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East Hawdon Bivouac
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2.
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Distance: 152m away
A smart new hut on East Hawdon Stream. It was built 2007, replacing the original biv.
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East Hawdon Stream
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1 – 2 days. Easy/medium. Return via same track.
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Distance: 152m away
A short walk to a new biv located on a branch of the Hawdon River.
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East Hawdon Biv
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Distance: 243m away
The shiny new two-bunk hut in the frosty East Hawdon Valley.
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NZFS track to Worsley Pass and deer trail route in Poulter Gorge
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Distance: 262m away
They were bitchin' in the hut book about this track in 1988. No work done on it for a long ...
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Worsley Biv
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 3.
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Distance: 378m away
Recently renovated (thanks CUTC with Kerry Clapham) with new ridgeline and skylight 'A' frame Maori bunk biv, with 3 foam ...
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The Recutting of the NZFS track to Worsley Pass
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Distance: 774m away
How we searched for, found, recut and marked this ancient track that had been lost for 25 years.
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trudge col - from the north
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Distance: 1.5km away
Trudge stream drains the northern or Poulter side of Trudge Col. Crossing Trudge Col provides an interesting and challenging route ...
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trudge col
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Distance: 1.6km away
trudge col as seen from hawdon hut. left of rough peak, hawdon valley, arthurs pass national park.
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Poulter Hut
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Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 10.
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Distance: 2.0km away
Fairly new hut with 8 mattresses on 2 levels of Maori bunks. On flats by the Poulter River at the ...
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Poulter Hut
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Distance: 2.0km away
At the confluence of Poulter River and Minchin Stream, Arthurs Pass NP
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Back down the Poulter from Worsley Pass
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Distance: 2.0km away
Back down the Poulter from Worsley Pass
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Herbfields above Worsley Pass
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Distance: 2.3km away
Herbfields above Worsley Pass
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Hawdon Hut
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Serviced Hut (DOC). Capacity: 20.
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Distance: 3.8km away
A new hut opened in December 2007 after the previous hut was destroyed by fire June 2005.
An easy two to ...
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Penny Pass
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3 – 4 days. Medium. Loop track.
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Distance: 4.0km away
3 day trip from upper Poulter River over Penny Pass between Minchin and Thompson Streams.
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Casey/Castle Hill Return
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Distance: 4.2km away
A weekend trip with the Peninsula Tramping Club where we ascended to Castle Hill from the Surprise/Casey Stream junction and ...
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Walker Pass Tarn
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Distance: 4.6km away
October 08,
Tarn on Walker Pass looking back towards the Hawdon Valley
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Poulter Bivvy
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2.
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Distance: 4.6km away
A new 2 bunk D.O.C. bivvy located in the headwaters of the Poulter River. It has two sleeping platforms with ...
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Casey Saddle - Poulter River - Binser Saddle
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2 – 3 days. Easy/medium. Loop track with a short road section.
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Distance: 4.7km away
A brief circuit crossing one open saddle and one bush saddle in the southeastern corner of Arthur's Pass National Park. ...
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Hawdon River
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2 days. Easy. Return via same track.
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Distance: 4.8km away
Easy travel up a wide river valley.
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Hawdon Valley - Discovery Flat
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Distance: 4.8km away
View looking to the south across the Hawdon Valley at Discovery Flat. Taken from the track up from the Hawdon ...
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Edwards River-Hawdon River
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3 days. Medium. One way.
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Distance: 4.9km away
See Hawdon River.
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Approaching Casey Saddle
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Distance: 5.0km away
Casey Saddle (777m) is a flat, barely perceptible saddle. Castle Hill (1545m) is behind.
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Carmichaelia monroi
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Distance: 5.3km away
A tiny dwarf broom growing north of Hallelujah Flat, Andrews Track, Arthur's Pass National Park.
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The Descent Route of the NW Tributary of Discovery Stream
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Distance: 5.4km away
this route avoids waterfalls
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Descent Route from NW Tributary of Discovery Stream
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Distance: 5.4km away
This avoids waterfalls
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route from Otehake Track to Big Tops Hut via Koropuku Gorge
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Distance: 5.7km away
Untracked mission only able to be done when rivers at low flows (usually from December to April).
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Otehake hut
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Distance: 5.8km away
Otehake hut is an NZFS six bunker that was built in 1963. It is the "stretched style" with a porch ...
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Otehake Hut
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Standard Hut (DOC).
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Distance: 5.8km away
Otehake Hut. NZFS six bunker with porch. Built 1962/63.
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Caterpillar on bog pine
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Distance: 5.8km away
This Dasyuris callicrena caterpillar is brilliantly disguised and almost invisible. It is directly in the centre of this picture. Dracophyllum ...
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Otehake Hut
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Distance: 5.8km away
6 bunk NZFS style hut in the Otehake Valley, near the confluence of East & West Otehake Rivers, altitude 640m
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route from Otehake Track to Big Tops Hut via Koropuku Gorge
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Distance: 5.9km away
Untracked mission involving 1)crossing of Otehake River. Only able to be done at low flows. @) travel up Koropuku Gorge ...
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Koropuku Hut
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4.
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Distance: 6.3km away
Cult Hut! A NZFS 4 bunk beauty with silken wooden floors, no fireplace, tasteful furnishings and domestic accoutrements including the ...
