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West Sabine River
Lake Thompson
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Distance: less than 100m away
A view of the beautiful Lake Thompson, a short distance from Thompson Pass
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Blue Lake Jan 2007
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Distance: less than 100m away
This was a 'rite-of-passage' tramp for my 13 year old son. We helicoptered in to the Waiau Pass and then ...
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West Sabine Hut
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Distance: less than 100m away
April 2010 - small wood burner inside....but sufficient
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Route Guide: St Arnaud to Lewis Pass
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Distance: less than 100m away
A 5-7 day north-south route from St Arnaud to the Lewis Pass, via Travers Pass, Waiau Pass, Thompson Pass and ...
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Blue Lake
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2 – 4 days. Easy/medium. Return via same track.
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Distance: less than 100m away
Blue Lake is a small, pretty lake dammed by boulders at the head of the Sabine Valley. Beyond is Lake ...
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West Sabine Hut
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Serviced Hut (DOC). Capacity: 34.
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Distance: less than 100m away
Located in the West Branch of the Sabine River, south of Lake Rotoroa.
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Sabine Valley - Blue Lake - D'Urville Valley
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4 – 5 days. Medium. Circuit.
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Distance: less than 100m away
A circuit along neighbouring valleys at the hear of Lake Rotoroa, passing the picturesque Blue Lake, and crossing Moss Pass. ...
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West Sabine Bridge
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Distance: 169m away
Feb 2013 - Just upstream from the hut, the new bridge was a pleasant surprise as the DOC website didn't ...
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previous West Sabine bridge
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Distance: 256m away
washed away in 2012 and replaced with one just upstream of West Sabine hut
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St Arnaud to Lewis Pass
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5 – 9 days. Medium/hard. One way.
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Distance: 404m away
A 5-9 day north-south route from St Arnaud to the Lewis Pass, via Travers Pass, Waiau Pass, Thompson Pass and ...
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Waiau - Clarence Pass Lake Tennyson Circuit
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4 – 5 days. Medium/hard. Loop track.
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Distance: 744m away
A challenging 4-5 day circuit in the St. James Conservation Area / Nelson Lakes National Park featuring two alpine pass ...
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Mt Franklin
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Distance: 3.4km away
taken on the descent from Travers Pass into the E Sabine River - Apr 2011
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Travers-Sabine
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4 – 7 days. Medium. Loop track with a road section.
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Distance: 4.1km away
Two river valleys linked by a straightforward alpine saddle at 1800m
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Travers-Sabine Saddle
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Distance: 4.1km away
Going over the saddle looking west towards the Sabine Valley - April 2010.
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Phil and Lori at Travers Saddle
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Distance: 4.3km away
A couple of American trampers I met back in 06. Soon after this crossing we got hit by a bit ...
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Phil and Lori at Travers Saddle
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Distance: 4.3km away
A couple of American trampers I met back in 06. Soon after this crossing we got hit by a bit ...
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Travers Pass
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Distance: 4.5km away
final ascent to Travers Pass - Mt Travers in the background - Apr 2011
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Upper Travers Hut
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Distance: 4.7km away
Upper Travers Hut with Travers Pass beyond, Nelson Lakes
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Rainbow Pass
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Distance: 4.7km away
looking across the tarn, the climb to the top of the pass is steeper than it looks in this photo ...
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Rainbow Tarn
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Distance: 4.9km away
the tarn below Rainbow Pass, looking to Mt Travers - Apr 2011
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Travers Pass
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Distance: 5.0km away
beginning of the climb to Travers Pass, looking down the Travers Valley - Apr 2011
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St Arnaud - Lewis Pass
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Distance: 5.0km away
A 9-day 100km tramp via the Thompson, D'Urville and 3 Tarns Passes
Feb 2013
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Profile : St Arnaud - Lewis Pass
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Distance: 5.0km away
A useful profile of the 100km tramp - with a couple of bad weather alternatives :
1. low route past Speargrass ...
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Nelson Lakes double figure eight with a reverse twist
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Distance: 5.3km away
January 2008.
A seven day epic up and over Lake Angelus from Speargrass Hut, then up the Sabine River, over Waiau ...
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The hills are alive
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Distance: 5.3km away
Walking from West Sabine Hut to Blue Lake, the heavens opened and the mountainside just came alive, sprouting waterfalls all ...
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Travers Pass
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Distance: 5.3km away
Looking down onto Travers Pass from Rainbow Pass. The main track is on the far side.
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Rainbow Pass from the south
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Distance: 5.3km away
Rainbow Pass: a steep, tricky pass with serious exposure. I took the green route shown ... the red may, or ...
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Cupola basin Hut
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Distance: 5.4km away
A snow covered Cupola Basin Hut visited on 6th and 7th July 2008.Stunning views of the surrounding mountains make the ...
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Cupola basin Hut
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Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 8.
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Distance: 5.4km away
A hut on the bushline with great views, well worth the up-hill grunt to get there.Even more spectacular when visited ...
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Cupola Basin Hut
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Distance: 5.4km away
Walked in from St. Arnaud and stayed overnight April 2002, as part of the popular Travers/Sabine circuit. I must have ...
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Picton to Aspiring
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Distance: 5.4km 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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Morgan Hut
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Distance: 5.6km away
Morgan Hut on the D'Urville River. 10 bunks and lots of sandflies.
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Upper Travers Basin
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Distance: 5.6km away
The pot belly stove in the new hut at Upper Travers got a strong workout in the winter of 2004. ...
