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mid-Greenstone valley
Greenstone Track
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2 – 3 days. Easy. One way.
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Distance: less than 100m away
A famous, easy track along red tussock river flats.
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Greenstone / Caples Tracks
Track
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4 days. Easy/medium. Loop track.
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Distance: 587m away
The Greenstone and Caples Tracks are often linked together to form a circuit from the shores of Lake Wakatipu. Long ...
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Boyd Creek to The Divide via Kiwi Burn and the Mavora Walkway
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Distance: 3.4km away
A New Year's trip through the Snowdon Forest and on to The Divide. Heavily affected by weather, I had to ...
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McKellar Hut
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Serviced Hut (DOC). Capacity: 26.
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Distance: 3.6km away
New hut is being built/opened November 2011. Capacity for 26, two separate bunkrooms and main room.
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Mavora-Greenstone Walkway
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4 days. Easy. One way.
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Distance: 5.2km away
Links with Greenstone Track.
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Steele Creek Hut
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Distance: 5.2km away
Picture of the Renovated Steele Creek Hut.
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steele creek track
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3 days. Medium. Loop track.
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Distance: 5.2km away
Rugged route following steele creek. This track connets the Greenstone and caples valley bypassing the popular Mckellar hut but this ...
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lower Greenstone valley
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Distance: 5.4km away
looking south, near the confluence of Greenstone River and Steele Ck (April 2009)
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McKellar Saddle (945 m), Upper Caples Valley
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Distance: 5.5km away
After a steep climb up from Lake McKellar in the Upper Greenstone, you are treated to spectacular views of the ...
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Caples Track
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2 days. Easy/medium. One way.
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Distance: 5.8km away
A quiet track climbing alongside the Caples River through forest and grassy flats and over a sub-alpine saddle.
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Caples Valley Fallow Deer
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Distance: 5.8km away
Spooked a mob of 30+ deer back in 06/07.
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Lake Gunn to Falls Creek.
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1 – 2 days. Hard. One way.
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Distance: 6.1km away
A challenging day trip or overnight trip in Fiordland.
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Fraser Creek & Kay Creek
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Distance: 6.1km away
View from route to Steele Creek from the Upper Caples hut
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steele creek hut
Hut
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 3.
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Distance: 6.2km away
old deer hunters hut. it has got a mud floor and sack bunkings and when i went there the hut ...
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Cascade Creek Campsite
Campsite
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Scenic Campsite (DOC). 120 spaces.
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Distance: 6.6km away
Large campsite on the Milford Road at the foot of Lake Gunn. Wheelchair accessible toilet.
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Upper Caples Hut
Hut
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Club hut (Southern Lakes Deerstalkers Association). Capacity: 16.Bookings required.
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Distance: 7.7km away
Comfortable hut in the Upper Caples Valley.
This hut was closed to the public in February 2014, but is now reopened ...
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Scott Saddle route (Dart to Caples)
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1 – 2 days. Medium. One way.
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Distance: 8.0km away
This route crosses the easiest pass from the Dart to Caples Valleys, via Scott Creek, Scott Saddle and Kay Creek ...
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Mid Greenstone Hut
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Standard Hut (NZDA). Capacity: 16.Bookings required.
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Distance: 8.1km away
This hut in the Greenstone Valley was managed by DOC, but has since been sold to the New Zealand Deerstalkers ...
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Fraser Creek
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1 – 2 days. Easy/medium. One way.
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Distance: 8.1km away
One of several valleys that cut into the southern Humboldt Mountains. It passes through many kilometres of beech forest, river ...
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Morning at the Greenstone Saddle Camping Area.
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Distance: 8.2km away
Morning at the Greenstone Saddle Camping Area. McKellar Saddle, cloaked in cloud and dusted with snow, is left of centre.
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Greenstone Saddle Camping Area
Campsite
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Informal campsite (DOC).
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Distance: 8.3km away
Large informal campsite at Greenstone Saddle, near the top of the Greenstone Track.
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Parorama from Harris Saddle
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Distance: 8.9km away
several photographs put together to create a panoramic view
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Routeburn Track
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2 – 4 days. Easy/medium. One way.
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Distance: 8.9km away
An internationally renowned and popular alpine crossing between Fiordland and Lake Wakatipu.
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Key Summit
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Easy. Return via same track.
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Distance: 8.9km away
Short, easy walk at the start of the Routeburn Track to a low summit. Panoramic views of the Greenstone, Hollyford, ...
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Haast to The Divide
GPX file
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Distance: 8.9km away
Andrew Barker's traverse 2009. From Pleasant Flat in the Haast to The Divide via Mt Aspiring National Park.
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Not The Routeburn
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Distance: 9.0km away
A six-passes, seven catchments trip through the Humboldt Mountains from Glenorchy to The Divide.
Note that for access from Double Barrel ...
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U Pass
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1 – 2 days. Medium. Loop track.
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Distance: 9.1km away
A short loop track in the Earl Mountains.
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Sleepy Hollow Pass route (Caples to Dart)
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Medium/hard. One way.
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Distance: 9.1km away
The Sleepy Hollow pass route from the mid-Caples to the Dart Valley. This can be combined with either a walk ...
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Mid Caples Hut
Hut
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Serviced Hut (DOC). Capacity: 24.
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Distance: 9.1km away
A new $535000 hut opened February 2014, to replace the smaller hut on the site.
The hut provides pleasant views over ...
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Lake Howden
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Distance: 9.1km away
Summer at Lake Howden is a magic time. The wind is warm, days are hot and sunny, and the fellow ...
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Howden Hut
Hut
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Great Walks Hut (DOC). Capacity: 28.
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Distance: 9.6km away
Hut on the Routeburn Track, destroyed by a landslide in February 2020.
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Home Hill Hut
Hut
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2.
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Distance: 9.7km away
A rustic hut above the old Birchdale Homestead site in the Caples Valley.. Roof has been replaced and new bunks ...
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Hollyford Valley
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Distance: 9.8km away
The Hollyford Valley floor sits just above sea level, while the Routeburn Track creeps along the Serpentine Range at around ...
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