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Whitcombe River gorge

Historic Price Flat Hut

Slab hut once used for deer culling and possibly dating to 1908. The hut is located next to the newer ...   More ▶︎
Whitcombe Pass

Whitcombe Pass

This route follows the famous journey by John Henry Whitcombe and the Swiss guide Jakob Lauper across the Main Divide ...   More ▶︎
Prices Flat Hut (historic)

Prices Flat Hut (historic)

The historic Prices Flat Hut is better looked at than slept in. It is a beutiful slab hut, with an ...   More ▶︎
Prices Flat Hut (historic)

Prices Flat Hut (historic)

Prices Flat Hut (historic) - in the Whitcombe Valley, Westland. A place full of character, and full of sandflies. A ...   More ▶︎
Price Flat Hut

Price Flat Hut

Prices Flat Hut (6 bunks, matresses, tank water, stove) lies on a small terrace 100m above the Whitcombe River, adjacent ...   More ▶︎
Route Guide: Otira to Mt Cook Village (pt 1)

Route Guide: Otira to Mt Cook Village (pt 1)

One possible route down the main divide from Otira on the Arthur's Pass road to Mt Cook Village. Otira Hotel to ...   More ▶︎
Route Guide: Otira to Mt Cook Village (pt 2)

Route Guide: Otira to Mt Cook Village (pt 2)

One possible route down the main divide from Otira on the Arthur's Pass road to Mt Cook Village. Otira Hotel ...   More ▶︎
Prices Flat Hut

Prices Flat Hut

The new(er) Prices Flat Hut, in the Whitcombe Valley, Westland.   More ▶︎
Frew Hut

Frew Hut

Frew Hut, in the Whitcombe River valley, Westland   More ▶︎
Frew Hut

Frew Hut

Frew Hut (sleeps 10 on 2 platforms, matresses, tank & creek water, stove) is a modern tramping hut on river ...   More ▶︎
Whitcombe River from Frew Hut

Whitcombe River from Frew Hut

Whitcombe River from Frew Hut, Westland   More ▶︎

Picton to Aspiring

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

Frews Hut

8/10 bunker,like the Hilton after Frews Bivvy.Overlooks the Whitcombe River & 200m west of Frews Creek.We saw a pair of ...   More ▶︎
Mt Misery & beyond February 2013

Mt Misery & beyond February 2013

Last month I decided to climb a hill that can be seen from home that I'd never got around to ...   More ▶︎
Frew Creek

Frew Creek

Frew Creek, flowing into the Whitcombe, Westland   More ▶︎
Frew Saddle Bivouac / Frew's Biv

Frew Saddle Bivouac / Frew's Biv

The Frew Saddle Bivouac (sleeps 2, matresses, stream water 100m distant, no fire) is a well maintained alpine bivouac 200m ...   More ▶︎
Looking NW over Frew biv April 2011

Looking NW over Frew biv April 2011

This pic looks over top of the biv down Frew Creek to the Whitcombe and on out to the coast. ...   More ▶︎
Frew Saddle Bivouac

Frew Saddle Bivouac

Frew Saddle Bivouac, between the Whitcombe and Hokitika valleys in Westland.   More ▶︎
Frews Biv

Frews Biv

little (officially anyway) two man job on Frews Saddle   More ▶︎
Toaroaha Saddle-Frew Saddle Circuit

Toaroaha Saddle-Frew Saddle Circuit

A great tramp in a remote location, crosses two alpine saddles, ice-axes and crampons needed in winter. More information on ...   More ▶︎
Upper Hokitika River from Frew Saddle

Upper Hokitika River from Frew Saddle

Tussock hides the ubiquitous speargrass in the upper reaches of the Hokitika, giving the illusion of an easy, pleasant tramp.   More ▶︎
View up Whitcombe from Meta Range Feb 2011

View up Whitcombe from Meta Range Feb 2011

This pic looks out over Frews Ck and up the Whitcombe River to those famed spots of hunting folklore The ...   More ▶︎
Looking SW from Mt Diedrichs May 2013

Looking SW from Mt Diedrichs May 2013

This photo taken from beside the trig beacon on the summit of Mt Diedrichs 1084m looks SW over the Hokitika ...   More ▶︎
Mt Bowen from Fraser Peak March 2013

Mt Bowen from Fraser Peak March 2013

This photo of Mt Bowen 1965m was taken from near the summit of Fraser Peak 1166m. Both peaks lie between ...   More ▶︎
View SE from Bald Hill Range June 2013

View SE from Bald Hill Range June 2013

This picture was taken from the crest of the Bald Hill Range NE of Bald Hill. The tussock and low ...   More ▶︎
Price Basin hut

Price Basin hut

This hut, which is usually known as Price(s) Basin, is located on the TL of the TR branch of the ...   More ▶︎
View SE along the Meta Range March 2011

View SE along the Meta Range March 2011

This picture was taken from near the summit of Mt Inframeta & looks along the Meta Range toward the Southern ...   More ▶︎
Remarkable Peak

Remarkable Peak

This photo shows Remarkable Peak 1790m in spring conditions. It is the tooth like peak centre picture. The pic was ...   More ▶︎
Bracken Snowfield / Wilkinson Glacier

Bracken Snowfield / Wilkinson Glacier

Bracken Snowfield / Wilkinson Glacier, from the Prices Flat - Wilkinson Hut track. In the Whitcombe River valley, Westland.   More ▶︎
Mt Beaumont (2131m) April 2012

Mt Beaumont (2131m) April 2012

This pic looks at Mt Beaumont from the south and was taken from the crest of the Lange Range while ...   More ▶︎
Rapid Creek hut June 2008

