Nearby | Kowai/Castle Hill Peak/Porters Pass Circuit

Castle Hill Peak

GPX file • Distance: 186m away

Straightforward alpine walk with great views. More ▶︎

Torlesse Range Feb 2014

Photograph • Distance: 964m away

This photo is taken from slightly uphill of & beside the John Hayward Memorial Hut (Kowai Hut) in the Kowai ... More ▶︎

Mt Plenty, Ghost Creek Circuit

Article • Distance: 2.4km away

A day trip involving a 700 m climb then descending a creek with 2 challenging sidles past waterfalls. More ▶︎

Foggy Peak

Track • Easy/medium. Return via same track. • Distance: 3.0km away

A short walk from Porter's Pass to a peak with good views at the southern end of the Torlesse Range. More ▶︎

Foggy Peak

Photograph • Distance: 3.0km away

The climb up Foggy Peak follows Foggy Peak Ridge from the Porter's Pass road summit (visible lower right) to a ... More ▶︎

The Big Ben Range from Foggy Pk

Photograph • Distance: 3.0km away

Looking across Porters Pass in the Canterbury high country. Kowai Forest is a very accessible point from which to explore the ... More ▶︎

Lake Lyndon from Foggy Peak

Photograph • Distance: 3.6km away

June 2006 More ▶︎

Winter, Foggy Peak

Photograph • Distance: 3.6km away

June 2006 More ▶︎

John Hayward Memorial Hut

Hut • Private hut (NA). Capacity: 6. • Distance: 3.7km away

Also known as Kowai hut but not to be confused with Kowhai hut in the Kaikoura area near Mt Fyffe. ... More ▶︎

John Hayward Memorial Hut Feb 2014

Photograph • Distance: 3.7km away

Also known as Kowai hut but not to be confused with Kowhai hut in the Kaikoura area near Mt Fyffe. ... More ▶︎

Mt Torlesse

Track • 1 day. Easy/medium. Return by the same track. • Distance: 4.2km away

Noteworthy peak east of Porters Pass. More ▶︎

Korowai/Torlesse Tussocklands Park

Place • Conservation Park. 210.00km². • Distance: 4.2km away

This park incorporates the Torlesse and Big Ben Ranges either side of Porter's Pass. The Torlesse Gap is a prominent ... More ▶︎

DOC sign

Photograph • Distance: 5.4km away

Kura Tawhiti Conservation Area is the karst landscape also known as Castle Hill, located on the road between Porter's and ... More ▶︎

Trig M

Track • Easy. Return via same track. • Distance: 5.5km away

An easy climb through subalpine scrub to a windy summit. More ▶︎

Striking limestone formations of Castle Hill

Photograph • Distance: 5.7km away

Known as Kura Tawhiti to Ngāi Tahu, this is an area of historic significance, with rock drawings hidden amongst the ... More ▶︎

Dusk, Porter's Pass

Photograph • Distance: 6.0km away

Near Trig M, July 2009. More ▶︎

Dusk, Porter's Pass

Photograph • Distance: 6.0km away

Near Trig M, July 2009. More ▶︎

Foggy Peak

Photograph • Distance: 6.0km away

From near point 1170, Porter's Pass, July 2009. More ▶︎

Broken River Hut via Cave Stream

GPX file • Distance: 6.0km away

Alternative route to Broken River Hut. Land owners' permission needed. More ▶︎

Black Hill (2067m)

Photograph • Distance: 6.4km away

Just south of Lake Coleridge. Viewed from Trig M near Porter's Pass. More ▶︎

Red Hill (1641m)

Photograph • Distance: 6.4km away

This hill just east of Lake Coleridge is a good day walk. Viewed from near Trig M, Porter's Pass. More ▶︎

Blue Hill

Photograph • Distance: 6.4km away

From near Trig M, Porter's Pass. More ▶︎

Prebble Hill (902m)

Photograph • Distance: 6.7km away

Red Peak (1853m), The Gap, and Castle Hill Peak (1998m) behind. More ▶︎

Erosion on Broken River

Photograph • Distance: 6.7km away

Just downstream of Cave Stream. More ▶︎

Cave Stream

Photograph • Distance: 6.9km away

Limestone jumble just downstream of the cave. More ▶︎

Near Trig M, Porter's Pass

Photograph • Distance: 7.1km away

July 2009. More ▶︎

Red Hill from Trig M

Photograph • Distance: 7.5km away

Red Hill (1641m) is the highest peak to the right. The Lyndon Road winds past Lake Lyndon to Lake Coleridge ... More ▶︎

Trig M

Photograph • Distance: 7.5km away

Looking west toward Lake Coleridge. More ▶︎

Lake Lyndon from Trig M

Photograph • Distance: 7.5km away

Beyond is Mount Lyndon and the Craigieburn Range. More ▶︎

Hog's Back Track

Track • Easy. Return by the same track. • Distance: 7.8km away

https://www.craigieburntrails.org.nz/tracks/hogs-back-track/ More ▶︎

Mt Lyndon

Track • 0 – 1 day. Easy/medium. Return by the same track. • Distance: 8.8km away

Day trip of moderate ascent of 650 m hill overlooking Lake Lyndon near Porters Pass. Route goes via low open ... More ▶︎

Cave Stream

Track • Medium. One way (about 5 mins walk from end to end). • Distance: 8.9km away

An exciting walk through a twisty limestone cave near Castle Hill. More ▶︎

Castle Hill

Photograph • Distance: 9.0km away

not much of a tramp, but worth a look. Flock hill. More ▶︎

Near Broken River Hut

Photograph • Distance: 9.0km away

The view up Winding Creek to Purple Hill from one of the terraces above the hut. More ▶︎

Broken River Hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4. • Distance: 9.3km away

Located upstream of Avoca Homestead. More ▶︎

Broken River Hut

Photograph • Distance: 9.3km away

This little hut sits on a sunny terrace and a coal seam. The layers exposed here are part of the ... More ▶︎

Broken River hut Feb 2012

Photograph • Distance: 9.3km away

This 1960 vintage NZFS 4 bunker is about 1.5hrs upstream from the Avoca Homestead hut. There are various coal mining ... More ▶︎

Benmore Hut

GPX file • Distance: 9.8km away

Short walk to a deerstalkers' hut in Thirteen Mile Bush. More ▶︎