Nearby | Glacier burn - ascent to sleepy hollow pass

Sleepy Hollow Pass route (Caples to Dart)

Track • Medium/hard. One way. • Distance: less than 100m away

The Sleepy Hollow pass route from the mid-Caples to the Dart Valley. This can be combined with either a walk ... More ▶︎

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 ▶︎

Glenorchy

Photograph • Distance: 2.3km away

Glenorchy from the head of Gorge Creek More ▶︎

Sleepy Hollow

Photograph • Distance: 2.6km away

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

Rees Valley from near Bold Peak

Photograph • Distance: 2.6km away

En route to Sleepy Hollow More ▶︎

Sleepy Hollow

Photograph • Distance: 3.2km away

situated on the ridge between Glenorchy and Caples Valley More ▶︎

Gorge Creek / Dart Valley

Photograph • Distance: 3.3km away

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

Sleepy Hollow

Photograph • Distance: 3.3km away

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

Sleepy Hollow

Photograph • Distance: 3.3km away

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

Kay Creek Hut

Photograph • Distance: 4.6km away

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

Mid Caples Valley

Photograph • Distance: 4.6km away

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

Haast to The Divide

GPX file • Distance: 5.4km away

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

Scott Saddle route (Dart to Caples)

Track • 1 – 2 days. Medium. One way. • Distance: 5.5km away

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

Photograph • Distance: 5.5km away

Kay Creek, looking downstream from Kay Creek Hut 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 ▶︎

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 ▶︎

Paradise Road Glenorchy, New Zealand, Fiordland, April 2018

Photograph • Distance: 6.0km away

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

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 ▶︎

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 ▶︎

Dart Valley

Photograph • Distance: 6.8km away

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Glenorchy Lagoon

Track • Easy. Loop track. • Distance: 6.9km away

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

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 ▶︎

Upper Caples Hut

Photograph • Distance: 7.3km away

Upper Caples Hut More ▶︎

Greenstone / Caples Tracks

Track • 4 days. Easy/medium. Loop track. • Distance: 7.4km away

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

Caples Track

Track • 2 days. Easy/medium. One way. • Distance: 7.6km away

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

Caples Valley Fallow Deer

Photograph • Distance: 7.6km away

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

Death Valley glacier (rems.)

Photograph • Distance: 7.8km away

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

Fraser Creek

Track • 1 – 2 days. Easy/medium. One way. • Distance: 7.9km away

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

Mid Caples Hut

Photograph • Distance: 8.3km away

Mid Caples Hut More ▶︎

Mid Caples Valley

Photograph • Distance: 8.3km away

Mid Caples Valley from the hut More ▶︎

Mid Caples Hut

Hut • Serviced Hut (DOC). Capacity: 24. • Distance: 8.3km away

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

Fraser Creek & Kay Creek

Photograph • Distance: 8.6km away

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

Heather Jock Hut

Track • 1 – 2 days. Easy. Loop track. • Distance: 8.8km away

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

Upper Caples Hut

Photograph • Distance: 8.9km away

Comfortable hut on the Caples Track More ▶︎

Upper Caples Hut

Hut • Club hut (Southern Lakes Deerstalkers Association). Capacity: 16.Bookings required. • Distance: 8.9km away

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

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 ▶︎

Kay Creek

Photograph • Distance: 9.3km away

Kay Creek, upstream from Kay Creek Hut More ▶︎

Rees Vally

Photograph • Distance: 9.8km away

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