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Pyke River

Big Bay - Pyke - Hollyford Road-end Route

Big Bay - Pyke - Hollyford Road-end Route

Big Bay - Pyke - Hollyford Road-end Route as tramped by us in May 2012 and recorded with Garmin GPS60csx   More ▶︎
Pyke Airstrip

Pyke Airstrip

The last good camping to be had here if you push on past Pyke Crossing.   More ▶︎
Pyke Crossing

Pyke Crossing

A large braided river crossing, it was 3 or 4 seperate water channels seperated by gravel islands when this photo ...   More ▶︎
Mind the little bitches! Don`t forget some anti-sandfly-shit!

Mind the little bitches! Don`t forget some anti-sandfly-shit!

On this pic u can see just a little of them. After a few days at "camp sandfly" the bitches ...   More ▶︎
Lake Wilmot

Lake Wilmot

Taken from where the Pyke flows into the lake, looking South. A very long, tiresome bushbash around the lake awaits.   More ▶︎
Red Pyke River confluence with the Pyke

Red Pyke River confluence with the Pyke

The Red Pyke River meets the Pyke in the Pyke Gorge   More ▶︎
The Awarua River

The Awarua River

Taken from the bridge about 10 minutes from the Big Bay hut.   More ▶︎
Pyke - Big Bay Route

Pyke - Big Bay Route

A more challenging extension to the Hollyford Track following old roads, rivers, lake edges, and beaches.   More ▶︎
The Barrier River

The Barrier River

This is the Northern branch. Very swiftly flowing, luckily it was only knee deep. Would be quite impassible when in ...   More ▶︎
Big Bay Hut

Big Bay Hut

Big Bay Hut (9 bunk, stove, limited firewood, tank water) is a house just above the beach in the remote ...   More ▶︎
Big Bay hut

Big Bay hut

Very hard to find if you are coming from Martins Bay. The whole area between the sand dunes at Big ...   More ▶︎
Three Mile Beach at Big Bay

Three Mile Beach at Big Bay

Windswept, stoney and very uncomfortable to walk on. On the bright side theres plenty of driftwood if you feel like ...   More ▶︎
Stag Pass

Stag Pass

Taken from Beresford Pass   More ▶︎
Red Mountain

Red Mountain

Red Mountain from the descent from Stag Pass; the Simonin Flats are visible alongside the upper Pyke River with Kea ...   More ▶︎