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Morning mist, Hidden Falls creek

Morning mist, Hidden Falls creek

Photograph • Distance: 406m away
On the five passes route. Morning mist in upper Hidden Falls creek, not far from Cow saddle. taken Jan 2010   More ▶︎
Cow saddle

Cow saddle

Photograph • Distance: 624m away
On the five passes route. Cow saddle with Fiery col in the background. taken Jan 2010   More ▶︎
Five Passes

Five Passes

Track • 6 – 7 days. Medium/hard. Loop track. • Distance: 674m away
A classic trip starting and finishing at the Routeburn road. The five passes are; Sugarloaf pass, Park pass, Cow saddle, Fiery ...   More ▶︎
Here comes the cold half of the day

Here comes the cold half of the day

Photograph • Distance: 680m away
We didn't start walking until after midday and now with the descent from Fiery Col complete we settle down in ...   More ▶︎
Scree Slopes in Hidden Falls Creek

Scree Slopes in Hidden Falls Creek

Photograph • Distance: 722m away
An interesting mix of colours awaits you when you ascend Hidden Falls Ck toward Cow Saddle.   More ▶︎
The Olivine Ledge

The Olivine Ledge

Photograph • Distance: 1.2km away
At around 1100M a grassy ledge takes you from a short distance down from Fiery Col to the outlet from ...   More ▶︎
Camp on Hidden Falls Creek

Camp on Hidden Falls Creek

Photograph • Distance: 1.5km away
looking upstream, our campsite high on Hidden Falls Creek was a little exposed but above the early morning mist   More ▶︎
Five Passes via Lake Nerine and North Col

Five Passes via Lake Nerine and North Col

Article • Distance: 1.5km away
A classic tramp north of the Routeburn. Rather than exit via the Rockburn, we extended the trip through Lake Nerine ...   More ▶︎
Ultramafic rocks, Hidden Falls Creek

Ultramafic rocks, Hidden Falls Creek

Photograph • Distance: 2.1km away
On the five passes route. Ultramafic rocks in upper Hidden Falls creek. taken Jan 2010   More ▶︎
The descent to Cow Saddle from Fiery Col

The descent to Cow Saddle from Fiery Col

Photograph • Distance: 2.4km away
Already down some 50m from the Col and the saddle area is coming into view. It's still another 4-500m to ...   More ▶︎
Fiery col from Olivine Ledge

Fiery col from Olivine Ledge

Photograph • Distance: 2.4km away
On the five passes route. Fiery col (on the left) from Olivine Ledge. taken Jan 2010   More ▶︎
Olivine Wilderness Area

Olivine Wilderness Area

Place • Wilderness Area. 830.00km2. • Distance: 2.4km away
Remote country in the Olivine Range. The wilderness area includes the Red Hills, the Olivine Ice Plateau, and the Joe ...   More ▶︎
Fiery Col in fine weather

Fiery Col in fine weather

Photograph • Distance: 2.5km away
It's the first time i've come through here in clear weather. What a view. We didn't get going till 1pm today. ...   More ▶︎
Fiery Col

Fiery Col

Photograph • Distance: 2.5km away
looking across Cow Saddle into Hidden Falls Creek Feb 2013   More ▶︎
Fiery Col menhir

Fiery Col menhir

Photograph • Distance: 2.5km away
Photo Feb 2013, having begun the climb from the Olivine Ledge towards the Col   More ▶︎
Menhir at Fiery Col

Menhir at Fiery Col

Photograph • Distance: 2.6km away
Approaching Fiery Col from the Olivine Ledge, there is a small but distinct menhir off to the right - Penguin ...   More ▶︎
Olivine Ledge

Olivine Ledge

Photograph • Distance: 2.8km away
On the five passes route. View of the Olivine Ledge from just below Fiery col. And a Mt Cook lily ...   More ▶︎
Fiery creek campsite

Fiery creek campsite

Photograph • Distance: 3.6km away
On the five passes route. Camping by Fiery creek. taken Jan 2010   More ▶︎
Park Pass Glacier

Park Pass Glacier

Photograph • Distance: 4.3km away
some of the breath-taking scenery on the descent from the glacier Feb 2013   More ▶︎
Terminal lakes of Park Pass glacier

Terminal lakes of Park Pass glacier

Photograph • Distance: 4.3km away
To the north of Park Pass (1175m) is Poseidon Pk(2208m) from which flows Park Pass glacier to appx 1500m. It ...   More ▶︎
Park Pass Glacier

Park Pass Glacier

Photograph • Distance: 4.4km away
a highly recommended side trip on the 5 Passes tramp Feb 2013   More ▶︎
Park Pass glacier - close up the snout.

