Nearby | Acaena glabra | New Zealand Tramper

Alpine cicada

Photograph • Distance: less than 100m away

Scree-filled basin, Red Hill. More ▶︎

Schizeilama hydrocotyloides

Photograph • Distance: less than 100m away

Scree-filled basin, Red Hill. More ▶︎

Coprosma atropurpurea

Photograph • Distance: 608m away

This Coprosma is very different from the native tree Coprosmas, but bears strikingly pretty, glassy berries. High in an alpine ... More ▶︎

Geranium sessilifolium

Photograph • Distance: 781m away

Shingle river flats below Red Hill. More ▶︎

Epilobium

Photograph • Distance: 781m away

Low shingle river flats beneath Red Hill. More ▶︎

Gentiana montana

Photograph • Distance: 800m away

A particularly showy specimen, growing in a herbfield on Red Hill. More ▶︎

Patterned ground

Photograph • Distance: 860m away

Frost heave causes striping as the stones are sorted into smaller and larger. Ridge east of Red Hill. More ▶︎

Redhill Peak

Photograph • Distance: 885m away

Looking inland (west) at the top of Redhill More ▶︎

Scree buttercup (Ranunculus crithmifolius)

Photograph • Distance: 1.1km away

Located on scree just east of Red Hill. More ▶︎

Epilobium pycnostachyum

Photograph • Distance: 1.1km away

Quite variable in colour from red to green, and scattered widely on scree at the saddle east of Red Hill. More ▶︎

Lobelia roughii

Photograph • Distance: 1.2km away

This tiny plant was widespread on Red Hill scree slopes More ▶︎

Stellaria roughii

Photograph • Distance: 1.2km away

Scree near Red Hill. More ▶︎

Pratia macrodon

Photograph • Distance: 1.2km away

This creeper was found growing around rocks and at the edges of stony areas on Red Hill. More ▶︎

Pentachondra pumila

Photograph • Distance: 1.3km away

These mats covered much of the ground on a low ridge near Red Hill. More ▶︎

Red Hill

Photograph • Distance: 1.6km away

View towards Lake Coleridge from the Summit of Red Hill. More ▶︎

Leptinella atrata

Photograph • Distance: 1.6km away

A curious black flower on the summit of Red Hill. More ▶︎

Red Hill from Trig M

Photograph • Distance: 1.6km away

Red Hill (1641m) is the highest peak to the right. The Lyndon Road winds past Lake Lyndon to Lake Coleridge ... More ▶︎

Red Hill

Track • 1 day. Medium. Loop track. • Distance: 1.6km away

A largely untracked route up Red Hill (1,641m), with magnificent views of Lake Coleridge, and the surrounding foothills. This loop ... More ▶︎

Mt Lyndon

Track • 0 – 1 day. Easy/medium. Return by the same track. • Distance: 3.1km away

Day trip of moderate ascent of 650 m hill overlooking Lake Lyndon near Porters Pass. Route goes via low open ... More ▶︎

Korowai/Torlesse Tussocklands Park

Place • Conservation Park. 210.00km². • Distance: 3.1km away

This park incorporates the Torlesse and Big Ben Ranges either side of Porter's Pass. The Torlesse Gap is a prominent ... More ▶︎

Lake Lyndon from Trig M

Photograph • Distance: 4.8km away

Beyond is Mount Lyndon and the Craigieburn Range. More ▶︎

Trig M

Photograph • Distance: 4.8km away

Looking west toward Lake Coleridge. More ▶︎

Trig M

Track • Easy. Return via same track. • Distance: 4.8km away

An easy climb through subalpine scrub to a windy summit. More ▶︎

Near Trig M, Porter's Pass

Photograph • Distance: 5.0km away

July 2009. More ▶︎

Foggy Peak

Photograph • Distance: 5.3km away

The climb up Foggy Peak follows Foggy Peak Ridge from the Porter's Pass road summit (visible lower right) to a ... More ▶︎

Red Hill (1641m)

Photograph • Distance: 5.6km away

This hill just east of Lake Coleridge is a good day walk. Viewed from near Trig M, Porter's Pass. More ▶︎

Black Hill (2067m)

Photograph • Distance: 5.6km away

Just south of Lake Coleridge. Viewed from Trig M near Porter's Pass. More ▶︎

Blue Hill

Photograph • Distance: 5.6km away

From near Trig M, Porter's Pass. More ▶︎

Dusk, Porter's Pass

Photograph • Distance: 6.0km away

Near Trig M, July 2009. More ▶︎

Dusk, Porter's Pass

Photograph • Distance: 6.0km away

Near Trig M, July 2009. More ▶︎

Foggy Peak

Photograph • Distance: 6.0km away

From near point 1170, Porter's Pass, July 2009. More ▶︎

Castle Hill Peak

GPX file • Distance: 7.5km away

Straightforward alpine walk with great views. More ▶︎

Winter, Foggy Peak

Photograph • Distance: 8.2km away

June 2006 More ▶︎

Lake Lyndon from Foggy Peak

Photograph • Distance: 8.2km away

June 2006 More ▶︎

Mt Enys - Finally!

Article • Distance: 8.4km away

An account of our 4 attempts to climb Mt Enys directly via Deadman Spur. More ▶︎

The Big Ben Range from Foggy Pk

Photograph • Distance: 8.5km away

Looking across Porters Pass in the Canterbury high country. Kowai Forest is a very accessible point from which to explore the ... More ▶︎

Foggy Peak

Track • Easy/medium. Return via same track. • Distance: 8.5km away

A short walk from Porter's Pass to a peak with good views at the southern end of the Torlesse Range. More ▶︎

Mt Plenty, Ghost Creek Circuit

Article • Distance: 9.2km away

A day trip involving a 700 m climb then descending a creek with 2 challenging sidles past waterfalls. More ▶︎

Dry Acheron Track

Track • 1 day. Easy/medium. Return by the same track. • Distance: 9.4km away

Follow the Dry Acheron Stream to the summit of Big Ben (1416m). More ▶︎