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Veiw from campsite on Amber Col
First Light Amber Col
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Distance: less than 100m away
5:30am God it's early, beautiful light, freezing cold, about an hour before total white-out.
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Amber Col
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Distance: less than 100m away
September 2008
Stayed the previous night at the new Hawdon Hut, then made my way over Walker Pass and up the ...
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Heading back to the tent on Tarn Col
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Distance: 2.2km away
Chuzzman aka chuzz returning to the tent after getting yha on the cliff-sides of Tarn Col.
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The Descent Route of the NW Tributary of Discovery Stream
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Distance: 2.2km away
this route avoids waterfalls
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Descent Route from NW Tributary of Discovery Stream
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Distance: 2.2km away
This avoids waterfalls
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Edwards River-Hawdon River
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3 days. Medium. One way.
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Distance: 2.3km away
See Hawdon River.
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Discovery Stream/Sudden Valley traverse
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Distance: 2.5km away
2 day circuit from Hawden River, crossing mountain ridgetop after approach from Discovery Stream which features boulder-hopping and cascades.
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Walker Pass Tarn
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Distance: 2.5km away
October 08,
Tarn on Walker Pass looking back towards the Hawdon Valley
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Ascent to Taruahuna Pass
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Distance: 3.0km away
Ascent to Taruahuna Pass from Otehake
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Lake Anti-Mavis, Tarn Pass in the distance
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Distance: 3.2km away
Lake Anti-Mavis, Tarn Pass in the distance
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Hawdon Hut
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Serviced Hut (DOC). Capacity: 20.
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Distance: 3.4km away
A new hut opened in December 2007 after the previous hut was destroyed by fire June 2005.
An easy two to ...
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route from Lake Mavis to Edwards Valley bypassing Taruahuna Pass
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Distance: 3.9km away
This route bypasses the pass with its tiresome talus travel for those who have experienced it several times already!
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Lake Mavis
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2 days. Medium. Return via same track.
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Distance: 3.9km away
A side trip off the popular Mingha-Deception route in Arthur's Pass.
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Sudden Valley Biv
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2.
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Distance: 4.7km away
The small dark biv was replaced Summer 2008. Camping is possible around the biv.
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"New" Sudden Valley biv Feb 2010
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Distance: 4.7km away
Replacement for old biv. This biv is only a short distance from the Hawdon Shelter. You can get in and ...
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Sudden Valley
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2 days. Medium. Return via same track.
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Distance: 4.7km away
A secluded hanging valley in the southeast corner of Arthur's Pass National Park
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Sudden Valley
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Distance: 4.7km away
Sudden Valley off Hawdon Valley - Arthurs Pass
Great short trip in times of low rainfall
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Goat Pass Hut
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Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 20.
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Distance: 4.9km away
Large hut on the popular Mingha-Deception route
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Sudden valley track
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Distance: 5.1km away
Comments to add to other articles about Sudden Valley
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Edwards Hut Toilet
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Distance: 5.1km away
View down the valley from the Edwards hut.
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Edwards Hut
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Serviced Hut (DOC). Capacity: 16.
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Distance: 5.1km away
Well built hut, sleeps 16 people.
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Mingha River-Deception River
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2 days. Medium. One way.
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Distance: 5.1km away
Goat Pass Track. Alpine track over a pass between two river valleys.
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Hawdon Valley - Discovery Flat
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Distance: 5.2km away
View looking to the south across the Hawdon Valley at Discovery Flat. Taken from the track up from the Hawdon ...
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Hawdon River
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2 days. Easy. Return via same track.
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Distance: 5.2km away
Easy travel up a wide river valley.
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Mingha Biv
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2.
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Distance: 5.2km away
Just south of Goat Pass. Hut has had a full refurbishment thanks to NZDA, Permolat and The Back Country Trust. ...
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Mingha Biv
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Distance: 5.2km away
The old and not in very good condition Mingha Biv
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East Hawdon Stream
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1 – 2 days. Easy/medium. Return via same track.
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Distance: 5.8km away
A short walk to a new biv located on a branch of the Hawdon River.
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trudge col
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Distance: 5.9km away
trudge col as seen from hawdon hut. left of rough peak, hawdon valley, arthurs pass national park.
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Otehake hut
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Distance: 5.9km away
Otehake hut is an NZFS six bunker that was built in 1963. It is the "stretched style" with a porch ...
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Otehake Hut
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Standard Hut (DOC).