Park Pass glacier - close up the snout.

Photograph • Distance: 4.5km away
The neve certainly looks very accessible from the terminal end. It was only the time factor which disallowed us the ...   More ▶︎
The upper Beansburn from the rock bivvy

The upper Beansburn from the rock bivvy

Photograph • Distance: 4.5km away
Some rain appears on the lens as it blows directly into the bivvy site. Good for us we can get ...   More ▶︎
The route to Lake Nerine from Park Pass

The route to Lake Nerine from Park Pass

Photograph • Distance: 4.5km away
Looking from the moraine of Park Pass glacier, the steep snowgrass slopes can be seen to the south. These slopes ...   More ▶︎
Fiery Col

Fiery Col

Photograph • Distance: 4.5km away
taken from the 1200m highpoint on the Olivine Ledge Feb 2013   More ▶︎
Beans Burn camp

Beans Burn camp

Photograph • Distance: 4.5km away
On the five passes route. Camping next to the Beansburn rock biv -- there is room for a couple of ...   More ▶︎
Whio on the Olivine River

Whio on the Olivine River

Photograph • Distance: 4.7km away
At Barrington Flats   More ▶︎
Park Pass and the Rockburn

Park Pass and the Rockburn

Photograph • Distance: 4.7km away
the climb to Park Pass Glacier opens views down the Rockburn and the sidle to Lake Nerine Feb 2013   More ▶︎
Close up of Park Pass Glacier

Close up of Park Pass Glacier

Photograph • Distance: 4.7km away
Showing the snout of the glacier with the tip obscured by the rock wall. Taken from above the steep snowgrass ...   More ▶︎
Park Pass

Park Pass

Photograph • Distance: 4.9km away
On the five passes route. The upper Rock Burn from Park Pass. taken Jan 2010   More ▶︎
Rockburn - Lake Nerine - North Routeburn

Rockburn - Lake Nerine - North Routeburn

Track • 3 – 5 days. Medium. Loop track. • Distance: 4.9km away
A slightly shorter option to the 5 passes trip but of similar if not more difficulty. Can be done in ...   More ▶︎
Early morning reflection

Early morning reflection

Photograph • Distance: 4.9km away
Taken from the top of Park Pass looking south towards the route into Lake Nerine   More ▶︎
View of the Rockburn from Park Pass Bivvy

View of the Rockburn from Park Pass Bivvy

Photograph • Distance: 4.9km away
As you ascend the Rockburn, perhaps as part of the Five Passes Walk, you can take advantage of a rock ...   More ▶︎
The Serpentine Range and the Three Passes

The Serpentine Range and the Three Passes

Article • Distance: 4.9km away
A six day trip around the Three Passes, including a traverse of the Serpentine Range instead of the North Route ...   More ▶︎
Big Bay - Pyke - Hollyford Road-end Route

Big Bay - Pyke - Hollyford Road-end Route

GPX file • Distance: 5.1km away
Big Bay - Pyke - Hollyford Road-end Route as tramped by us in May 2012 and recorded with Garmin GPS60csx   More ▶︎
Lake Alabaster Hut

Lake Alabaster Hut

Hut • Serviced Hut (DOC). Capacity: 26. • Distance: 5.3km away
Second hut on the Hollyford Track.   More ▶︎
Lake Alabaster from the South

Lake Alabaster from the South

Photograph • Distance: 5.3km away
Taken from the beach about 5 minutes from the Lake Alabaster hut.   More ▶︎
Down the Beansburn

Down the Beansburn

Photograph • Distance: 5.4km away
looking down the Beansburn - on the climb to Fohn Pass Feb 2013   More ▶︎
Alabaster Pass from the Olivine ledge

Alabaster Pass from the Olivine ledge

Photograph • Distance: 5.5km away
Looking from the ledge at the Olivine river and the flats on the river at the base of Alabaster Pass. ...   More ▶︎
beansburn track

beansburn track

Track • 3 – 5 days. Medium. Return via same track. • Distance: 5.6km away
a route that follows the beansburn valley. lake unknown can be reached from here. times: beansburn mouth-rock bivvy no 1 1-1.5 ...   More ▶︎
Beans Burn

