Nearby
Looking SW from Mt Diedrichs May 2013
Mt Bowen from Fraser Peak March 2013
Photograph
•
Distance: less than 100m away
This photo of Mt Bowen 1965m was taken from near the summit of Fraser Peak 1166m. Both peaks lie between ...
More ▶︎
View SE from Bald Hill Range June 2013
Photograph
•
Distance: less than 100m away
This picture was taken from the crest of the Bald Hill Range NE of Bald Hill.
The tussock and low ...
More ▶︎
Jumbletop
Photograph
•
Distance: 2.3km away
Near the summit of Mt Jumbletop at sunrise. View to Mt Evans and Sentinal
More ▶︎
Looking down at Gerhardt Spur biv from Jumble Top May 2009
Photograph
•
Distance: 2.5km away
Gerhardt Spur biv is an early/mid 1970's era NZFS biv located in the tussock high on Gerhardt Spur which is ...
More ▶︎
"New" Gerhardt Spur biv June 1975
Photograph
•
Distance: 2.5km away
This pic shows DH at the then fairly new Gerhardt Spur biv on Queens Birthday weekend 1975. Mt Jumble Top ...
More ▶︎
Gerhardt Spur biv
Hut
•
Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2.
•
Distance: 2.5km away
An early/mid 1970's era NZFS biv located in the tussock high on Gerhardt Spur which is on the western side ...
More ▶︎
Gerhardt Spur
Photograph
•
Distance: 2.6km away
A crystal clear morning at Gerhardt Spur Bivvy
More ▶︎
Remarkable Peak
Photograph
•
Distance: 2.7km away
This photo shows Remarkable Peak 1790m in spring conditions. It is the tooth like peak centre picture. The pic was ...
More ▶︎
Jumble Tops Traverse
Photograph
•
Distance: 3.0km away
A GPS track of Doug Forster's traverse of Jumble Tops in pink. 3 of us did a more direct version ...
More ▶︎
Mikonui Spur biv Nov 2007
Photograph
•
Distance: 3.0km away
The subject J H & photographer, not me in this case, Horse G are sometimes tramping companions. They, like myself, ...
More ▶︎
Looking up Mikonui Spur Dec 2010
Photograph
•
Distance: 3.0km away
This pic is taken from the track on the spur below the biv and looks up past the biv in ...
More ▶︎
Mikonui Spur Bivvy
Hut
•
Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2.
•
Distance: 3.0km away
A traditional forestry bivvy that has braved many a Tasman Sea storm, on an exposed ridge top above the Mikonui ...
More ▶︎
Mikonui Spur biv Dec 2010
Photograph
•
Distance: 3.0km away
A pic of the biv with Mt Bowen behind to the SE.
More ▶︎
Healey Spur Feb 2014
Photograph
•
Distance: 3.8km away
This photo shows the last steep bit of Healey Spur before reaching the relatively easy going of Galena Ridge at ...
More ▶︎
Healey Creek hut
Hut
•
Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4.
•
Distance: 4.3km away
A tidy four bunker toward the head of Healey Creek a Mikonui River tributary. The hut is on a tussock ...
More ▶︎
Healey Creek hut May 2008
Photograph
•
Distance: 4.3km away
A tidy four bunker toward the head of Healey Creek a Mikonui River tributary. The hut is on a tussock ...
More ▶︎
Cedar Flats Hot Springs
Photograph
•
Distance: 4.4km away
Perfect hot springs in a secluded hokitika valley. Holds upto 6 people.
More ▶︎
Historic Cedar Flats Hut
Photograph
•
Distance: 4.4km away
A well maintained old hut. 2 bunks
More ▶︎
Cedar Flat Historic Hut
Photograph
•
Distance: 4.4km away
The Cedar Flat Historic hut after renovations and the picture taken during the big snow of August 2008.
More ▶︎
Cedar Flat
Track
•
2 days. Easy/medium. Return via same track.
•
Distance: 4.4km away
An easy and pleasant walk into a secluded valley near Hokitika. Rudimentary hot pools.
More ▶︎
Toaroaha Saddle-Frew Saddle Circuit
Track
•
4 – 6 days. Medium. One way.
•
Distance: 4.6km away
A great tramp in a remote location, crosses two alpine saddles, ice-axes and crampons needed in winter. More information on ...
More ▶︎
Cedar Flat Hut (Historic)
Hut
•
Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2.
•
Distance: 4.7km away
Older hut at Cedar Flat now adjacent to the newer hut. This hut features hand-adzed timber. It was constructed in ...
