Nearby | Sleepy Hollow Pass route (Caples to Dart)

Descent to Glacier Burn

Photograph • Distance: less than 100m away

The final descent to Glacier Burn from pt1731, on the route from the Caples valley via Sleepy Hollow. More ▶︎

Glacier burn - ascent to sleepy hollow pass

Photograph • Distance: less than 100m away

From Glacier Burn to Sleepy Hollow pass: route leaves the Glacier Burn track and climbs this scree gully on the ... More ▶︎

Sleepy Hollow

Photograph • Distance: less than 100m away

Sleepy Hollow from the top of the pass into the Dart. More ▶︎

Gorge Creek / Dart Valley

Photograph • Distance: less than 100m away

Gorge Creek and the Dart Valley, from the Sleepy Hollow pass between the Caples and Dart valleys. More ▶︎

Mid Caples Valley

Photograph • Distance: less than 100m away

Mid Caples Valley from the hut More ▶︎

Sleepy Hollow

Photograph • Distance: less than 100m away

Sleepy Hollow above the mid Caples Valley. The pass to Gorge Creek / Glacier Burn and the Dart Valley is ... More ▶︎

Mid Caples Hut

Hut • Serviced Hut (DOC). Capacity: 24. • Distance: less than 100m away

A new $535000 hut opened February 2014, to replace the smaller hut on the site. The hut provides pleasant views over ... More ▶︎

Mid Caples Hut

Photograph • Distance: less than 100m away

Mid Caples Hut More ▶︎

Scott Saddle route (Dart to Caples)

Track • 1 – 2 days. Medium. One way. • Distance: 100m away

This route crosses the easiest pass from the Dart to Caples Valleys, via Scott Creek, Scott Saddle and Kay Creek ... More ▶︎

Sleepy Hollow

Photograph • Distance: 118m away

situated on the ridge between Glenorchy and Caples Valley More ▶︎

Rees Valley from near Bold Peak

Photograph • Distance: 818m away

En route to Sleepy Hollow More ▶︎

Sleepy Hollow

Photograph • Distance: 818m away

From near Bold Peak. Inspired by madpom, I went the opposite direction via Glacier Burn to Kay Creek More ▶︎

Glenorchy

Photograph • Distance: 1.2km away

Glenorchy from the head of Gorge Creek More ▶︎

Greenstone / Caples Tracks

Track • 4 days. Easy/medium. Loop track. • Distance: 1.4km away

The Greenstone and Caples Tracks are often linked together to form a circuit from the shores of Lake Wakatipu. Long ... More ▶︎

Caples Valley Fallow Deer

Photograph • Distance: 1.8km away

Spooked a mob of 30+ deer back in 06/07. More ▶︎

Caples Track

Track • 2 days. Easy/medium. One way. • Distance: 1.8km away

A quiet track climbing alongside the Caples River through forest and grassy flats and over a sub-alpine saddle. More ▶︎

Mid Caples Valley

Photograph • Distance: 1.8km away

Mid Caples Valley from pt1168, just above the bushedge the way to Sleepy Hollow. Mid Caples Hut is just visible ... More ▶︎

Home Hill Hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2. • Distance: 2.8km away

A rustic hut above the old Birchdale Homestead site in the Caples Valley.. Roof has been replaced and new bunks ... More ▶︎

Key Summit

Photograph • Distance: 3.9km away

Key Summit from the Humboldts, looking towards the Earl Mountains. Kay Creek in the foreground More ▶︎

Key Summit

Photograph • Distance: 3.9km away

Key Summit from the Humboldts, looking towards the Earl Mountains. Kay Creek in the foreground More ▶︎

Paradise Road Glenorchy, New Zealand, Fiordland, April 2018

Photograph • Distance: 4.0km away

Paradise Road Glenorchy, New Zealand, Fiordland, April 2018 More ▶︎

Glenorchy Lagoon

Track • Easy. Loop track. • Distance: 4.5km away

Stroll along boardwalks through this lagoon occupying an old bend of the Rees River. The lagoon is dominated by willows, ... More ▶︎

Kay Creek Hut

Photograph • Distance: 4.6km away

Kay Creek Hut, between the Caples and Dart valleys. More ▶︎

Haast to The Divide

GPX file • Distance: 5.1km away

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

Fraser Creek & Kay Creek

Photograph • Distance: 5.4km away

View from route to Steele Creek from the Upper Caples hut More ▶︎

Upper Caples Hut

Photograph • Distance: 5.4km away

Upper Caples Hut More ▶︎

Kay Creek

Photograph • Distance: 5.5km away

Kay Creek, looking downstream from Kay Creek Hut More ▶︎

Kay Creek Hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 3. • Distance: 5.5km away

