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Olivine Hut

Olivine Hut
Hut
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Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6.
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Distance: less than 100m away
Olivine (6 bunk, stove, firewood available) is an old forestry style hut on the banks of the Pyke River.
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The Olivine River
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Distance: 203m away
Taken from in the Cableway about 20 metres up in the air. Looking towards the Pyke. The Olivine hut is ...
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Cableway across the Olivine River
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Distance: 237m away
Weee this was fun. Had to spend 10 minutes hand cranking it over from the other side of the river, ...
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Big Bay - Pyke - Hollyford Road-end Route
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Distance: 740m away
Big Bay - Pyke - Hollyford Road-end Route as tramped by us in May 2012 and recorded with Garmin GPS60csx
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The Pyke River
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Distance: 845m away
A typical river section of the Pyke Route. The river bank and track completely eroded away and the track marker ...
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The Barrier River
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Distance: 4.3km away
This is the Northern branch. Very swiftly flowing, luckily it was only knee deep. Would be quite impassible when in ...
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Forgotten River's blue pool
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Distance: 5.6km away
The Forgotten River leaves it's gorge before the confluence with the Olivine River through the Blue Pool
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Campsite in beech forest beside the Forgotten river
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Distance: 5.6km away
After a slower than expected journey down from the Olivine ledge and along the river to Olivine Flats, we crossed ...
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Unnamed lake under Angle Peak
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Distance: 6.1km away
This unnamed lake lies on the south side of Angle Peak, which is to the east of the Four Brothers ...
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The Olivine river - Mt.Aspiring NP
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Distance: 6.4km away
Several hundred metres below the Olivine ledge on the river. A little downstream of the confluence with Sunset Ck. That ...
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Lake Alabaster from the North
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Distance: 6.5km away
Taken from the Northern head of the lake looking South. 3 hours of wading in the lake awaits to reach ...
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Lake Wilmot
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Distance: 7.6km away
Taken from where the Pyke flows into the lake, looking South. A very long, tiresome bushbash around the lake awaits.
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The Olivine ledge from our bivvy at sunset.
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Distance: 7.9km away
The Fohn Lakes are above and to the left here with the outlet streams dropping across the ledge. The ledge ...
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Alabaster Pass from the Olivine ledge
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Distance: 8.3km away
Looking from the ledge at the Olivine river and the flats on the river at the base of Alabaster Pass. ...
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Merkl Glacier
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Distance: 8.5km away
photo taken from the easily reached Sunset Peak, looking NE. Feb 2013
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Sunset Peak
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Distance: 8.5km away
panorama from the summit of Sunset Peak - looking S to E across Fohn Pass and Lake and Fiery Col ...
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Sunset panorama
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Distance: 8.5km away
panorama from Sunset Peak, looking NE to NW.
From Skippers Range, across Lake Wilmot & Olivine River, Terminal Peak to the ...
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Olivine Ledge
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Distance: 8.6km away
On the five passes route. View of the Olivine Ledge from just below Fiery col. And a Mt Cook lily ...
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Fiery col from Olivine Ledge
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Distance: 8.9km away
On the five passes route. Fiery col (on the left) from Olivine Ledge. taken Jan 2010
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Fohn Lake sunset
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Distance: 8.9km away
Feb 2013. Sun setting behind the Bryneira Range as seen from point 1501
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Five Passes via Lake Nerine and North Col
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Distance: 8.9km away
A classic tramp north of the Routeburn. Rather than exit via the Rockburn, we extended the trip through Lake Nerine ...
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Fohn Lake
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Distance: 8.9km away
On the five passes route. Fohn lake with Sunset Peak (1800m) behind it. taken Jan 2010
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Fohn Lake
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Distance: 9.0km away
relaxing in the early evening - a great camp beside the tarn and below the aptly named Sunset Peak
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Sunset on Sunset Peak
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Distance: 9.1km away
deepening colours as the sun sets
Feb 2013
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Sunset from Fohn Lake
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Distance: 9.1km away
looking W from the knoll above Fohn Lake
Feb 2013
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Fiery Col
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Distance: 9.1km away
taken from the 1200m highpoint on the Olivine Ledge
Feb 2013
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Fohn lake - Mt.Aspiring NP NZ
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Distance: 9.3km away
Along the Five Passes route and below Fohn saddle. The lake sits above the Olivine ledge. Fine weather at lunchtime.
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Fohn Lake
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Distance: 9.6km away
taken from above Fohn Pass, one possible route to the lake descends the gully on the right and sidles to ...
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Fiery Col menhir
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Distance: 9.6km away
Photo Feb 2013, having begun the climb from the Olivine Ledge towards the Col
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Five Passes
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6 – 7 days. Medium/hard. Loop track.
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Distance: 9.7km away
A classic trip starting and finishing at the Routeburn road.
The five passes are; Sugarloaf pass, Park pass, Cow saddle, Fiery ...
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Fiery creek campsite
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Distance: 9.7km away
On the five passes route. Camping by Fiery creek. taken Jan 2010
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beansburn track
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3 – 5 days. Medium. Return via same track.
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Distance: 9.8km away
a route that follows the beansburn valley. lake unknown can be reached from here.
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beansburn mouth-rock bivvy no 1 1-1.5 ...
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Down the Beansburn
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Distance: 9.8km away
looking down the Beansburn - on the climb to Fohn Pass
Feb 2013
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Mt Tantalus
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Distance: 9.8km away
Mt Tantalus over the Fohn Saddle. The Fohn Saddle is about the mid-point of the 5 passes tramp
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Forgotten River Rock Biv
Rock bivouac
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Distance: 9.8km away
Located above the basin at the head of the Forgotten River, west of Forgotten River Col. The biv offers a ...
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