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Red Hills Ridge Traverse

Picton to Aspiring

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

Hunters Hut

Standard 8 bunk hut on the Te Araroa trail.   More ▶︎
Red Hills Range

Red Hills Range

Red Hills Range, Richmond Ranges with the Wairoa in the distance.   More ▶︎
Hunters hut (Mt Richmond)

Hunters hut (Mt Richmond)

cosy 8 bunk hut on ridge left branch motueka river not that easy to find on old maps   More ▶︎
Route Guide: Richmond Ranges (west) main ridge

Route Guide: Richmond Ranges (west) main ridge

The main ridge of the western Richmond Ranges from Mt Riley, near Okamario on SH6 to the Red Hills above ...   More ▶︎
Red Hills Hut

Red Hills Hut

The Red Hills Hut sits on the saddle between the Motueka (right branch) and the Wairau, and at the base ...   More ▶︎
Red Hills Hut (replaced)

Red Hills Hut (replaced)

Red Hills Hut, Richmond Ranges   More ▶︎
Red Hills Hut

Red Hills Hut

Red Hills Hut from 'The Plateau'   More ▶︎
The New Red Hills Hut

The New Red Hills Hut

Red Hills Hut   More ▶︎
New Porters Creek Hut

New Porters Creek Hut

moved to spot from right branch wairoa. has beenlovingly restored with a new lick of 'rescue orange' paint and sports a ...   More ▶︎
Maungakura/Red Hill

Maungakura/Red Hill

a few peaks before the true summit   More ▶︎
Red Hill

Red Hill

Red Hill, ascending from Top Wairoa Hut. The whole range appears to consist of nothing more than loose, rad, abrasive ...   More ▶︎

Walking the length of the Richmond Ranges

A 7-14 day walk along the spine of the Richmond Ranges. Alpine tops, crumbling ridgelines, untracked bush & scrub, boulders ...   More ▶︎
Porter Hut

Porter Hut

This is an older photo of the hut, set in the lunar landscape of the Red Hills. I think the ...   More ▶︎
Porters Creek Hut

Porters Creek Hut

A basic hut on the edge of the Red Hills mineral belt.   More ▶︎
Maitland Hut

Maitland Hut

Not sure what happened to this hut. But it was in a great possy amongst the ultra mafic rocks with ...   More ▶︎
Maitland Hut

Maitland Hut

A basic four bunk hut situated on the banks of the Right Branch Motueka River in the Mt Richmond Forest ...   More ▶︎
Top Wairoa Hut

Top Wairoa Hut

Top Wairoa hut (6 bunks, matresses, fire - limited scrubby firewood, river water) huddles amidst Manuka scrub above the north ...   More ▶︎
Top Wairoa Hut

Top Wairoa Hut

Top Wairoa Hut, Richmond Ranges   More ▶︎
Top Wairoa Hut

Top Wairoa Hut

Top Wairoa Hut, from the ascent to Mt Elliss / Red Hill   More ▶︎
Ascent to Red Hill / Ellis Peak from Top Wairoa.

Ascent to Red Hill / Ellis Peak from Top Wairoa.

Ascent to Red Hill / Ellis Peak from Top Wairoa.   More ▶︎
Top Wairoa Hut March 2014

Top Wairoa Hut March 2014

This photo shows the hut after its fairly recent maintenance. A paint job & clearance of scrub from around the ...   More ▶︎
Mount Richmond Forest Park

Mount Richmond Forest Park

A wedge of land at the base of the Marlborough Sounds, south of Nelson and north of the Wairau River, ...   More ▶︎
Ben Nevis

Ben Nevis

Relatively steep climb to the summit of Ben Nevis (1619m), a prominent peak in the Mt Richmond Forest Park South-East ...   More ▶︎
Ben Nevis

Ben Nevis

looking down the ridge from Ben Nevis towards Nelson.   More ▶︎
Beebys hut

Beebys hut

Beebys hut   More ▶︎
Waterfall, Wairoa left branch.

Waterfall, Wairoa left branch.

