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Explorer Hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4. • Distance: less than 100m away

A small hut located near Douglas Saddle. Easiest access is from the Mikonui valley. None of the routes are recommended in ... More ▶︎

SI Bush Robin

Photograph • Distance: less than 100m away

This friendly bird kept me company at Explorer hut the couple of nights I was there recently. It would come ... More ▶︎

Mt Bowen from Fraser Peak March 2013

Photograph • Distance: less than 100m away

This photo of Mt Bowen 1965m was taken from near the summit of Fraser Peak 1166m. Both peaks lie between ... More ▶︎

View SE from Bald Hill Range June 2013

Photograph • Distance: 2.1km away

This picture was taken from the crest of the Bald Hill Range NE of Bald Hill. The tussock and low ... More ▶︎

Mikonui Spur Bivvy

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2. • Distance: 2.9km away

A traditional forestry bivvy that has braved many a Tasman Sea storm, on an exposed ridge top above the Mikonui ... More ▶︎

Mikonui Spur biv Dec 2010

Photograph • Distance: 2.9km away

A pic of the biv with Mt Bowen behind to the SE. More ▶︎

Looking up Mikonui Spur Dec 2010

Photograph • Distance: 2.9km away

This pic is taken from the track on the spur below the biv and looks up past the biv in ... More ▶︎

Mikonui Spur biv Nov 2007

Photograph • Distance: 3.0km away

The subject J H & photographer, not me in this case, Horse G are sometimes tramping companions. They, like myself, ... More ▶︎

Remarkable Peak

Photograph • Distance: 3.2km away

This photo shows Remarkable Peak 1790m in spring conditions. It is the tooth like peak centre picture. The pic was ... More ▶︎

Black Hut Totara Valley & beyond

Photograph • Distance: 3.3km away

This July shot taken from beside the Totara Valley road shows Black Hut. The higher country in the back ground ... More ▶︎

Looking SW along the Bald Hill Range June 2013

Photograph • Distance: 3.3km away

This photo shows the easy tussock tops of the Bald Hill Range. Bald Hill is the tussocky high point down ... More ▶︎

Route to Healey Ck hut from Mikonui Flat

Photograph • Distance: 4.4km away

From the track start on the Flat it's a bit over 2hrs of up hill then 20 minutes down to ... More ▶︎

Whitcombe Pass & Butler Saddle

Article • Distance: 5.1km away

route guide attached by for Hokitika Gorge to Erewhon via Whitcombe Pass & Butler Saddle. The guide was written by ... More ▶︎

Mikonui Flat hut May 2008

Photograph • Distance: 5.3km away

This is the first of the DOC huts when heading up the Mikonui River. It is on the TL about ... More ▶︎

Mikonui Flat hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6. • Distance: 5.3km away

This is the first of the DOC huts when heading up the Mikonui River. It is on the TL about ... More ▶︎

Old shed & beyond. Mikonui Flat July 2010

Photograph • Distance: 5.4km away

This old shed is next to the old homestead on Mikonui Flat. Beyond the shed is the Mikonui River and then ... More ▶︎

Historic Homestead Mikonui Flat Sept 2007

Photograph • Distance: 5.4km away

This small old farm dwelling is on the TR of the Mikonui flats & is referred to as "The Old ... More ▶︎

Looking SW from Mt Diedrichs May 2013

Photograph • Distance: 5.5km away

This photo taken from beside the trig beacon on the summit of Mt Diedrichs 1084m looks SW over the Hokitika ... More ▶︎

Healey Creek hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4. • Distance: 5.6km away

A tidy four bunker toward the head of Healey Creek a Mikonui River tributary. The hut is on a tussock ... More ▶︎

Healey Creek hut May 2008

Photograph • Distance: 5.6km away

A tidy four bunker toward the head of Healey Creek a Mikonui River tributary. The hut is on a tussock ... More ▶︎

Whitcombe Pass

Track • 5 – 7 days. Medium/hard. One way. • Distance: 6.3km away

This route follows the famous journey by John Henry Whitcombe and the Swiss guide Jakob Lauper across the Main Divide ... More ▶︎

Rapid Creek hut June 2008

Photograph • Distance: 6.3km away

This is a four bunker on the TL of the Hokitika River not far below the junction with the Whitcombe ... More ▶︎

Rapid Creek hut May 1975

Photograph • Distance: 6.3km away

An older pic of the hut after it had got its first replacement chimney. These days the hut has a ... More ▶︎

Rapid Creek hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4. • Distance: 6.3km away

This is a four bunker on the TL of the Hokitika River not far below the junction with the Whitcombe ... More ▶︎

Mt Misery & beyond February 2013

Photograph • Distance: 6.6km away

Last month I decided to climb a hill that can be seen from home that I'd never got around to ... More ▶︎

Healey Spur Feb 2014

Photograph • Distance: 6.8km away

This photo shows the last steep bit of Healey Spur before reaching the relatively easy going of Galena Ridge at ... More ▶︎