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Travers Falls
Travers Waterfall
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Distance: less than 100m away
a 15m fall - just a few minutes off the main Travers track (sign-posted) - Apr 2011
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St Arnaud to Lewis Pass
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5 – 9 days. Medium/hard. One way.
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Distance: 1.5km away
A 5-9 day north-south route from St Arnaud to the Lewis Pass, via Travers Pass, Waiau Pass, Thompson Pass and ...
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John Tait Hut
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Serviced Hut (DOC). Capacity: 30.
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Distance: 1.6km away
A good hut situated 5 hours easy walk from the head of Lake Rotoiti. Good views of Mt. Travers up ...
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Route Guide: St Arnaud to Lewis Pass
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Distance: 1.6km away
A 5-7 day north-south route from St Arnaud to the Lewis Pass, via Travers Pass, Waiau Pass, Thompson Pass and ...
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John Tait Hut
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Distance: 1.6km away
April 2010 - there is a large area of avalanche debris to the immediate right of this photo (out of ...
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Lake Thompson
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Distance: 1.6km away
A view of the beautiful Lake Thompson, a short distance from Thompson Pass
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Cupola Basin Hut
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Distance: 3.1km away
Walked in from St. Arnaud and stayed overnight April 2002, as part of the popular Travers/Sabine circuit. I must have ...
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Cupola basin Hut
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Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 8.
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Distance: 3.1km away
A hut on the bushline with great views, well worth the up-hill grunt to get there.Even more spectacular when visited ...
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Cupola basin Hut
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Distance: 3.1km away
A snow covered Cupola Basin Hut visited on 6th and 7th July 2008.Stunning views of the surrounding mountains make the ...
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Picton to Aspiring
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Distance: 3.6km away
An aborted alpine traverse. Picton to West Cape, but aborted at Aspiring due to real world emergencies back home. Posted ...
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Mt Travers
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Distance: 3.7km away
Mt Travers from Upper Travers Hut - 2338m - Apr 2011
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Upper Travers Hut
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Serviced Hut (DOC). Capacity: 24.
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Distance: 3.7km away
The original hut has been replaced by a larger hut. The new hut is in the shelter of the trees ...
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Upper Travers Basin
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Distance: 3.7km away
The pot belly stove in the new hut at Upper Travers got a strong workout in the winter of 2004. ...
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Upper Travers Hut
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Distance: 3.9km away
Upper Travers Hut with Travers Pass beyond, Nelson Lakes
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Travers Pass
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Distance: 4.2km away
beginning of the climb to Travers Pass, looking down the Travers Valley - Apr 2011
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Travers Pass
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Distance: 4.5km away
final ascent to Travers Pass - Mt Travers in the background - Apr 2011
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Mt Franklin
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Distance: 4.6km away
taken on the descent from Travers Pass into the E Sabine River - Apr 2011
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Travers-Sabine Saddle
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Distance: 4.6km away
Going over the saddle looking west towards the Sabine Valley - April 2010.
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Travers-Sabine
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4 – 7 days. Medium. Loop track with a road section.
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Distance: 4.6km away
Two river valleys linked by a straightforward alpine saddle at 1800m
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Phil and Lori at Travers Saddle
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Distance: 4.6km away
A couple of American trampers I met back in 06. Soon after this crossing we got hit by a bit ...
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Phil and Lori at Travers Saddle
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Distance: 4.6km away
A couple of American trampers I met back in 06. Soon after this crossing we got hit by a bit ...
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Mt Hopeless 2278m Nov 2012
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Distance: 4.8km away
This picture of Mt Hopeless 2278m was taken on a perfect morning from a knob above the Cupola Basin hut. ...
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Rainbow Pass
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Distance: 5.1km away
looking across the tarn, the climb to the top of the pass is steeper than it looks in this photo ...
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Rainbow Tarn
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Distance: 5.2km away
the tarn below Rainbow Pass, looking to Mt Travers - Apr 2011
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Rainbow Pass from the south
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Distance: 5.4km away
Rainbow Pass: a steep, tricky pass with serious exposure. I took the green route shown ... the red may, or ...
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Travers Pass
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Distance: 5.4km away
Looking down onto Travers Pass from Rainbow Pass. The main track is on the far side.
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Blue Lake
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2 – 4 days. Easy/medium. Return via same track.
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Distance: 5.6km away
Blue Lake is a small, pretty lake dammed by boulders at the head of the Sabine Valley. Beyond is Lake ...
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Waiau - Clarence Pass Lake Tennyson Circuit
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4 – 5 days. Medium/hard. Loop track.
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Distance: 5.8km away
A challenging 4-5 day circuit in the St. James Conservation Area / Nelson Lakes National Park featuring two alpine pass ...
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Profile : St Arnaud - Lewis Pass
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Distance: 6.0km away
A useful profile of the 100km tramp - with a couple of bad weather alternatives :
1. low route past Speargrass ...
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St Arnaud - Lewis Pass
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Distance: 6.0km away
A 9-day 100km tramp via the Thompson, D'Urville and 3 Tarns Passes
Feb 2013
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Begley Hut
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Distance: 6.1km away
An old NZ Forest Service hut up the Begley Valley. Fire doesn't draw well and door has to be left ...
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Begley Hut
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Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 8.
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Distance: 6.1km away
An old NZ Forest Service hut up the Begley Valley. Fire doesn't draw well and door has to be left ...
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previous West Sabine bridge
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Distance: 6.4km away
washed away in 2012 and replaced with one just upstream of West Sabine hut
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West Sabine Hut
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Serviced Hut (DOC). Capacity: 34.
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Distance: 6.5km away
Located in the West Branch of the Sabine River, south of Lake Rotoroa.
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West Sabine Hut
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Distance: 6.5km away
April 2010 - small wood burner inside....but sufficient
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Sabine Valley - Blue Lake - D'Urville Valley
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4 – 5 days. Medium. Circuit.
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Distance: 6.5km away
A circuit along neighbouring valleys at the hear of Lake Rotoroa, passing the picturesque Blue Lake, and crossing Moss Pass. ...
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Blue Lake Jan 2007
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Distance: 6.5km away
This was a 'rite-of-passage' tramp for my 13 year old son. We helicoptered in to the Waiau Pass and then ...
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Hopeless Hut
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Distance: 6.5km away
A six bunk hut situated near Hopeless Creek, which is a tributary of the Travers River. The lower story is ...
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Hopeless Creek Hut
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Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6.
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Distance: 6.5km away
An older , little used hut off the Travers Valley leading to Sunset Saddle and Angelus Hut.
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West Sabine River
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Distance: 6.5km away
West Sabine River, below West Sabine Hut, Nelson lakes
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West Sabine Bridge
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Distance: 6.5km away
Feb 2013 - Just upstream from the hut, the new bridge was a pleasant surprise as the DOC website didn't ...
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Tarns on range south of Mt Misery
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Distance: 7.8km away
Tarns below pt1609, rapidly losing their emerald colour as mist sets in..
Nearly at the end of a long climb ...
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Nelson Lakes - Angelus to Sunset Saddle
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Distance: 9.3km away
Route marked by cairns from Angelus Hut to Sunset Saddle. (The first part of the route to Hopeless Creek and ...
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Mount Misery Hut
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4.
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Distance: 9.5km away
Mount Misery hut
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Over the Sabine River
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Distance: 9.8km away
First bridge after Sabine Hut, I think
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Nelson Lakes double figure eight with a reverse twist
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Distance: 9.9km away
January 2008.
A seven day epic up and over Lake Angelus from Speargrass Hut, then up the Sabine River, over Waiau ...
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