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Shelter Rock Hut

Shelter Rock Hut

Shelter Rock Hut

Shelter Rock Hut in its surrounding mountains   More ▶︎

Matukituki to Paradise by roads less travelled

A rough, tough crossing from Raspberry Flat (Aspiring Road, Wanaka) to the Earnslaw Burn (Glenorchy-Paradise road) via Shotover Saddle, Lochnagar, ...   More ▶︎
Rees-Dart Track

Rees-Dart Track

Alpine circuit along two river valleys at the head of Lake Wakatipu.   More ▶︎
Haast to The Divide

Haast to The Divide

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

Rees Vally

A photo taken looking towards the rees saddle, taken inbetween rees saddle and shelter rock hut   More ▶︎
rees valley

rees valley

pleasant walk up the rees valley. the track gets a bit swampy at the start and then a few avalance ...   More ▶︎
Rees Saddle

Rees Saddle

This picture was take at the top of the rees saddle looking down towards the rees vally in december 2006   More ▶︎
Rees Saddle from near Cleft Peak

Rees Saddle from near Cleft Peak

Rees Saddle from near Cleft Peak; Snowy Creek to the right, & the Rees to the left.   More ▶︎
The sun is always brighter on the other side

The sun is always brighter on the other side

That's the last we'll see of the sun tonight. The Rees valley continues to be flooded with rays. Rees Saddle from ...   More ▶︎
Overnight beside Snowy Ck. - Mt.Aspiring NP NZ

Overnight beside Snowy Ck. - Mt.Aspiring NP NZ

Looking upstream on Snowy Ck. after crossing Rees saddle. Around the corner is a broad spur giving access to a ...   More ▶︎
Dart Hut

Dart Hut

Dart Track   More ▶︎
Dart Hut

Dart Hut

Dart Hut

Dart Hut

Dart hut, taken from the swing bridge crossing the Snowy stream, just as you approach the hut   More ▶︎
Cattle Flat Biv

Cattle Flat Biv

Plenty of room for everyone to get out of the rain and enjoy a brew   More ▶︎
Cattle Flat Bivy Rock

Cattle Flat Bivy Rock

A huge shelter rock in the Dart half way between Dart & Daleys Huts. It is back in the bush ...   More ▶︎
Rees valley

Rees valley

Looking up the Rees valley from near 25-mile spur (April 2009)   More ▶︎
The spur between Snowy Ck and Pine Ck basin - Lochnagar route

The spur between Snowy Ck and Pine Ck basin - Lochnagar route

The book at Tummel Burn hut in the upper Shotover would have you believe nine out of ten people descend ...   More ▶︎
Earnslaw Hut

Earnslaw Hut

Rough four-bunk historic hut below Kea Basin on the ascent to Mt Earnslaw   More ▶︎
Earnslaw Hut

Earnslaw Hut

Earnslaw hut. Located near Kea Basin on the slopes of Mt Earnslaw, above the Rees valley.   More ▶︎
Looking inside Earnslaw Hut - Mt.Aspiring NP

Looking inside Earnslaw Hut - Mt.Aspiring NP

An old hut with a distinctive rustic look. I believe many people would prefer to occupy the rock bivvy at ...   More ▶︎
Earnslaw Hut - Mt.Earnslaw - Mt.Aspiring NP

Earnslaw Hut - Mt.Earnslaw - Mt.Aspiring NP

At appx 980m set in beech forest above the Rees valley. This historic hut is on a short 50m side ...   More ▶︎
Kea Basin Bivvy - Mt.Earnslaw

Kea Basin Bivvy - Mt.Earnslaw

This is one of the best bivvy rocks i've seen. Situated at appx 1060m on the north flank of Mt.Earnslaw. ...   More ▶︎
Joe Glacier

Joe Glacier

A view of the head of the Joe river and the remains of the Joe glacier in Aspiring National Park. ...   More ▶︎
Snowy Creek

Snowy Creek

Snowy Creek - viewed from saddle 1950 on the way over from Lochnagar Hut   More ▶︎
The upper basin of Pine Creek. Mt.Aspiring NP NZ

The upper basin of Pine Creek. Mt.Aspiring NP NZ

After crossing over the pass from Snowy Ck, it was thought we'd get a break from the wind. Fortunately we ...   More ▶︎
Snowy Creek

Snowy Creek

Looking down Snowy Creek to Rees Saddle   More ▶︎
Pine Creek

Pine Creek

Upper basin of Pine Creek, crossing to Snowy from Lochnagar   More ▶︎
The mind of a mischief at work

The mind of a mischief at work

Kea show their usual boundless curiosity in Pine Ck basin.   More ▶︎
Lennox Creek, South Branch

Lennox Creek, South Branch

Upper crossing of Lennox Creek (south branch). Not a place to be with unstable snow above. The next viable crossing is ...   More ▶︎
25-Mile Hut

25-Mile Hut

This is a derelict Hut on the Rees Dart track. It is in an ideal location on a terrace above ...   More ▶︎
25 Mile Hut

25 Mile Hut

*EDIT* From DOCs website: 28 April 2016: Rees Valley - 25 Mile Hut removed The derelict 25 Mile Hut in the Rees ...   More ▶︎
Dart/Lochnagar

Dart/Lochnagar

10 hour trip from Dart Hut to Lochnagar via Snowy Saddle   More ▶︎
Have we met?

Have we met?

This may well be the same group that visit us on Shotover Saddle the night after next. The ones who ...   More ▶︎
Lochnagar Hut

Lochnagar Hut

Lochnagar Hut   More ▶︎
Lochnagar Hut

Lochnagar Hut

Old style musterers hut yet rebuilt in 1990. Painted corrugated iron half buried in earth with a partial schist slabbed ...   More ▶︎
Lochnagar Hut

Lochnagar Hut

A hut was built here at Lochnagar in 1982. It was burnt down in 1988. As part of the 150th ...   More ▶︎
Descending to Lochnagar Hut

Descending to Lochnagar Hut

Standing above the lake to its north. Showing the outlet which becomes sub-terranian. This spur leads down from Pt.1865 which ...   More ▶︎
A meeting with the water.

A meeting with the water.

Providing a different perspective to show the scale of things. Still a couple of hundred metres above the lake. Lochnagar ...   More ▶︎
Standing above Lochnagar (Goat Lake) - Mt.Aspiring NP

Standing above Lochnagar (Goat Lake) - Mt.Aspiring NP

No snow in March 2010 on the south facing slopes to the north of Lochnagar. Taken from the col between ...   More ▶︎