Rapid Creek hut June 2008

This is a four bunker on the TL of the Hokitika River not far below the junction with the Whitcombe ...   More ▶︎
Rapid Creek hut May 1975

Rapid Creek hut May 1975

An older pic of the hut after it had got its first replacement chimney. These days the hut has a ...   More ▶︎
Rapid Creek hut

Rapid Creek hut

This is a four bunker on the TL of the Hokitika River not far below the junction with the Whitcombe ...   More ▶︎

Whitcombe Pass & Butler Saddle

route guide attached by for Hokitika Gorge to Erewhon via Whitcombe Pass & Butler Saddle. The guide was written by ...   More ▶︎
Wilkinson Hut

Wilkinson Hut

Wilkinson Hut Whitcombe Pass   More ▶︎
Wilkinson hut 1993

Wilkinson hut 1993

This pic shows track cutters Kelvin and Merv outside Wilkinson hut in 1993. This photo was taken by mate JH.   More ▶︎
Wilkinson hut reference / Nostalgia / History

Wilkinson hut reference / Nostalgia / History

I came across these hut book entries when searching the archived Frews hut book looking for info to support my ...   More ▶︎
Wilkinson hut

Wilkinson hut

A 1950's era NZFS cullers hut on the TL of the Whitcombe River just over a km downstream from where ...   More ▶︎
Wilkinson hut April 2012

Wilkinson hut April 2012

This pic was taken last month when travelling from Prices Basin to Prices Flat. I needed to head up to ...   More ▶︎
Healey Spur Feb 2014

Healey Spur Feb 2014

This photo shows the last steep bit of Healey Spur before reaching the relatively easy going of Galena Ridge at ...   More ▶︎

Cave Camp

Located on the Whitcombe Track, on river flats just beneath the confluence with the Wilkinson River. The biv affords a ...   More ▶︎
Serpentine hut setting March 2011

Serpentine hut setting March 2011

This picture from approx 300 metres away across the Hoki River shows Serpentine huts location on an overgrowing clearing on ...   More ▶︎
Serpentine Hut 1977

Serpentine Hut 1977

This photo of Serpentine hut was taken summer time 1977 by friend & sometimes tramping companion Neil Bradley. The access route ...   More ▶︎
Serpentine hut

Serpentine hut

This hut is located on a small bush terrace on the TR of the Hokitika River and the TL of ...   More ▶︎
serpentine hut

serpentine hut

Flew into hut to drop a group of 6 off they were going to stay the night and walk out   More ▶︎
Serpentine Hut March 2015

Serpentine Hut March 2015

Here is a recent photo of this survivor built in 1957 for deer culler accomodation. Andrew Buglass and "Permolat" helpers ...   More ▶︎
Mikonui Spur biv Nov 2007

Mikonui Spur biv Nov 2007

The subject J H & photographer, not me in this case, Horse G are sometimes tramping companions. They, like myself, ...   More ▶︎
Mikonui Spur Bivvy

Mikonui Spur Bivvy

A traditional forestry bivvy that has braved many a Tasman Sea storm, on an exposed ridge top above the Mikonui ...   More ▶︎
Mikonui Spur biv Dec 2010

Mikonui Spur biv Dec 2010

A pic of the biv with Mt Bowen behind to the SE.   More ▶︎
Looking up Mikonui Spur Dec 2010

Looking up Mikonui Spur Dec 2010

This pic is taken from the track on the spur below the biv and looks up past the biv in ...   More ▶︎
Frisco hut Jan 2009

Frisco hut Jan 2009

Frisco hut is on the TR of the Hokitika River less than 2kms below the junction with the Mungo River. ...   More ▶︎
Frisco hut

Frisco hut

Frisco hut is on the TR of the Hokitika River less than 2kms below the junction with the Mungo River. ...   More ▶︎
The bluff on the upper Hokitika River just above the Mungo confluence

The bluff on the upper Hokitika River just above the Mungo confluence

This pic taken in 2009 before Bluff hut was shifted and upgraded shows the setting of the hut from the ...   More ▶︎
"New" Bluff hut & Mungo valley April 2011

"New" Bluff hut & Mungo valley April 2011

The old Bluff hut was dismantled and moved about 150 metres in 2010. At the same time it got a ...   More ▶︎
"New" Bluff hut April 2011

"New" Bluff hut April 2011

This square on shot of the new hut is from the perspective of looking up the TL of the Hokitika ...   More ▶︎
"New" Bluff Hut

"New" Bluff Hut

The old Bluff hut was dismantled and moved about 150 metres in 2010. At the same time it got a ...   More ▶︎
"Old" Bluff hut (Removed) 1974

"Old" Bluff hut (Removed) 1974

This is the "old" Bluff hut that has been shifted to the new site & upgraded. We will visit the ...   More ▶︎
"Old" Bluff Hut (has been relocated & upgraded)

"Old" Bluff Hut (has been relocated & upgraded)

Ex NZFS 4 person hut. Shifted by DOC in 2009 further upvalley. Following notes are historical. The water supply is currently ...   More ▶︎
Wilkinson Glaciers

Wilkinson Glaciers

Glaciers descend from the Bracken Snowfield accross the valley from the track from Prices Flat to Neave Hut in the ...   More ▶︎
Healey Creek hut

Healey Creek hut

A tidy four bunker toward the head of Healey Creek a Mikonui River tributary. The hut is on a tussock ...   More ▶︎
Healey Creek hut May 2008

Healey Creek hut May 2008

A tidy four bunker toward the head of Healey Creek a Mikonui River tributary. The hut is on a tussock ...   More ▶︎