More ▶︎
Cedar Flat Hut August 2008
Photograph
•
Distance: 4.8km away
Cedar Flat Hut during the big snowfall, August 2008
More ▶︎
Building extensions Cedar Flat hut 9.03.12
Photograph
•
Distance: 4.8km away
This pic shows the progress on the extensions to the newer of the two Cedar Flat huts. The DOC building ...
More ▶︎
Cedar Flat Hut
Hut
•
Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 12.
•
Distance: 4.8km away
Double hut at the edge of a frost flat beneath the Toaroha Range. Used to be a six bunker. A ...
More ▶︎
Toaroha/Zit Saddle/Kokatahi/Lathrop Saddle/Styx River Route
Track
•
3 – 5 days. Medium/hard. Loop track with a road section.
•
Distance: 4.8km away
Loop track across 2 Westland saddles, taking in some remote huts
More ▶︎
Whitcombe Pass & Butler Saddle
Article
•
Distance: 5.3km away
route guide attached by for Hokitika Gorge to Erewhon via Whitcombe Pass & Butler Saddle. The guide was written by ...
More ▶︎
SI Bush Robin
Photograph
•
Distance: 5.4km away
This friendly bird kept me company at Explorer hut the couple of nights I was there recently. It would come ...
More ▶︎
Explorer Hut
Hut
•
Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4.
•
Distance: 5.4km away
A small hut located near Douglas Saddle.
Easiest access is from the Mikonui valley. None of the routes are recommended in ...
More ▶︎
Explorer hut Sept 2007
Photograph
•
Distance: 5.5km away
Explorer hut Douglas Saddle. Mikonui River/Doctors Creek (a tributary of the Hokitika River)
More ▶︎
Whitcombe Pass
Track
•
5 – 7 days. Medium/hard. One way.
•
Distance: 5.6km away
This route follows the famous journey by John Henry Whitcombe and the Swiss guide Jakob Lauper across the Main Divide ...
More ▶︎
Rapid Creek hut May 1975
Photograph
•
Distance: 5.6km away
An older pic of the hut after it had got its first replacement chimney. These days the hut has a ...
More ▶︎
Rapid Creek hut
Hut
•
Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4.
•
Distance: 5.6km away
This is a four bunker on the TL of the Hokitika River not far below the junction with the Whitcombe ...
More ▶︎
Rapid Creek hut June 2008
Photograph
•
Distance: 5.6km away
This is a four bunker on the TL of the Hokitika River not far below the junction with the Whitcombe ...
More ▶︎
Hokitika Gorge
Track
•
Easy. Return by the same track.
•
Distance: 5.8km away
A short walk near Hokitika, crossing the glacial-blue waters of the Hokitika River.
More ▶︎
Mullins Basin April 2008
Photograph
•
Distance: 5.8km away
This pic shows the huts location in the basin and shows part of the imposing Diedrich Range behind.
More ▶︎
Mullins Basin hut
Hut
•
Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4.
•
Distance: 5.8km away
A four bunk hut situated in the head basin of Mullins Creek a TL tributary of the Toaroha River. The ...
More ▶︎
Mullins Basin hut April 2008
Photograph
•
Distance: 5.8km away
Mullins Basin hut is a four bunk hut situated in the head basin of Mullins Creek a TL tributary of ...
More ▶︎
Hokitika River (Bottom Gorge)
Photograph
•
Distance: 5.9km away
This photo looks upstream from 5 minutes above the swingbridge at the Hokitika Gorge. (The furthest downstream & closest to ...
More ▶︎
Yeats Ridge hut
Hut
•
Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4.
•
Distance: 6.2km away
This hut is located on a flattish area of moss & tussock amidst the scrub zone of the Toaroha catchment. ...
More ▶︎
Yeats Ridge hut April 2008
Photograph
•
Distance: 6.2km away
This hut is located on a flattish area of moss & tussock amidst the scrub zone of the Toaroha catchment. ...
More ▶︎
Route between Yeates Hut & Crystal Biv
GPX file
•
Distance: 6.2km away
This file traces the route up from Yeates Hut to the 1300m contour, then descends to Crystal Biv. If going ...
More ▶︎
Whitcombe River gorge
Photograph
•
Distance: 6.4km away
Whitcombe River gorge, upstream from Frew Hut
More ▶︎
Frew Hut
Hut
•
Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 10.
•
Distance: 6.4km away
Frew Hut (sleeps 10 on 2 platforms, matresses, tank & creek water, stove) is a modern tramping hut on river ...