Beans Burn

Photograph • Distance: 5.6km away
On the five passes route. Upper Beans Burn valley from just below Fohn saddle. taken Jan 2010   More ▶︎
Mt Tantalus

Mt Tantalus

Photograph • Distance: 5.6km away
Mt Tantalus over the Fohn Saddle. The Fohn Saddle is about the mid-point of the 5 passes tramp   More ▶︎
Fohn Lake

Fohn Lake

Photograph • Distance: 5.7km away
taken from above Fohn Pass, one possible route to the lake descends the gully on the right and sidles to ...   More ▶︎
Pyke - Big Bay Route

Pyke - Big Bay Route

Track • 3 – 4 days. Hard. One way. • Distance: 5.8km away
A more challenging extension to the Hollyford Track following old roads, rivers, lake edges, and beaches.   More ▶︎
Fohn Lake sunset

Fohn Lake sunset

Photograph • Distance: 6.2km away
Feb 2013. Sun setting behind the Bryneira Range as seen from point 1501   More ▶︎
Sunset from Fohn Lake

Sunset from Fohn Lake

Photograph • Distance: 6.2km away
looking W from the knoll above Fohn Lake Feb 2013   More ▶︎
Sunset on Sunset Peak

Sunset on Sunset Peak

Photograph • Distance: 6.2km away
deepening colours as the sun sets Feb 2013   More ▶︎
Fohn Lake

Fohn Lake

Photograph • Distance: 6.3km away
relaxing in the early evening - a great camp beside the tarn and below the aptly named Sunset Peak   More ▶︎
Fohn lake - Mt.Aspiring NP NZ

Fohn lake - Mt.Aspiring NP NZ

Photograph • Distance: 6.3km away
Along the Five Passes route and below Fohn saddle. The lake sits above the Olivine ledge. Fine weather at lunchtime. March ...   More ▶︎
Beans Burn waterfall

Beans Burn waterfall

Photograph • Distance: 6.4km away
On the five passes route. Waterfall mid Beans Burn. taken Jan 2010   More ▶︎
Fohn Lake

Fohn Lake

Photograph • Distance: 6.5km away
On the five passes route. Fohn lake with Sunset Peak (1800m) behind it. taken Jan 2010   More ▶︎
Northern end of the Olivine Ledge

Northern end of the Olivine Ledge

Photograph • Distance: 6.5km away
From the Bryneira Range   More ▶︎
The Olivine ledge from our bivvy at sunset.

The Olivine ledge from our bivvy at sunset.

Photograph • Distance: 6.6km away
The Fohn Lakes are above and to the left here with the outlet streams dropping across the ledge. The ledge ...   More ▶︎
to Lake Nerine

to Lake Nerine

Photograph • Distance: 6.7km away
on the sidle to Lake Nerine, looking back to Park Pass Glacier   More ▶︎
Looking back towards Park Pass

Looking back towards Park Pass

Photograph • Distance: 6.8km away
It is a steep snowgrass sidle from Park Pass to this point but the view is rewarding   More ▶︎
Lake Alabaster from the North

Lake Alabaster from the North

Photograph • Distance: 7.1km away
Taken from the Northern head of the lake looking South. 3 hours of wading in the lake awaits to reach ...   More ▶︎
Sunset Peak

Sunset Peak

Photograph • Distance: 7.2km away
panorama from the summit of Sunset Peak - looking S to E across Fohn Pass and Lake and Fiery Col ...   More ▶︎
Sunset panorama

Sunset panorama

Photograph • Distance: 7.2km away
panorama from Sunset Peak, looking NE to NW. From Skippers Range, across Lake Wilmot & Olivine River, Terminal Peak to the ...   More ▶︎
Merkl Glacier

Merkl Glacier

Photograph • Distance: 7.2km away
photo taken from the easily reached Sunset Peak, looking NE. Feb 2013   More ▶︎
A tarn on the way to Lake Nerine

A tarn on the way to Lake Nerine

Photograph • Distance: 7.5km away
This tarn is a very attractive place to stop for a while on the way to Lake Nerine. While it ...   More ▶︎
Lakelet in the Humboldt Mountains - Mt.Aspiring NP NZ.

Lakelet in the Humboldt Mountains - Mt.Aspiring NP NZ.

