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Kiwi Hut
Harper Pass - Kiwi Saddle
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5 – 7 days. Medium. One way.
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Distance: less than 100m away
A classic crossing of the Main Divide, following the deep valleys of the Hope Fault from the Arthur's Pass road ...
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Townsend hut March 2009
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Distance: 3.3km 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
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4.
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Distance: 3.3km 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
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Distance: 3.7km away
Early morning, heading for Lake Minchin to meet the 'Chuzzman' aka 'chuzz'.
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Grand Traverse of Mt Pfeifer
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Distance: 4.5km away
Traverse from Kaurapataka Saddle, over summit to Waharoa Saddle.
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Lake Kaurapataka.
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Distance: 5.0km away
This small lake next to the Taramakau Valley is a good camping spot.
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Lake Kaurapataka
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1 – 2 days. Easy. Return via same track.
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Distance: 5.0km away
Easy weekend trip to a pretty Arthur's Pass camping spot
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Edwards River-Otehake River
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4 days. Medium. One way.
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Distance: 5.2km 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: 5.2km away
A popular weekend route to good hot pools.
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Lake Kaurapataka
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Distance: 5.2km away
"It can be beautiful from a distance..." (Holcroft)
dis-tance - detente (softening)? de(to do) tente(softening) (or hardening? - dis tente)... ...
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Peak a chamois - Townsend Tops
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Distance: 5.2km away
Occasionally when walking between Townsend hut and Minchin pass you may play peak a boo with the wildlife.
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'20 minutes' rock, Big Tops
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Distance: 5.4km 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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Otehake Hot Springs
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Distance: 5.9km away
Otehake hot springs. October 25th 2009.
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Taramakau in the evening from Big Tops
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Distance: 5.9km 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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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: 6.0km away
Attractive old track from Otehake swingbridge to open tops. Recent extensions cut from gully to bypass waterfalls.
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Mural gracing Koropuku hut
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Distance: 6.1km 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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Koropuku Hut
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4.
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Distance: 6.1km 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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Poulter Bivvy
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2.
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Distance: 6.8km 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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Minchin Bivvy Feb 2016
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Distance: 6.8km away
The photo is of Minchin Biv & is taken looking down Minchin Stream. It was built by the NZFS (New ...
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Penny Pass
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3 – 4 days. Medium. Loop track.
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Distance: 6.9km away
3 day trip from upper Poulter River over Penny Pass between Minchin and Thompson Streams.
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Picton to Aspiring
GPX file
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Distance: 7.1km 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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Locke Stream (No. 4) Hut
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Serviced Hut (DOC). Capacity: 18.
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Distance: 7.3km away
Once known as No. 4 Hut, this hut was build in 1939 as a tourist hut for the Harper Pass ...
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Descent from Pfeifer Biv into Pfeifer Creek via scree
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Distance: 7.3km away
Unmarked route exiting basin where biv lies, maintaining altitude to cross a spur after 20 minutes then travelling northeast along ...
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Top Crooked hut Feb 2010
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Distance: 7.3km away
JH relaxing with a cuppa outside the hut. Note rata flowering in the background.
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Top Crooked hut
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4.
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Distance: 7.3km away
An ex NZFS four bunker in the headwaters of the Crooked River.
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route from Otehake Track to Big Tops Hut via Koropuku Gorge
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Distance: 7.6km away
Untracked mission only able to be done when rivers at low flows (usually from December to April).
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Trent Saddle Nov 2010
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Distance: 7.8km away
This pic shows Trent Saddle looking from the Haupiri side through to the Trent side. JH is in the pic. ...
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Mt Pfeifer etc from Kellys Hill July 2011
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Distance: 7.9km away
This photo was taken from near the broadcasting repeaters on top of Kellys Hill which is the hill immediately north ...
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Posing on Mt Pfeifer
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Distance: 7.9km away
This pic looks westward from Mt Pfeifer during autumn conditions prior to the May snowfalls.
Mt Pfeifer is an easy ...
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traverse of Mt Pfeifer
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Distance: 7.9km away
Traverse of ridge south-east of the summit in clag. Getting around the boulder was tricky and a bit exposed.
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Paratu Stream - Waharoa Saddle
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Distance: 8.2km away
The easiest route to Mt Pfeifer via an attractive bouldered stream and a magical saddle with flybys of kaka and ...
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Pfeiffer Biv
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Distance: 8.2km away
cosy,dinky even,modern 2 bunker with longdrop nearby.
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Pfeifer biv & toilet April 2012
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Distance: 8.2km away
A new biv from early 2008 replacing an old biv that was about 20m to the south. (The sign on ...
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Pfeifer biv
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2.
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Distance: 8.2km away
A new biv from early 2008 replacing an old biv that was about 20m to the south. (The sign on ...
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"Old" Pfeifer biv (Removed) Dec 2007
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Distance: 8.2km away
The old biv a few months before it was replaced.
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Elizabeth hut Aug 2010
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Distance: 8.3km away
Tidy six bunker in the headwaters of the Haupiri River.
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Elizabeth hut
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Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6.
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Distance: 8.3km away
A tidy hut in the headwaters of the Haupiri River a couple of km's below Trent Saddle. Built by the ...
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birds-eye view
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Distance: 8.3km away
Looking from Waharoa Saddle down Pfeifer Stream & to Lake Kaurapataka
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Elizabeth Hut
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Distance: 8.3km away
Located in the upper reaches of the Haupiri River.
(6 Bunks.)
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Remains of bath at Haupiri hot springs Feb 2010
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Distance: 8.3km away
These springs became a tourist attraction in the early 1900's. They were one of NZ's remotest developed hot springs. The ...
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Cone Creek hut Feb 2010
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Distance: 8.3km away
In the West Branch of the Haupiri River.
Access from up the Haupiri River or by dropping off the Lake Morgan ...
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Cone Creek hut
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 6.
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Distance: 8.3km away
In the West Branch of the Haupiri River.
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route from Otehake Track to Big Tops Hut via Koropuku Gorge
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Distance: 8.6km 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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Signs on Top Trent hut
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Distance: 9.7km away
"Give up hope all ye who enter"
Thought I'd record the quirky sign on the hut.
I've a strong idea on ...
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Top Trent aka Lagoon hut Nov 2010
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Distance: 9.7km away
An old Forest Service four bunker in the head of the Trent River. The hut is getting minimal maintenance from ...
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Top Trent aka Lagoon hut
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4.
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Distance: 9.7km away
An old Forest Service four bunker in the head of the Trent River. The hut is getting minimal maintenance from ...
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