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Mural gracing Koropuku hut
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Distance: 6.3km away
I snapped this to show my partner how cultured the inhabitants of back country huts can be. It is topical ...
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Discovery Stream/Sudden Valley traverse
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Distance: 6.7km away
2 day circuit from Hawden River, crossing mountain ridgetop after approach from Discovery Stream which features boulder-hopping and cascades.
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Heading back to the tent on Tarn Col
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Distance: 6.8km away
Chuzzman aka chuzz returning to the tent after getting yha on the cliff-sides of Tarn Col.
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Casey Hut
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Distance: 6.8km away
A comfortable but prosaic hut in the Poulter Valley, Arthur's Pass National Park.
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Casey Hut [DESTROYED]
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Removed!
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Distance: 6.8km away
This hut burned down around 3 October 2015. and has been replaced by a 12 person hut 15 minutes further ...
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Veiw from campsite on Amber Col
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Distance: 6.9km away
This just shows the route up to Amber Col from the Otehaki river on the bottom right, Falling Mtn on ...
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Amber Col
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Distance: 6.9km away
September 2008
Stayed the previous night at the new Hawdon Hut, then made my way over Walker Pass and up the ...
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First Light Amber Col
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Distance: 6.9km away
5:30am God it's early, beautiful light, freezing cold, about an hour before total white-out.
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Minchin Bivvy Feb 2016
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Distance: 6.9km away
The photo is of Minchin Biv & is taken looking down Minchin Stream. It was built by the NZFS (New ...
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Otehake NZFS track up to Big Tops and down to Koropuku Hut
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1 day. Medium. One way.
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Distance: 7.1km away
Attractive old track from Otehake swingbridge to open tops. Recent extensions cut from gully to bypass waterfalls.
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Taramakau in the evening from Big Tops
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Distance: 7.3km away
then the rain came and washed it all away...and yet keeping low doesn't make no sense so little Eiffel stands ...
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New Casey Hut
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Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 12.
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Distance: 7.3km away
Similar to Poulter Hut but has solar lighting and outside sink and bench on the porch under effective shelter. Nice ...
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Ascent to Taruahuna Pass
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Distance: 7.3km away
Ascent to Taruahuna Pass from Otehake
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Woolshed Hill
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Medium. Hawdon Valley.
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Distance: 7.5km away
The track begins steeply climbing through beech forest from near the Hawdon carpark. It emerges into brilliant dracophyllum draped tops ...
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Circuit from Binser Saddle to Hallelujah Flat
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Distance: 7.7km away
Overnight camp on Binser Saddle followed by 9 hour circuit along tops north of saddle and down to Hallelujah Flats, ...
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Sudden Valley
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Distance: 8.1km away
Sudden Valley off Hawdon Valley - Arthurs Pass
Great short trip in times of low rainfall
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"New" Sudden Valley biv Feb 2010
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Distance: 8.1km away
Replacement for old biv. This biv is only a short distance from the Hawdon Shelter. You can get in and ...
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Sudden Valley Biv
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2.
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Distance: 8.1km away
The small dark biv was replaced Summer 2008. Camping is possible around the biv.
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Sudden Valley
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2 days. Medium. Return via same track.
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Distance: 8.1km away
A secluded hanging valley in the southeast corner of Arthur's Pass National Park
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'20 minutes' rock, Big Tops
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Distance: 8.3km away
'Lost track of my past/
On deception pass/
Dont know where im going/
Can't recall where ive been'
Deception Pass (Mudhoney)
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Sudden valley track
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Distance: 8.4km away
Comments to add to other articles about Sudden Valley
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Otehake Hot Springs
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Distance: 8.6km away
Otehake hot springs. October 25th 2009.
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Townsend Hut
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Distance: 8.8km away
Early morning, heading for Lake Minchin to meet the 'Chuzzman' aka 'chuzz'.
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Peak a chamois - Townsend Tops
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Distance: 8.8km away
Occasionally when walking between Townsend hut and Minchin pass you may play peak a boo with the wildlife.
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Townsend hut
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4.
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Distance: 8.9km away
Townsend hut which is perched high above the TL of the Taramakau River in the scrub - tussock transition zone ...
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Townsend hut March 2009
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Distance: 8.9km away
Townsend hut which is perched high above the TL of the Taramakau River in the scrub - tussock transition zone ...
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Red beech forest
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Distance: 9.1km away
Red beech occupies some of the flat terrace above Andrews Stream, Andrews Track, Arthur's Pass National Park.
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Edwards River-Otehake River
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4 days. Medium. One way.
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Distance: 9.4km away
Another north-south crossing of the park.
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Otehake Hot Springs
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2 days. Easy/medium. Return via same track.
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Distance: 9.4km away
A popular weekend route to good hot pools.
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Towards Andrews and Binser
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Distance: 9.5km away
Taken end of Summer '06 on a brief jaunt between Hawdon and Andrews stream, nearby is a grove of gooseberries ...
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Arthur's Pass National Park
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National Park. 1145.00km2.
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Distance: 9.5km away
This alpine park straddles the Main Divide of the Southern Alps, with dry beech forests in the east and damp ...
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Lake Anti-Mavis, Tarn Pass in the distance
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Distance: 9.5km away
Lake Anti-Mavis, Tarn Pass in the distance
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The West Poulter
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Distance: 9.7km away
The West Poulter - Worsley Pass in the far distance
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