Kay Creek Hut (sleeps 3-4, fireplace, firewood available, creek water) makes up for in character what it lacks in comfort. ... More ▶︎

Kay Creek - Upper Caples

Photograph • Distance: 5.5km away

April 2006 - Taken while coming back down Kay Creek to the Upper Caples DOC hut More ▶︎

Dart Valley from Kay Saddle

Photograph • Distance: 5.6km away

Looking back down through Scott Basin to the Dart from Kay saddle More ▶︎

Scott Saddle

Photograph • Distance: 5.8km away

Scott Saddle (1450m) between Scott Creek and Kay Creek. This is the easiest pass between the Dart and Caples valleys. ... More ▶︎

Scott Saddle

Photograph • Distance: 5.8km away

Scott Saddle (1450m) between Scott Creek and Kay Creek. This is the easiest pass between the Dart and Caples valleys. ... More ▶︎

steele creek track

Track • 3 days. Medium. Loop track. • Distance: 5.9km away

Rugged route following steele creek. This track connets the Greenstone and caples valley bypassing the popular Mckellar hut but this ... More ▶︎

Death Valley Saddle

Photograph • Distance: 5.9km away

Death Valley is an offshoot of Kay Creek and makes an interesting and straight forward alternative to a crossing from ... More ▶︎

Not The Routeburn

GPX file • Distance: 6.1km away

A six-passes, seven catchments trip through the Humboldt Mountains from Glenorchy to The Divide. Note that for access from Double Barrel ... More ▶︎

Dart Valley

Photograph • Distance: 6.1km away

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Steele Creek Hut

Photograph • Distance: 6.1km away

Picture of the Renovated Steele Creek Hut. More ▶︎

Kay Lake and Death Valley Saddle

Photograph • Distance: 6.2km away

Death Valley is an offshoot of Kay Creek and makes an interesting and straight forward alternative to a crossing from ... More ▶︎

Death Valley from Saddle

Photograph • Distance: 6.3km away

Death Valley is an offshoot of Kay Creek and makes an interesting and straight forward alternative to a crossing from ... More ▶︎

Fraser Creek

Track • 1 – 2 days. Easy/medium. One way. • Distance: 6.3km away

One of several valleys that cut into the southern Humboldt Mountains. It passes through many kilometres of beech forest, river ... More ▶︎

Greenstone Track

Track • 2 – 3 days. Easy. One way. • Distance: 6.4km away

A famous, easy track along red tussock river flats. More ▶︎

Heather Jock Hut

Track • 1 – 2 days. Easy. Loop track. • Distance: 6.6km away

A gentle climb through a mining area to a small hut with panoramic mountain views. More ▶︎

Death Valley

Photograph • Distance: 6.7km away

Death Valley is an offshoot of Kay Creek and makes an interesting and straight forward alternative to a crossing from ... More ▶︎

Scott Creek

Photograph • Distance: 6.8km away

Scott Creek from the Routeburn Road Bridge. More ▶︎

Scott Basin

Photograph • Distance: 7.0km away

Scott Basin at the head of Scott Creek, between the Dart and Caples valleys. Scott Creek Hut (dilapidated) is located ... More ▶︎

steele creek hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 3. • Distance: 7.1km away

old deer hunters hut. it has got a mud floor and sack bunkings and when i went there the hut ... More ▶︎

Scott Creek Hut (removed)

Hut • Removed! • Distance: 7.2km away

Hut has been removed (2010?). Details below for old-time's sake ... Scott Creek Hut (4 beds, fireplace, firewood available, creek water) ... More ▶︎

Slip Flat Hut in the snow

Photograph • Distance: 7.2km away

Taken in August 2011 on a hunting trip More ▶︎

Slip Flat Hut

Photograph • Distance: 7.2km away

Taken in August 2011 during a hunting trip. More ▶︎

Rees Vally

Photograph • Distance: 7.2km away

This is a picture taken on the rees/dart track and is on day 2 of our tramp in between shelter ... More ▶︎

Upper Caples Hut

Photograph • Distance: 7.4km away

Comfortable hut on the Caples Track More ▶︎

Upper Caples Hut

Hut • Club hut (Southern Lakes Deerstalkers Association). Capacity: 16.Bookings required. • Distance: 7.4km away

Comfortable hut in the Upper Caples Valley. This hut was closed to the public in February 2014, but is now reopened ... More ▶︎

Picnic area at Greenstone Station Road Car Park

Hut • Shelter (DOC). • Distance: 7.4km away

Picnic tables, barbecues. More ▶︎

lake rere track

Track • Easy. Loop track. • Distance: 7.5km away

simple half day track aroundlake rere. this is a easy track but no wheel chair access. the lake is cool ... More ▶︎

Slip Flat hut

Photograph • Distance: 7.8km away

Lovely old-style tramping hut, open fire, bunks, away from the madding crowds. More ▶︎

Slip Flat hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 3. • Distance: 7.8km away

Cute little hut tucked away on Slip Flat in the Greenstone Valley. It is a deer hunting hut but DOC ... More ▶︎

Death Valley glacier (rems.)