More ▶︎
Whitcombe River from Frew Hut
Photograph
•
Distance: 6.4km away
Whitcombe River from Frew Hut, Westland
More ▶︎
Frew Hut
Photograph
•
Distance: 6.4km away
Frew Hut, in the Whitcombe River valley, Westland
More ▶︎
Mt Beaumont (2131m) April 2012
Photograph
•
Distance: 6.4km away
This pic looks at Mt Beaumont from the south and was taken from the crest of the Lange Range while ...
More ▶︎
Route Guide: Otira to Mt Cook Village (pt 1)
Track
•
12 – 21 days. Hard. One way.
•
Distance: 6.4km away
One possible route down the main divide from Otira on the Arthur's Pass road to Mt Cook Village.
Otira Hotel to ...
More ▶︎
Route Guide: Otira to Mt Cook Village (pt 2)
Track
•
12 – 21 days. Hard. One way.
•
Distance: 6.4km away
One possible route down the main divide from Otira on the Arthur's Pass road to Mt Cook Village.
Otira Hotel ...
More ▶︎
Frews Hut
Photograph
•
Distance: 6.5km away
8/10 bunker,like the Hilton after Frews Bivvy.Overlooks the Whitcombe River & 200m west of Frews
Creek.We saw a pair of ...
More ▶︎
Picton to Aspiring
GPX file
•
Distance: 6.5km away
An aborted alpine traverse. Picton to West Cape, but aborted at Aspiring due to real world emergencies back home. Posted ...
More ▶︎
Route to Healey Ck hut from Mikonui Flat
Photograph
•
Distance: 6.6km away
From the track start on the Flat it's a bit over 2hrs of up hill then 20 minutes down to ...
More ▶︎
Crystal Biv Track
GPX file
•
Distance: 6.7km away
Track to Crystal Biv from the valley floor in the Toaroha, Westland. This track has just been reopened by volunteers ...
More ▶︎
Looking SW from Adventure Ridge April 2008
Photograph
•
Distance: 6.9km away
In the foreground is the Adventure Ridge biv.
Next ridge back is Yeats Ridge with a white dot in the tussocky ...
More ▶︎
Adventure Ridge Biv
Hut
•
Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2.
•
Distance: 6.9km away
A great little bivvy with it's own water tank.
Built by the NZFS in 1964.
More ▶︎
Serpentine Hut March 2015
Photograph
•
Distance: 6.9km away
Here is a recent photo of this survivor built in 1957 for deer culler accomodation. Andrew Buglass and "Permolat" helpers ...
More ▶︎
serpentine hut
Photograph
•
Distance: 7.0km away
Flew into hut to drop a group of 6 off they were going to stay the night and walk out
More ▶︎
Adventure Biv
Photograph
•
Distance: 7.0km away
Perhaps this is the ADD-VENTURE behind all adventures...
'Out there with his people he forgets himself,
He forgets himself with his people,
He ...
More ▶︎
Serpentine hut setting March 2011
Photograph
•
Distance: 7.0km away
This picture from approx 300 metres away across the Hoki River shows Serpentine huts location on an overgrowing clearing on ...
More ▶︎
View SE along the Meta Range March 2011
Photograph
•
Distance: 7.0km away
This picture was taken from near the summit of Mt Inframeta & looks along the Meta Range toward the Southern ...
More ▶︎
Serpentine Hut 1977
Photograph
•
Distance: 7.0km away
This photo of Serpentine hut was taken summer time 1977 by friend & sometimes tramping companion Neil Bradley.
The access route ...
More ▶︎
Serpentine hut
Hut
•
Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4.
•
Distance: 7.0km away
This hut is located on a small bush terrace on the TR of the Hokitika River and the TL of ...
More ▶︎
Yeats Ridge, Toaroha
Photograph
•
Distance: 7.0km away
Climbing the Yeats ridge just beyond the monkey scrub belt. In the background is the Toaroha River and the Yeats ...
More ▶︎
Crystal Biv
Hut
•
Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2.
•
Distance: 7.3km away
Standard 2 person biv located in the Toaroha Valley, located on a spur between Pretty and Crystal Creeks. Set beside ...
More ▶︎
Descending to Crystal biv April 2008
Photograph
•
Distance: 7.3km away
This pic shows part of the route you would take if descending from Yeats Ridge to Crystal biv.
More ▶︎
Historic Price Flat Hut
Hut
•
Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4.
•
Distance: 7.4km away
Slab hut once used for deer culling and possibly dating to 1908. The hut is located next to the newer ...
More ▶︎
Top Tuke hut
Hut
•
Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4.
•
Distance: 7.5km away
This four bunk hut is located on the TR in the head basin of the Tuke River a tributary of ...
