (removed)
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Distance: 8.2km away
This photo shows the "old" Lower Arahura hut as it was in January 1976 when it had recently received a ...
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Sir Robert Hut 2012
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Distance: 8.2km away
One of the more remote, seldom visited huts in Westland. The log book with barely half a dozen pages goes ...
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Sir Robert hut 1974
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Distance: 8.2km away
This hut is located on the TL near the stream in the head basin of Sir Robert Creek. The hut ...
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Sir Robert hut
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4.
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Distance: 8.2km away
This hut is located on the TL near the stream in the head basin of Sir Robert Creek. The hut ...
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Lower Arahura Hut
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Distance: 8.2km away
A nice new 6 bunk hut in the Arahura valley.
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View of McArthur Crags from the Newton Range Jan 2008
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Distance: 8.3km away
This picture was taken from just north of the Newton Range biv. I took it to show the band of ...
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Looking SW from Mt Diedrichs May 2013
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Distance: 8.3km away
This photo taken from beside the trig beacon on the summit of Mt Diedrichs 1084m looks SW over the Hokitika ...
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Blue Ducks
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Distance: 8.4km away
Blue Ducks on Crawford Creek, Westland. Between Top Crawford Hut and Top Crawford Bivouac
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Serpentine Hut 1977
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Distance: 8.6km away
This photo of Serpentine hut was taken summer time 1977 by friend & sometimes tramping companion Neil Bradley.
The access route ...
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View SE along the Meta Range March 2011
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Distance: 8.6km away
This picture was taken from near the summit of Mt Inframeta & looks along the Meta Range toward the Southern ...
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Serpentine hut setting March 2011
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Distance: 8.6km away
This picture from approx 300 metres away across the Hoki River shows Serpentine huts location on an overgrowing clearing on ...
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Serpentine hut
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4.
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Distance: 8.6km away
This hut is located on a small bush terrace on the TR of the Hokitika River and the TL of ...
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Serpentine Hut March 2015
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Distance: 8.6km away
Here is a recent photo of this survivor built in 1957 for deer culler accomodation. Andrew Buglass and "Permolat" helpers ...
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Crawford Biv looking up Lathrop saddle
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Distance: 8.6km away
Lathrop saddle is off to the right, the spur to it is center above biv.
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serpentine hut
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Distance: 8.6km away
Flew into hut to drop a group of 6 off they were going to stay the night and walk out
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View East from Top Crawford biv Dec 2010
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Distance: 8.7km away
This pic was taken from the biv & shows the basin immediately East of the biv. Thought the ribbonwoods looked ...
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Top Crawford Bivouac
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Distance: 8.7km away
Top Crawford Bivouac, Crawford Valley, Westland
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Mount Learmont
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Distance: 8.7km away
Mount Learmont and the upper Crawford Valley, Westland
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Top Crawford Bivouac (Removed)
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Removed!
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Distance: 8.7km away
The Top Crawford Bivouac (2 bunks, no matresses, stream water 100m distant, no fire) is a typical alpine Biv, with ...
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Top Crawford Hut
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Distance: 8.8km away
Near old Top Crawford Biv site, this 4 bunk forest service hut was refurbished and relocated in February 2011. It ...
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Rear view of "New" Top Crawford hut
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Distance: 8.9km away
Here is a rear view of the hut. The perspective is looking NNW past the hut and over the two ...
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"New" Top Crawford hut Feb 2012
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Distance: 8.9km away
This photo is of the "new" Top Crawford hut which is an hour walk up the valley from the location ...
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Top Crawford Hut (New)
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Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 4.
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Distance: 8.9km away
This entry is for the "new" Top Crawford hut which is an hour walk up the valley from the location ...
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View of Mt Lathrop etc. and further east
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Distance: 9.0km away
This photo looks east along the Browning Range. Lathrop Saddle crosses this scene in front of the prominent Mt Lathrop ...
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Looking SW from Mt Lathrop March 2017
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Distance: 9.1km away
This is the view looking out over the Crawford and Kokatahi Rivers in a south westerly direction. The Bracken snowfield ...
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Route down off McArthur Crags to Lower Olderog biv Jan 2010
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Distance: 9.2km away
This pic shows the SE leading spur off the top of Mt McArthur that leads down to Lower Olderog biv. ...
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Lower Olderog biv (aka Jade biv) Feb 2009
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Distance: 9.2km away
This biv is located on a bench well above the creek bed in the headwaters of Jade Creek. It is ...
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Lower Olderog biv (aka Jade biv)
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2.
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Distance: 9.2km away
This NZFS biv dating from 1957 is located on a bench well above the creek bed in the headwaters of ...
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Kahikatea Walk, Lake Kaniere
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Easy. Loop track.
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Distance: 9.3km away
Short loop through mossy forest.
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Upper Styx valley
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Distance: 9.5km away
Upper Styx valley and Grassy Flats, from the track over Styx Saddle.
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Jade Prospectors hut at Olderog/Jade Ck confluence Feb 2009
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Distance: 9.6km away
This hut is known by the names of both the creeks it is at the confluence of. We used to ...
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Styx Saddle
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Distance: 9.8km away
Styx Saddle - between the Styx and Arahura valleys in Westland. The Campbell Range forms a backdrop beyond the upper ...
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Mt Kerr
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Distance: 9.9km away
Exploring the exposed tops above the Arahura RIver just before a front rolls in. Reached by an old NZFS track ...
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Browning Pass etc from Mt Browning Nov 2017
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Distance: 10.0km away
Looking toward Browning Pass etc from high on Mt Browning.
I climbed up from the Styx Saddle and enjoyed great ...
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