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![Otehake Hot Springs](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/6/6733-mini.jpg)
Otehake Hot Springs
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Distance: 739m away
Otehake hot springs. October 25th 2009.
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![Taramakau in the evening from Big Tops](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/10/10291-mini.jpg)
Taramakau in the evening from Big Tops
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Distance: 1.0km away
then the rain came and washed it all away...and yet keeping low doesn't make no sense so little Eiffel stands ...
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![Edwards River-Otehake River](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/12/12373-mini.jpg)
Edwards River-Otehake River
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4 days. Medium. One way.
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Distance: 1.1km away
Another north-south crossing of the park.
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![Otehake Hot Springs](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/6/6733-mini.jpg)
Otehake Hot Springs
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2 days. Easy/medium. Return via same track.
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Distance: 1.1km away
A popular weekend route to good hot pools.
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![Otehake NZFS track up to Big Tops and down to Koropuku Hut](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/6/6777-mini.jpg)
Otehake NZFS track up to Big Tops and down to Koropuku Hut
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1 day. Medium. One way.
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Distance: 1.2km away
Attractive old track from Otehake swingbridge to open tops. Recent extensions cut from gully to bypass waterfalls.
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![Grand Traverse of Mt Pfeifer](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/12/12987-mini.jpg)
Grand Traverse of Mt Pfeifer
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Distance: 1.8km away
Traverse from Kaurapataka Saddle, over summit to Waharoa Saddle.
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![Mural gracing Koropuku hut](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/8/8558-mini.jpg)
Mural gracing Koropuku hut
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Distance: 2.0km away
I snapped this to show my partner how cultured the inhabitants of back country huts can be. It is topical ...
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![Koropuku Hut](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/6/6777-mini.jpg)
Koropuku Hut
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4.
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Distance: 2.0km away
Cult Hut! A NZFS 4 bunk beauty with silken wooden floors, no fireplace, tasteful furnishings and domestic accoutrements including the ...
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![Lake Kaurapataka](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/12/12987-mini.jpg)
Lake Kaurapataka
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1 – 2 days. Easy. Return via same track.
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Distance: 2.2km away
Easy weekend trip to a pretty Arthur's Pass camping spot
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![Lake Kaurapataka.](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/1/1410-mini.jpg)
Lake Kaurapataka.
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Distance: 2.2km away
This small lake next to the Taramakau Valley is a good camping spot.
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![Lake Kaurapataka](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/11/11075-mini.jpg)
Lake Kaurapataka
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Distance: 2.3km away
"It can be beautiful from a distance..." (Holcroft)
dis-tance - detente (softening)? de(to do) tente(softening) (or hardening? - dis tente)... ...
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![route from Otehake Track to Big Tops Hut via Koropuku Gorge](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/6/6777-mini.jpg)
route from Otehake Track to Big Tops Hut via Koropuku Gorge
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Distance: 2.9km away
Untracked mission only able to be done when rivers at low flows (usually from December to April).
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![traverse of Mt Pfeifer](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/8/8751-mini.jpg)
traverse of Mt Pfeifer
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Distance: 3.4km away
Traverse of ridge south-east of the summit in clag. Getting around the boulder was tricky and a bit exposed.
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![Mt Pfeifer etc from Kellys Hill July 2011](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/10/10970-mini.jpg)
Mt Pfeifer etc from Kellys Hill July 2011
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Distance: 3.4km away
This photo was taken from near the broadcasting repeaters on top of Kellys Hill which is the hill immediately north ...
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![Posing on Mt Pfeifer](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/12/12411-mini.jpg)
Posing on Mt Pfeifer
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Distance: 3.4km away
This pic looks westward from Mt Pfeifer during autumn conditions prior to the May snowfalls.
Mt Pfeifer is an easy ...
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![route from Otehake Track to Big Tops Hut via Koropuku Gorge](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/7/7329-mini.jpg)
route from Otehake Track to Big Tops Hut via Koropuku Gorge
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Distance: 3.6km 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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![Descent from Pfeifer Biv into Pfeifer Creek via scree](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/4/4874-mini.jpg)
Descent from Pfeifer Biv into Pfeifer Creek via scree
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Distance: 3.6km away
Unmarked route exiting basin where biv lies, maintaining altitude to cross a spur after 20 minutes then travelling northeast along ...
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![birds-eye view](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/7/7918-mini.jpg)
birds-eye view
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Distance: 4.1km away
Looking from Waharoa Saddle down Pfeifer Stream & to Lake Kaurapataka
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![Paratu Stream - Waharoa Saddle](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/8/8551-mini.jpg)
Paratu Stream - Waharoa Saddle
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Distance: 4.1km away
The easiest route to Mt Pfeifer via an attractive bouldered stream and a magical saddle with flybys of kaka and ...
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![Pfeiffer Biv](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/7/7876-mini.jpg)
Pfeiffer Biv
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Distance: 4.1km away
cosy,dinky even,modern 2 bunker with longdrop nearby.
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![Pfeifer biv & toilet April 2012](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/12/12033-mini.jpg)
Pfeifer biv & toilet April 2012
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Distance: 4.1km away
A new biv from early 2008 replacing an old biv that was about 20m to the south. (The sign on ...