More ▶︎
Top Tuke hut Dec 1975
Photograph
•
Distance: 7.5km away
This four bunk hut is located on the TR in the head basin of the Tuke River a tributary of ...
More ▶︎
Top Tuke hut March 2012
Photograph
•
Distance: 7.5km away
Here is a photo of this hut from a different angle than the 1975 one I posted and "major's" one ...
More ▶︎
Pinnacle biv (aka Crinkle Top biv) March 2009
Photograph
•
Distance: 7.6km away
A survivor from the deer culling days before helicopters! This biv gave shooters access to hundreds of hectares of tussock ...
More ▶︎
Genoa Peak March 2009
Photograph
•
Distance: 7.6km away
This pic is of the eastern side of Genoa Peak and was taken from just above Pinnacle biv on the ...
More ▶︎
Map of Toaroha Valley to Pinnacle Biv via Adventure Ridge routes
Photograph
•
Distance: 7.6km away
This map is to illustrate the route info provided under the Comments section of the Pinnacle biv hut page.
The ...
More ▶︎
Pinnacle biv (aka Crinkle Top biv)
Hut
•
Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2.
•
Distance: 7.6km away
An old late 1950's NZFS cullers biv situated up in the tussock near the top of Mt Crinkle Top. This ...
More ▶︎
Setting of Pinnacle biv (aka Crinkle Top biv) March 2012
Photograph
•
Distance: 7.6km away
This pic shows the replacement biv which was moved to this site in 2011. It is the same design & ...
More ▶︎
Prices Flat Hut (historic)
Photograph
•
Distance: 7.6km away
Prices Flat Hut (historic) - in the Whitcombe Valley, Westland. A place full of character, and full of sandflies. A ...
More ▶︎
Prices Flat Hut (historic)
Hut
•
Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4.
•
Distance: 7.6km away
The historic Prices Flat Hut is better looked at than slept in. It is a beutiful slab hut, with an ...
More ▶︎
Mikonui Flat hut May 2008
Photograph
•
Distance: 7.7km away
This is the first of the DOC huts when heading up the Mikonui River. It is on the TL about ...
More ▶︎
Mikonui Flat hut
Hut
•
Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6.
•
Distance: 7.7km away
This is the first of the DOC huts when heading up the Mikonui River. It is on the TL about ...
More ▶︎
Dickie Spur hut & Tuke River headwaters Jan 2012
Photograph
•
Distance: 7.7km away
Here is another photo of Dickie Spur hut to go with the one from 1975 that I posted on here. ...
More ▶︎
Dickie Spur from Healey Spur May 2008
Photograph
•
Distance: 7.8km away
This photo looks SW across the Tuke River to Dickie Spur and the northern end of Dickie Ridge. If you ...
More ▶︎
Dickie Spur hut
Hut
•
Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4.
•
Distance: 7.8km away
This hut is in the scrub tussock transition zone on a spur running east toward the Tuke River off the ...
More ▶︎
Dickie Spur hut July 1975
Photograph
•
Distance: 7.8km away
This hut is in the scrub tussock transition zone on a spur running east toward the Tuke River off the ...
More ▶︎
Price Flat Hut
Hut
•
Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6.
•
Distance: 7.8km away
Prices Flat Hut (6 bunks, matresses, tank water, stove) lies on a small terrace 100m above the Whitcombe River, adjacent ...
More ▶︎
Prices Flat Hut
Photograph
•
Distance: 7.8km away
The new(er) Prices Flat Hut, in the Whitcombe Valley, Westland.
More ▶︎
Zit Saddle
Photograph
•
Distance: 8.0km away
Zit Saddle, between the Kokatahi and Toaroha valleys
More ▶︎
Western flanks of Mt Ross
Photograph
•
Distance: 8.2km away
This pic was taken when MM & I stopped to boil the billy having descended from Mt Ross(1770m) en route ...
More ▶︎
Southern descent of Mt.Browns Tops
Photograph
•
Distance: 8.3km away
Moving through a boggy section of the Mt.Browns Tops route just before dropping over the edge into the creek.
That's ...
More ▶︎
Mt Misery & beyond February 2013
Photograph
•
Distance: 8.3km away
Last month I decided to climb a hill that can be seen from home that I'd never got around to ...
More ▶︎
Black Hut Totara Valley & beyond
Photograph
•
Distance: 8.5km away
This July shot taken from beside the Totara Valley road shows Black Hut. The higher country in the back ground ...