Photograph • Distance: 7.8km away

Death of a glacier. Death Valley, Humboldt Mountains More ▶︎

McIntyre Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 5. • Distance: 7.9km away

Corrugated iron miners' hut dating from the 1960s. More ▶︎

McIntyre hut

Photograph • Distance: 7.9km away

McIntyre hut. taken Sept 2015 More ▶︎

Double Barrel Creek

Photograph • Distance: 8.1km away

Double Barrel Creek from the pass into Death Valley. Catchment is blocked by twin falls at its lower end, but ... More ▶︎

Jean Hut

Hut • Overnight use prohibited (DOC). • Distance: 8.7km away

Historic miners' hut clad in flattened iron drums. It features a series of rocks suspended from the roof to hold ... More ▶︎

Jean hut

Photograph • Distance: 8.7km away

Jean hut. taken Sept 2015 More ▶︎

Jean hut roof

Photograph • Distance: 8.7km away

Jean hut roof detail. taken Sept 2015 More ▶︎

McIntosh hut

Photograph • Distance: 8.7km away

McIntosh hut. Mt Earnslaw in background. taken Sept 2015 More ▶︎

McIntosh Hut (Mac's Hut)

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4. • Distance: 8.7km away

Scheelite miners' hut high on Mount McIntosh, dated around 1915. More ▶︎

Goat kid

Photograph • Distance: 8.7km away

Near Jean Hut, Mount Alaska. This young goat was dozing comfortably in the sun, and quite confused about whether or ... More ▶︎

lower Greenstone valley

Photograph • Distance: 8.7km away

looking south, near the confluence of Greenstone River and Steele Ck (April 2009) More ▶︎

Fraser Creek flats

Photograph • Distance: 9.1km away

Fraser Creek passes through several grass flats which get more and more pleasant the closer to the head of the ... More ▶︎

Boozer Hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). • Distance: 9.1km away

An historic hut named for a notorious 1930s scheelite miner. The hut is clad in flattened steel drums, and contains ... More ▶︎

mid-Greenstone valley

Photograph • Distance: 9.1km away

Looking south, a few km from McKellar hut (April 2009) More ▶︎

Boozer hut

Photograph • Distance: 9.1km away

Boozer hut. taken Sept 2015 More ▶︎

Boyd Creek to The Divide via Kiwi Burn and the Mavora Walkway

Article • Distance: 9.1km away

A New Year's trip through the Snowdon Forest and on to The Divide. Heavily affected by weather, I had to ... More ▶︎

Mid Greenstone Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (NZDA). Capacity: 16.Bookings required. • Distance: 9.2km away

This hut in the Greenstone Valley was managed by DOC, but has since been sold to the New Zealand Deerstalkers ... More ▶︎

Bonnie Jean hut interior

Photograph • Distance: 9.2km away

Bonnie Jean hut interior. taken Sept 2015 More ▶︎

Bonnie Jean hut

Photograph • Distance: 9.2km away

Bonnie Jean hut. taken Sept 2015 More ▶︎

Bonnie Jean Hut

Hut • Overnight use prohibited (DOC). • Distance: 9.2km away

Built in 1943, this hut near Bonnie Jean Mine is preserved as an on-site museum. It features an old tractor ... More ▶︎

Fraser Creek Waterfall

Photograph • Distance: 9.2km away

Unnamed waterfall crashing out of a hanging valley about half way up the Fraser. Its well worth the 15-20 minute ... More ▶︎

Whakaari Conservation Area

Place • Place. 94.00km². • Distance: 9.3km away

Mountains east of Glenorchy, dotted with scheelite miners' huts and relics. More ▶︎

Kay Creek

Photograph • Distance: 9.3km away

Kay Creek, upstream from Kay Creek Hut More ▶︎

Heather Jock Hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 3. • Distance: 9.4km away

A small miner's hut high on Mount Alaska, near Glenorchy. This little-used hut combines easy access with spectacular panoramic views ... More ▶︎