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Distance: 5.9km away
Otehake Hut. NZFS six bunker with porch. Built 1962/63.
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Otehake Hut
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Distance: 5.9km away
6 bunk NZFS style hut in the Otehake Valley, near the confluence of East & West Otehake Rivers, altitude 640m
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trudge col - from the north
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Distance: 5.9km away
Trudge stream drains the northern or Poulter side of Trudge Col. Crossing Trudge Col provides an interesting and challenging route ...
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Upper Deception Hut
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 6.
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Distance: 6.6km away
Six bunk hut adjacent the popular Mingha-Deception route. It was built by the NZFS in 1962.
[A four bunker Lower Deception ...
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Upper Deception hut Feb 2009
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Distance: 6.6km away
A sound old NZFS hut in need of a bit of TLC. The scrub badly needed cutting back last time ...
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Sidle Mt Valiant
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Distance: 6.9km away
A good direct route from the East Hawdon to the head of the Poulter at Trudge stream, Arthurs Pass National ...
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East Hawdon Biv
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Distance: 6.9km away
The shiny new two-bunk hut in the frosty East Hawdon Valley.
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East Hawdon Bivouac
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2.
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Distance: 7.0km away
A smart new hut on East Hawdon Stream. It was built 2007, replacing the original biv.
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Mt Aicken in Jan
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Distance: 8.0km away
Require Medium fitness level, rock/stone marked track above bushline.
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Herbfields above Worsley Pass
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Distance: 8.6km away
Herbfields above Worsley Pass
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Page Memorial Shelter
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Distance: 8.7km away
Day shelter in Temple Basin, Arthurs Pass.
Page Memorial Shelter is little day-hut built for skiers in Temple Basin, set apart ...
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Mount Cassidy
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1 day. Medium/hard. Return via same track.
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Distance: 8.8km away
A short but challenging climb from Arthur's Pass Village.
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route from Otehake Track to Big Tops Hut via Koropuku Gorge
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Distance: 8.8km away
Untracked mission involving 1)crossing of Otehake River. Only able to be done at low flows. @) travel up Koropuku Gorge ...
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Back down the Poulter from Worsley Pass
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Distance: 9.0km away
Back down the Poulter from Worsley Pass
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Temple Basin Ski Field
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Distance: 9.1km away
Taken a little past the ski huts, November 2012
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Temple Basin
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Easy/medium. Return via same track.
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Distance: 9.1km away
A steepish climb through alpine meadows to the Temple Basin skifield
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Woolshed Hill
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Medium. Hawdon Valley.
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Distance: 9.4km away
The track begins steeply climbing through beech forest from near the Hawdon carpark. It emerges into brilliant dracophyllum draped tops ...
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Edwards River-Otehake River
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4 days. Medium. One way.
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Distance: 9.4km away
Another north-south crossing of the park.
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Towards Andrews and Binser
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Distance: 9.4km away
Taken end of Summer '06 on a brief jaunt between Hawdon and Andrews stream, nearby is a grove of gooseberries ...
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Arthur's Pass National Park
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National Park. 1145.00km2.
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Distance: 9.4km away
This alpine park straddles the Main Divide of the Southern Alps, with dry beech forests in the east and damp ...
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Shattered rock on Mount Cassidy
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Distance: 9.6km away
The rock is very crumbly and unstable.
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The Recutting of the NZFS track to Worsley Pass
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Distance: 9.7km away
How we searched for, found, recut and marked this ancient track that had been lost for 25 years.
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route from Otehake Track to Big Tops Hut via Koropuku Gorge
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Distance: 9.8km away
Untracked mission only able to be done when rivers at low flows (usually from December to April).
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Worsley Biv
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 3.
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Distance: 9.8km away
Recently renovated (thanks CUTC with Kerry Clapham) with new ridgeline and skylight 'A' frame Maori bunk biv, with 3 foam ...
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NZFS track to Worsley Pass and deer trail route in Poulter Gorge
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Distance: 9.9km away
They were bitchin' in the hut book about this track in 1988. No work done on it for a long ...
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Hawdon Shelter
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Shelter (DOC).
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Distance: 9.9km away
An open shelter at the edge of extensive frost flats. Ample camping opportunities.
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Hawdon Shelter campsite
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Informal campsite (DOC). 20 spaces.
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Distance: 10.0km away
Broad golden grass flats on the banks of the Hawdon River. Kea overhead and ample space to avoid the crowds. ...
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