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Evans Flat

Smythe River

Smythe River

Strenuous travel up Smythe River, crossing from the Wanganui River to the Waitaha River, Westland   More ▶︎
Smyth hut January 2012

Smyth hut January 2012

Smyth hut is an ex NZFS six bunk hut in the upper Wanganui River area in Westland. It is on ...   More ▶︎
Smyth hut

Smyth hut

Smyth hut is an ex NZFS six bunk hut in the upper Wanganui River area in Westland. It is on ...   More ▶︎
Smyth hot pools

Smyth hot pools

Interesting algae. Water temperature about 38C.   More ▶︎

County Stream Hut

Basic Hut on County Stream, near the Waitaha River. No heating.   More ▶︎
County Hut

County Hut

County Hut is a seldom visited hut in a remote area. Typically it is visited only once or twice a ...   More ▶︎
County hut & view upstream March 2012

County hut & view upstream March 2012

Here is a recent pic looking upstream over the hut. You can see the hut exterior needs painting. The inside ...   More ▶︎
County Hut

County Hut

County Hut is of the standard six-bunk NZFS type. There is no fire or woodburner but it is lined and ...   More ▶︎

Bevernage Biv

Small overhangs that are reportedly next to useless. Located on Seddon Creek near an ice lake below Mount Evans. A ...   More ▶︎
Whitcombe Pass

Whitcombe Pass

This route follows the famous journey by John Henry Whitcombe and the Swiss guide Jakob Lauper across the Main Divide ...   More ▶︎

Whitcombe Pass & Butler Saddle

route guide attached by for Hokitika Gorge to Erewhon via Whitcombe Pass & Butler Saddle. The guide was written by ...   More ▶︎
Whitcombe Pass

Whitcombe Pass

Whitcombe Pass - between the Whitcombe and Raikaia catchments. The Louper Stream descends 7km from this point to the flats ...   More ▶︎
Ivory Lake Hut

Ivory Lake Hut

An old Meteorological Service hut located in a picturesque location at the head of the Waitaha Valley. No toilet. A ...   More ▶︎
Top Waitaha hut March 2012

Top Waitaha hut March 2012

This hut is an NZFS six bunker that was built in 1968. It has no open fire or stove. There ...   More ▶︎
Top Waitaha hut

Top Waitaha hut

This hut is an NZFS six bunker that was built in 1968. It has no open fire or stove. There ...   More ▶︎

Picton to Aspiring

An aborted alpine traverse. Picton to West Cape, but aborted at Aspiring due to real world emergencies back home. Posted ...   More ▶︎
Upper Whitcombe River at Neave Hut

Upper Whitcombe River at Neave Hut

The upper Whitcombe River at Neave Hut, just 5km from its headwaters at the Whitcombe Pass. The track to the ...   More ▶︎
Neave Hut

Neave Hut

Neave Hut   More ▶︎
Route Guide: Otira to Mt Cook Village (pt 1)

Route Guide: Otira to Mt Cook Village (pt 1)

One possible route down the main divide from Otira on the Arthur's Pass road to Mt Cook Village. Otira Hotel to ...   More ▶︎
Route Guide: Otira to Mt Cook Village (pt 2)

Route Guide: Otira to Mt Cook Village (pt 2)

One possible route down the main divide from Otira on the Arthur's Pass road to Mt Cook Village. Otira Hotel ...   More ▶︎
Neave Hut

Neave Hut

Neave Hut (6 bunks, matresses, stream water, stove, limited firewood) is a comfortable forestry-style hut in the upper Whitcombe Valley, ...   More ▶︎
Neave Hut

Neave Hut

Neave Hut, in the upper Whitcombe, Westland. The hut lies just 5km below the Whitcombe Pass intot he Raikaia.   More ▶︎
Mount Evans

Mount Evans

Mt Evans, from Neave Hut in the upper Whitcombe Valley of Westland.   More ▶︎
Wilkinson Glaciers

Wilkinson Glaciers

Glaciers descend from the Bracken Snowfield accross the valley from the track from Prices Flat to Neave Hut in the ...   More ▶︎
Waitaha

Waitaha

Classic Westland wilderness: Boulders, dense bush and passing showers. Waitaha River heading for Ivory Lake   More ▶︎

Cave Camp

Located on the Whitcombe Track, on river flats just beneath the confluence with the Wilkinson River. The biv affords a ...   More ▶︎
Moonbeam hut

Moonbeam hut

Moonbeam hut is on a terrace on the TL bank of the Waitaha River 300m above the confluence with Moonbeam ...   More ▶︎
Moonbeam hut March 2012

Moonbeam hut March 2012

Moonbeam hut is on a terrace on the TL bank of the Waitaha River 300m above the confluence with Moonbeam ...   More ▶︎

Moonbeam Torrent

Moonbeam torrent - as well as being a beautiful name, is a major side creek of the Waitaha valley in ...   More ▶︎
Mount Butler

Mount Butler

Mount Butler from the Raikaia near Louper Biv / Reischek Hut   More ▶︎
Louper Bivouac

Louper Bivouac

Louper Bivvy in the Raikai below the Whitcombe Pass   More ▶︎
Raikaia River flats

Raikaia River flats

Raikaia River flats between Louper Biv and Reischek hut   More ▶︎
Louper Bivouac

Louper Bivouac

Louper Bivouac (2 beds, matresses, tank water) is a basic bivvy on the flats of the north bank of the ...   More ▶︎
Wilkinson hut reference / Nostalgia / History

Wilkinson hut reference / Nostalgia / History

I came across these hut book entries when searching the archived Frews hut book looking for info to support my ...   More ▶︎
Wilkinson hut April 2012

Wilkinson hut April 2012

This pic was taken last month when travelling from Prices Basin to Prices Flat. I needed to head up to ...   More ▶︎
Wilkinson Hut

Wilkinson Hut

Wilkinson Hut Whitcombe Pass   More ▶︎
Wilkinson hut 1993

Wilkinson hut 1993

This pic shows track cutters Kelvin and Merv outside Wilkinson hut in 1993. This photo was taken by mate JH.   More ▶︎
Wilkinson hut

Wilkinson hut

A 1950's era NZFS cullers hut on the TL of the Whitcombe River just over a km downstream from where ...   More ▶︎