Photograph • Distance: 7.6km away
Perched high above the Rockburn valley floor, near to Lake Nerine only a little northward toward Park Pass.   More ▶︎
Park Pass Glacier

Park Pass Glacier

Photograph • Distance: 7.7km away
From near pt 1796 south of North Col   More ▶︎
Lake Nerine

Lake Nerine

Photograph • Distance: 7.8km away
The first view you get of Lake Nerine as you cross the saddle by Point 1594. Jan 2017   More ▶︎
Camp at Lake Nerine

Camp at Lake Nerine

Photograph • Distance: 8.1km away
This has to be every tramper's dream. A camp at Lake Nerine in perfect windless conditions   More ▶︎
Lake Nerine

Lake Nerine

Photograph • Distance: 8.3km away
Looking back at Lake Nerine from the ridge at its head. Mt Earnslaw in the distance   More ▶︎
Theatre Flat from above

Theatre Flat from above

Photograph • Distance: 8.4km away
Looking back down at Theatre Flat from the lip of the hanging valley that holds lake Nerine   More ▶︎
The Olivine river - Mt.Aspiring NP

The Olivine river - Mt.Aspiring NP

Photograph • Distance: 8.4km away
Several hundred metres below the Olivine ledge on the river. A little downstream of the confluence with Sunset Ck. That ...   More ▶︎
The tops of the Darran Mountains - Fjordland NZ

The tops of the Darran Mountains - Fjordland NZ

Photograph • Distance: 8.4km away
The exit from the Lake Nerine basin when heading to North Col overlooks the lower end of Hidden Falls Ck ...   More ▶︎
A fresh look at the descent to Lake Nerine.

A fresh look at the descent to Lake Nerine.

Photograph • Distance: 8.5km away
If visiting the lake from Park Pass it is inevitable you will find yourself at the top of this slope ...   More ▶︎
Lake Never, Bryneira Ranges

Lake Never, Bryneira Ranges

Photograph • Distance: 8.5km away
Particularly murky day   More ▶︎
View from Lake Alabaster

View from Lake Alabaster

Photograph • Distance: 8.6km away
mountain shot from Lake Alabaster   More ▶︎
Rockburn Skyline

Rockburn Skyline

Photograph • Distance: 8.7km away
panorama of the Rockburn from Park Pass Glacier to Theatre Flat - from the outlet of Lake Nerine Feb 2013   More ▶︎
Tutuko & Madeline

Tutuko & Madeline

Photograph • Distance: 8.8km away
Looking across at Mt Tutuko and Madeline across a cloud filled Hollyford Valley. This is during a rest on the ...   More ▶︎
Hollyford Valley

Hollyford Valley

Photograph • Distance: 8.9km away
thick cloud fills the Hollyford Valley as we sidle on the 1600m contour to North Col (Prospector Peak in the ...   More ▶︎
View north from Nereus Peak

View north from Nereus Peak

Photograph • Distance: 9.3km away
The ridge east of Nereus Peak summit can be reached by a straight forward climb from North Col. Looking north ...   More ▶︎
Ice Cave

Ice Cave

Photograph • Distance: 9.5km away
Remnants of winter snow fall melted from underneath by the North Routeburn. Taken from just below North Col.   More ▶︎
Lake Unknown

Lake Unknown

Photograph • Distance: 9.6km away
Lake Unknown lies high between the Beans Burn & the Rockburn. The Dart Valley is visible behind about 750 meters ...   More ▶︎

Lake Unknown

Video • Distance: 9.6km away
Overnight trip to Lake Unknown   More ▶︎
Theatre Flat

Theatre Flat

Photograph • Distance: 9.7km away
Half way up the Rockburn is the giant Theatre Flats. Lake Nerine is at the top of the bluffs at ...   More ▶︎
Hidden Falls Creek

Hidden Falls Creek

Photograph • Distance: 9.7km away
Most of the creek above the big bend; from between North Col & Serpentine Saddle   More ▶︎
Theatre Flat

Theatre Flat

Photograph • Distance: 9.7km away
Approaching Theatre Flat from down valley. On a nice day it's a pleasant place to camp, not so much this ...   More ▶︎
Bridge in the Rockburn

Bridge in the Rockburn

Photograph • Distance: 9.9km away
This fine bridge provides an easy crossing of the Rockburn just below Theatre Flat   More ▶︎