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![Pfeifer biv](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/8/8551-mini.jpg)
Pfeifer biv
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2.
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Distance: 4.1km away
A new biv from early 2008 replacing an old biv that was about 20m to the south. (The sign on ...
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!["Old" Pfeifer biv (Removed) Dec 2007](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/8/8551-mini.jpg)
"Old" Pfeifer biv (Removed) Dec 2007
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Distance: 4.1km away
The old biv a few months before it was replaced.
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![Poulter Bivvy](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/5/5380-mini.jpg)
Poulter Bivvy
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2.
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Distance: 4.8km away
A new 2 bunk D.O.C. bivvy located in the headwaters of the Poulter River. It has two sleeping platforms with ...
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![Harper Pass - Kiwi Saddle](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/1/1508-mini.jpg)
Harper Pass - Kiwi Saddle
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5 – 7 days. Medium. One way.
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Distance: 5.4km away
A classic crossing of the Main Divide, following the deep valleys of the Hope Fault from the Arthur's Pass road ...
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![Townsend hut](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/8/8555-mini.jpg)
Townsend hut
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4.
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Distance: 5.8km away
Townsend hut which is perched high above the TL of the Taramakau River in the scrub - tussock transition zone ...
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![Townsend hut March 2009](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/8/8555-mini.jpg)
Townsend hut March 2009
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Distance: 5.8km away
Townsend hut which is perched high above the TL of the Taramakau River in the scrub - tussock transition zone ...
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![Townsend Hut](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/7/7432-mini.jpg)
Townsend Hut
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Distance: 6.0km away
Early morning, heading for Lake Minchin to meet the 'Chuzzman' aka 'chuzz'.
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![Otehake Hut](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/7/7511-mini.jpg)
Otehake Hut
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Distance: 6.4km away
6 bunk NZFS style hut in the Otehake Valley, near the confluence of East & West Otehake Rivers, altitude 640m
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![Otehake Hut](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/4/4922-mini.jpg)
Otehake Hut
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Standard Hut (DOC).
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Distance: 6.4km away
Otehake Hut. NZFS six bunker with porch. Built 1962/63.
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![Otehake hut](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/12/12421-mini.jpg)
Otehake hut
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Distance: 6.4km 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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![Herbfields above Worsley Pass](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/25/25947-mini.jpg)
Herbfields above Worsley Pass
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Distance: 6.5km away
Herbfields above Worsley Pass
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![Back down the Poulter from Worsley Pass](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/25/25946-mini.jpg)
Back down the Poulter from Worsley Pass
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Distance: 6.5km away
Back down the Poulter from Worsley Pass
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![The Recutting of the NZFS track to Worsley Pass](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/12/12821-mini.jpg)
The Recutting of the NZFS track to Worsley Pass
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Distance: 7.5km away
How we searched for, found, recut and marked this ancient track that had been lost for 25 years.
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![Peak a chamois - Townsend Tops](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/7/7428-mini.jpg)
Peak a chamois - Townsend Tops
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Distance: 7.6km away
Occasionally when walking between Townsend hut and Minchin pass you may play peak a boo with the wildlife.
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![Minchin Bivvy Feb 2016](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/25/25238-mini.jpg)
Minchin Bivvy Feb 2016
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Distance: 7.8km away
The photo is of Minchin Biv & is taken looking down Minchin Stream. It was built by the NZFS (New ...
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Penny Pass
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3 – 4 days. Medium. Loop track.
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Distance: 7.8km away
3 day trip from upper Poulter River over Penny Pass between Minchin and Thompson Streams.
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![Worsley Biv](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/12/12821-mini.jpg)
Worsley Biv
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 3.
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Distance: 7.9km 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](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/12/12821-mini.jpg)
NZFS track to Worsley Pass and deer trail route in Poulter Gorge
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Distance: 8.1km 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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![Sidle Mt Valiant](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/13/13361-mini.jpg)
Sidle Mt Valiant
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Distance: 8.3km 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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![Mingha River-Deception River](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/0/676-mini.jpg)
Mingha River-Deception River
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2 days. Medium. One way.
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Distance: 8.8km away
Goat Pass Track. Alpine track over a pass between two river valleys.
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![trudge col - from the north](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/18/18983-mini.jpg)
trudge col - from the north
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Distance: 9.4km 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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![trudge col](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/19/19026-mini.jpg)
trudge col
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Distance: 9.4km away
trudge col as seen from hawdon hut. left of rough peak, hawdon valley, arthurs pass national park.
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![Poulter Hut](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/3/3591-mini.jpg)
Poulter Hut
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Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 10.
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Distance: 9.4km away
Fairly new hut with 8 mattresses on 2 levels of Maori bunks. On flats by the Poulter River at the ...
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![Poulter Hut](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/3/3591-mini.jpg)
Poulter Hut
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Distance: 9.4km away
At the confluence of Poulter River and Minchin Stream, Arthurs Pass NP
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![Ascent to Taruahuna Pass](http://tramper.nz/imgcache/25/25948-mini.jpg)
Ascent to Taruahuna Pass
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Distance: 9.5km away
Ascent to Taruahuna Pass from Otehake
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