More ▶︎
Looking SW along the Bald Hill Range June 2013
Photograph
•
Distance: 8.5km away
This photo shows the easy tussock tops of the Bald Hill Range. Bald Hill is the tussocky high point down ...
More ▶︎
Old shed & beyond. Mikonui Flat July 2010
Photograph
•
Distance: 8.7km away
This old shed is next to the old homestead on Mikonui Flat.
Beyond the shed is the Mikonui River and then ...
More ▶︎
Historic Homestead Mikonui Flat Sept 2007
Photograph
•
Distance: 8.7km away
This small old farm dwelling is on the TR of the Mikonui flats & is referred to as "The Old ...
More ▶︎
View up Whitcombe from Meta Range Feb 2011
Photograph
•
Distance: 8.7km away
This pic looks out over Frews Ck and up the Whitcombe River to those famed spots of hunting folklore The ...
More ▶︎
Top Toaroha hut
Hut
•
Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6.
•
Distance: 8.8km away
This hut is located on the Bannatyne Flats towards the head of the Toaroha River. It is on the main ...
More ▶︎
Top Toaroha hut Jan 2009
Photograph
•
Distance: 8.8km away
This hut is located on the Bannatyne Flats towards the head of the Toaroha River. It is on the main ...
More ▶︎
Blue Duck Bivvy
Hut
•
Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC).
•
Distance: 9.0km away
A derelict B-49 NZ Forest Service hunters bivvy that was built in the late 1950's and is still on site. ...
More ▶︎
Blue Duck Bivvy Setting Feb 2016
Photograph
•
Distance: 9.0km away
Blue Duck Bivvy is a derelict B-49 style NZ Forest Service hunters bivvy that was built in the late 1950's ...
More ▶︎
"New" Top Kokatahi hut April 2008
Photograph
•
Distance: 9.0km away
This pic is of Top Kokatahi hut after the upgrade at the new site.
(just a stones throw from where Top ...
More ▶︎
Dickie Spur
Photograph
•
Distance: 9.0km away
A perfect day on the Dickie Spur above the Mikonui River, looking towards Okarito
More ▶︎
Price Basin hut
Hut
•
Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4.
•
Distance: 9.0km away
This hut, which is usually known as Price(s) Basin, is located on the TL of the TR branch of the ...
More ▶︎
Kokatahi Bivouac
Photograph
•
Distance: 9.0km away
No - the camera's not on an angle - it's the Biv that's leaning. The dilapidated Kokatahi Bivouac below Zit ...
More ▶︎
Kokatahi Bivouac (removed)
Hut
•
Removed!
•
Distance: 9.0km away
Hut removed 2008.
Kokatahi Bivouac (dilapidated) was once a typical 2-bed apline bivouac, located on a grassy face above the upper ...
More ▶︎
Biv sign
Photograph
•
Distance: 9.0km away
Gone but not forgotten!
Bits of this biv were salvaged from the Hokitika rubbish dump. An aquaintance made a sculpture ...
More ▶︎
Frisco hut
Hut
•
Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4.
•
Distance: 9.2km away
Frisco hut is on the TR of the Hokitika River less than 2kms below the junction with the Mungo River. ...
More ▶︎
Frisco hut Jan 2009
Photograph
•
Distance: 9.2km away
Frisco hut is on the TR of the Hokitika River less than 2kms below the junction with the Mungo River. ...
More ▶︎
Commodore Ridge etc Feb 2012
Photograph
•
Distance: 9.4km away
This photo was taken from Point 1809m on the Toaroha Range NW of Mt Chamberlin and looks eastward toward the ...
More ▶︎
Boo Boo Hut
Hut
•
Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4.
•
Distance: 9.4km away
Located on the Kokatahi River track just south of where a branch leads up onto the Toaroha Range.
More ▶︎
Boo Boo hut & woodshed March 2009
Photograph
•
Distance: 9.4km away
TL of the Kokatahi valley. High on a ridge well above the river gorges.
More ▶︎
Three Passes
Track
•
4 – 5 days. Medium/hard. One way.
•
Distance: 9.6km away
A classic trip from Arthur's Pass across Browning, Whitehorn and Harman Passes, emerging near Lake Kaniere on the West Coast.
More ▶︎
Mt Brown Hut
Track
•
1 – 2 days. Medium. Loop track with a road section.
•
Distance: 9.7km away
A circuit in the foothills behind Hokitika. Excellent views and a nice little hut.
More ▶︎
Tracks to the "New" Mt Brown hut
GPX file
•
Distance: 9.7km away
Here is a gpx file. It shows the new huts location & the routes to the hut from the Geologists ...
More ▶︎