The waterfall and pool at the 1st creek crossing of the Wairoa above Mid Wairoa Hut, Richmond Ranges.   More ▶︎
Mid Wairoa Hut

Mid Wairoa Hut

Mid Wairoa Hut (6 bunks, matresses, tank & river water, stove) sits on flats 20m above the Left Branch of ...   More ▶︎
Mid Wairoa Hut

Mid Wairoa Hut

Mid Wairoa Hut, Richmond Ranges   More ▶︎
View over Silverstream and down Raglan Range

View over Silverstream and down Raglan Range

I took this photo looking generally southward when high on the Raglan Range. I was heading to Silverstream Bivvy and ...   More ▶︎

Boulder Stream Hut [Removed]

Removed February 2012.   More ▶︎
Bull Paddock Creek Track

Bull Paddock Creek Track

Access To Bull Paddock Creek Biv from The Wairau river, this track follows Sand Fly Stream before dropping Bull Paddock ...   More ▶︎
Bull Paddock Creek Track

Bull Paddock Creek Track

GPS file of track from Bull Paddock Creek Biv to the Wairau River   More ▶︎
Silverstream Bivvy Jan 2019

Silverstream Bivvy Jan 2019

A nice Marlborough biv in the Branch catchment of the Raglan Range that gets few visitors.   More ▶︎
Silverstream Bivvy

Silverstream Bivvy

Weatherboard and iron biv located near the treeline on the Raglan Range. The biv is not on Silverstream itself but ...   More ▶︎
Bull Paddock Creek Biv

Bull Paddock Creek Biv

Photo of Biv   More ▶︎
Bull Paddock Creek Hut

Bull Paddock Creek Hut

Hut on the Raglan Range, east of the Wairau River. The hut is located near the bush line in Bull ...   More ▶︎
St Arnaud Range Track

St Arnaud Range Track

This walk climbs steadily through beech forest to a height of over 1650 metres. Above the bushline (at 1400 m), ...   More ▶︎
Mt Richmond Alpine Route

Mt Richmond Alpine Route

Long route above the bushline in Mt Richmond Forest Park near Nelson.   More ▶︎

Black Valley Walk

Link track between St Arnaud village and the campground.   More ▶︎

Gibbs Walk

Short link track betweem St Arnaud village and campground.   More ▶︎
Te Araroa Trail

Te Araroa Trail

Te Araroa is a walking trail running the entire length of the North and South Islands. The trail opened 3 ...   More ▶︎

Saint Arnaud

An alpine village on the shore of Lake Rotoiti in Nelson Lakes National Park.   More ▶︎
Travers-Sabine Saddle

Travers-Sabine Saddle

Going over the saddle looking west towards the Sabine Valley - April 2010.   More ▶︎
Lake Thompson

Lake Thompson

A view of the beautiful Lake Thompson, a short distance from Thompson Pass   More ▶︎
Travers-Sabine

Travers-Sabine

Two river valleys linked by a straightforward alpine saddle at 1800m   More ▶︎
St Arnaud Camp Ground Jetty

St Arnaud Camp Ground Jetty

Morning view in May.   More ▶︎
Route Guide: St Arnaud to Lewis Pass

Route Guide: St Arnaud to Lewis Pass

A 5-7 day north-south route from St Arnaud to the Lewis Pass, via Travers Pass, Waiau Pass, Thompson Pass and ...   More ▶︎

Mid Silverstream Hut

Located on Silverstream, off the Branch River. Note that Silverstream Biv is not upstream of this hut, but is at the ...   More ▶︎
Parachute Rocks Track

Parachute Rocks Track

View of Lake Rotoiti from point 1738   More ▶︎
Lower Goulter hut Nov 2013

Lower Goulter hut Nov 2013

This hut is close to a 4x4 road end & it shows a bit. Empty booze bottles, other litter, smut ...   More ▶︎
Kerr Bay campsite

Kerr Bay campsite

Grassy lakeside camping surrounded by a wealth of walking options, from short walks to alpine tops trips and multi-day tramps. ...   More ▶︎