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South Huxley Bivvy

Temple Stream - North Branch
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1 day. Easy/medium. Return by the same track.
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Distance: 3.9km away
North Temple Track.
Cross North Temple Stream and follow the track up North Temple valley. The track has been washed out ...
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Halfway up to Gunsight Pass
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Distance: 4.1km away
Climbing up the gut from Temple Stream North Branch to Gunsight Pass. Looking back to the cirque at the head ...
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Gunsight Pass
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Distance: 4.3km away
With a couple of spare days in South Canterbury the forecast gale nor'westerlies and heavy rain on the main divide ...
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Huxley Valley
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2 days. Easy/medium. Return via same track.
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Distance: 4.4km away
Easy walking at the head of Lake Ohau.
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Huxley Forks Hut
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Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6.
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Distance: 4.4km away
Huxley Forks Hut (6-bunk, matresses, stove, firewood, tank/creek water) is an old, homely forestry-style hut at the forks of the ...
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Mad Pom's latest Adventure - Part 5
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Distance: 4.4km away
A trip to the head of the Landsborough - and all that ensues.
Part 5 - Heroes and Angels.
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Mad Pom's latest Adventure - part 4
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Distance: 4.4km away
A trip to the head of the Landsborough - and all that ensues.
Part 4: the longest walk.
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Mad Pom's latest adventure. Part 2
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Distance: 4.4km away
A trip to the head on the landsborough, and all that ensues. Part two.
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Mad Pom's latest adventure
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Distance: 4.4km away
A trip to the heads of the Landsborough ... and all that ensues.
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Temple Stream North Branch
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Distance: 4.5km away
View of the spectacular cirque at the end of Temple Stream North Branch.
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Otago rescue chopper, Huxley Valley
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Distance: 4.6km away
The Otago rescue chopper up the Huxley, called using an EPIRB (beacon) upon finding a party with an injured member ...
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Sth Huxley to Hunter (Forbes) - Pass IS possible!
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Distance: 4.9km away
A steep and somewhat nerve-wracking ascent from the Sth Huxley to the pass into the Hunter at Forbes Hut. I ...
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Hāwea Conservation Park
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Conservation Park. 1050.00km2.
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Distance: 5.7km away
A large park at the head of Lake Hāwea between Mount Aspiring National Park and Ahuriri Conservation Park.
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Picton to Aspiring
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Distance: 6.0km 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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Hopkins Valley
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3 – 4 days. Easy/medium. Return via same track.
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Distance: 6.2km away
A very long, straightforward valley at the head of Lake Ohau.
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Monument Hut
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Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6.
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Distance: 6.2km away
Monument Hut (6 bunks, matresses, stove, firewood, river water) is a forestry style hut in the Hopkins. Its located just ...
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Monument Hut
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Distance: 6.2km away
Monument Hut, in the Hopkins - a handy evening walk in for those heading up the Hopkins or Huxley the ...
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Dasler Pinnacles
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2 days. Medium/hard. Return via same track.
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Distance: 6.2km away
This trail leads from the flat valley floor steeply up to Dasler Biv and beyond the the Pinnacles themselves.
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Dasler Pinnacles
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Distance: 6.2km away
Dasler Pinnacles (2315m) from track through scrub above Dasler Biv.
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Huxley Valley
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Distance: 6.5km away
Huxley Valley, looking towards the Forks. Forks Hut is on flats at the base of the peak in the distance.
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Brodrick Hut
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Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6.
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Distance: 8.2km away
Brodrick Hut (sleeps 6, tank water, stove, firewood available) is a 1960's forestry hut at the base of the Brodrick ...
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Huxley North Branch
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Distance: 8.2km away
The North Branch of the Huxley towards Brodrick Hut and Mt Strauchon
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Temple View
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Easy/medium. Return via same track.
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Distance: 8.8km away
The Temple Valley is headed by a ring of handsome mountains. This walk explores the lower section of the valley, ...
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South Temple Hut
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1 – 2 days. Easy/medium. Return by the same track.
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Distance: 8.8km away
Beech forest walk at the head of Lake Ohau. This Track is best done as an overnight walk with a ...
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South Temple
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Distance: 8.9km away
The South Temple valley, looking towards the forks 2km below Sth Temple Hut (hut is up the main valley to ...
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A Temple - Maitland Circuit: the perils and joys of tramping in company
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Distance: 9.1km away
or ... 'He took me tramping and I cried'
Taking others tramping is for me, always an exercise fraught with doubt. ...
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Temple Shelter
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Shelter (DOC).
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Distance: 9.1km away
Temple Shelter is a three-and-a-half walled shelter at the DOC campground at the Temple Stream roadend. The shelter has a ...
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Red Hut
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Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 12.
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Distance: 9.1km away
Historic hut in the Hopkins Valley north of Lake Ohau. Constructed in 1916 for commercial tourism, and recently restored.
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Huxley Valley, Anita Peak from Red Hut
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Distance: 9.1km away
Huxley Valley, Anita Peak from Red Hut in the Hopkins
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Ruataniwha Conservation Park
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Conservation Park. 368.00km2.
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Distance: 9.1km away
The Ruataniwha Conservation Park occupies a mountainous landscape, and includes the valleys of the Dobson, Hopkins, Huxley, Temple and Maitland ...
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Temple Valleys Circuit
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2 – 3 days. Medium. Loop track.
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Distance: 9.2km away
Tramping the North and South Temple Valleys connecting the two over Gunsight Pass.
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Hopkins/Dobson confluence
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Distance: 9.4km away
Hopkins and Dobson Valley, from Huxley Lodge. Note that Huxley Lodge (at the roadend) is a private school lodge. The ...
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Forbes Hut (Hunter)
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Distance: 9.7km away
A standard forestry hut in the upper Hunter Valley. At the base of a tricky pass from the Sth Huxley, ...
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Forbes Hut (Hunter)
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Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 4.
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Distance: 9.7km away
Forbes Hut is a typical 4 (6?) bunk forestry hut in the Hunter. The hut sits on the last of ...
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