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Mt Travers
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Distance: 5.6km away
Mt Travers from Upper Travers Hut - 2338m - Apr 2011
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Upper Travers Hut
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Serviced Hut (DOC). Capacity: 24.
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Distance: 5.6km away
The original hut has been replaced by a larger hut. The new hut is in the shelter of the trees ...
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Morgan Hut
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Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 10.
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Distance: 5.6km away
Located on the D'Urville River south of Lake Rotoroa.
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Morgan Hut
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Distance: 5.6km away
The new hut, about 1km further up from the old site.
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Blue Lake
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Distance: 5.8km away
at the outlet end, the greens of Blue Lake dominate - considering the mists hovering above, the colour is indeed ...
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Blue Lake campsite
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Distance: 5.9km away
nestled in and around a clump of trees, in front of the lake - Feb 2013
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Blue Lake
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Distance: 5.9km away
considering the grey skies at the time, Blue Lake lives up to the name - and throws in some irridescent ...
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Blue Lake Hut - Bobs Hut
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Distance: 5.9km away
Blue Lake campsite to Bob’s Hut, via Lake Thompson and D’Urville Pass
An actual, recorded, gpx – the high route section ...
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Blue Lake Hut
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Distance: 5.9km away
popular in season, this is a busy spot - although there is always floor-space at least, a tent is highly ...
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Blue Lake Hut Panorama
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Distance: 5.9km away
Taken outside Blue Lake Hut, Nelson Lakes NP.
Moss Pass is up there somewhere, but our route was past Lake Constance ...
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Drying Out
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Distance: 5.9km away
Got drenched on the way up to Blue Lake Hut.
Tried to dry out once we'd gotten the stove alight.
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Blue Lake Hut
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Distance: 6.2km away
This hut is located next to the cold but pretty Blue Lake just north of Waiau Pass.
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Blue Lake Hut
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Serviced Hut (DOC). Capacity: 16.
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Distance: 6.2km away
Located beside tiny Blue Lake at the head of the Sabine Valley. West, Moss Pass leads to the D'Urville Valley. ...
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Tarns on range south of Mt Misery
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Distance: 6.2km away
Tarns below pt1609, rapidly losing their emerald colour as mist sets in..
Nearly at the end of a long climb ...
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Blue Lake
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Distance: 6.4km away
Tiny Blue Lake viewed from the track to Lake Constance.
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Travers Waterfall
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Distance: 6.5km away
a 15m fall - just a few minutes off the main Travers track (sign-posted) - Apr 2011
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Travers Falls
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Place.
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Distance: 6.5km away
The whole of the Travers River funnels through this narrow slit - must be awesome after heavy rain.
About 1km upstream ...
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Blue Lake, Nelson Lakes
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Distance: 6.6km away
Blue Lake in the Nelson lakes. Viewed from the moraine wall below Lake Constance.
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Lake Constance
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Distance: 7.0km away
from the bolder field above the lake, near the track to Waiau Pass - Apr 2011
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D'Urville windfall
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Distance: 7.1km away
This is a little bit of the windfall on the D'Urville track between D'Urville Hut and Morgan Hut. It may ...
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Lake Constance
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Distance: 7.5km away
View down to Lake Constance from Waiau Pass
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John Tait Hut
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Serviced Hut (DOC). Capacity: 30.
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Distance: 7.6km away
A good hut situated 5 hours easy walk from the head of Lake Rotoiti. Good views of Mt. Travers up ...
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John Tait Hut
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Distance: 7.6km away
April 2010 - there is a large area of avalanche debris to the immediate right of this photo (out of ...
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Lake Constance
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Distance: 7.6km away
From the ascent to Waiau Pass.
Looking down the West Sabine valley.
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Lake Constance
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Distance: 7.6km away
Looking south across the lake to Waiau Pass. The southern end of the lake is dammed by an ancient, massive ...
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Sidling above Lake Constance
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Distance: 7.7km away
recent discussion about the track above Lake Constance (Campfire forum, Lake Constance - Waiau Pass Safety topic) has prompted me ...
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George Lyon Hut
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Distance: 7.8km away
George Lyon Hut on the D'Urville River is a 16 bunk DoC hut. The hut is divided into 2 rooms ...
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descent to the head of Lake Constance
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Distance: 7.9km away
after sidling across tussock grass, the descent from the bluff above the lake is pretty much tracked - and poled ...
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George Lyon Hut
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Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 16.
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Distance: 8.0km away
Formerly Ella Hut, located on the D'Urville River.
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Mt Hopeless 2278m Nov 2012
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Distance: 8.3km away
This picture of Mt Hopeless 2278m was taken on a perfect morning from a knob above the Cupola Basin hut. ...
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Mount Misery Hut
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4.
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Distance: 8.6km away
Mount Misery hut
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Lake Daniels to Lake Rotoroa
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Distance: 9.3km away
Route tracing of Alternate route from the Lewis Pass to St Arnaud
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Lake Constance
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Distance: 9.6km away
Lake Constance, Nelson Lakes National Park. taken part way up to Waiau pass March 2003.
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Lake Constance
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Distance: 9.8km away
above the loose scree section of the climb to Waiau Pass (looking to Lake Constance) - easier going from here
Feb ...
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Begley Hut
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Distance: 9.9km away
An old NZ Forest Service hut up the Begley Valley. Fire doesn't draw well and door has to be left ...
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Begley Hut
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Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 8.
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Distance: 9.9km away
An old NZ Forest Service hut up the Begley Valley. Fire doesn't draw well and door has to be left ...
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