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Helicopter Hill Circuit
Craigieburn Forest Park
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Conservation Park. 441.65km2.
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Distance: less than 100m away
A small park south of Arthur's Pass National Park including a series of ski fields. Highest point: 2141m (Mt Avoca).
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Helicopter Hill
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Distance: less than 100m away
From Lyndon Saddle, the climb to the small summit is quick and easy (1256m).
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Craigieburn Shelter campsite
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Basic Campsite (DOC). 20 spaces.
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Distance: 112m away
Popular campsite on the banks of Cave Stream in Craigieburn Forest Park, with a number of easy walking tracks nearby. ...
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Beech flowers
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Distance: 125m away
Bright red mountain beech flowers on Helicopter Hill, Craigieburn Forest.
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Camp Saddle / Lyndon Saddle spur
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Distance: 621m away
Scree slope leading down to Lyndon Saddle and Helicopter Hill. Over the highway is the yellow Broken Hill, with the ...
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Camp Saddle / Lyndon Saddle circuit
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Distance: 1.6km away
A loop in Craigieburn Forest Park, leading up onto a spur of the Craigieburn Range.
This route leads up the Broken ...
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Camp Saddle / Lyndon Saddle spur
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Distance: 1.9km away
Once up on Camp Saddle, it's a straightforward ridge cruise following the arc to the left.
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Mount Wall
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Distance: 2.0km away
A circuit from the Broken River locked gate up onto the Craigieburn Range, along to Mount Wall, and down. Points ...
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Camp Saddle
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Distance: 2.1km away
The view south, down Camp Stream, Craigieburn Range.
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Castle Hill
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Distance: 3.4km away
not much of a tramp, but worth a look. Flock hill.
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Cave Stream
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Medium. One way (about 5 mins walk from end to end).
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Distance: 3.6km away
An exciting walk through a twisty limestone cave near Castle Hill.
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Mount Wall
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Distance: 3.8km away
1874m peak on the Craigieburn Range. The Broken River Ski Club occupies the valley to the right.
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Mount Wall, Craigieburn Range
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1 day. Medium/hard. Return by the same track.
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Distance: 3.8km away
Day walk to a summit overlooking the Broken River Ski Area.
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View of Torlesse Gap from the west
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Distance: 3.9km away
The well recognised landmark on the Torlesse Range can easily be seen from the top of Broken Hill in the ...
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Cass Saddle
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Distance: 4.9km away
Looking across the Cass Saddle from ridge on North Side.
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Bush toilet
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Distance: 4.9km away
I found this toilet when I was camping at the start of the Cass saddle track and thought it would ...
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Cass-Lagoon Saddle
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2 days. Medium. One way.
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Distance: 4.9km away
This classic route from Cass to Cora Lynn Road circles the Black Range to form an open loop, and a ...
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Hogs Back Circuit
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Easy. Loop track.
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Distance: 5.0km away
Great views of the Cass basin and surrounding mountain ranges.
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Hogs Back Circuit
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Distance: 5.0km away
A variation of the Hogsback mountain bike track. The mtb track is roughly marked as s-d-c-t. The walking circuit is ...
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Cass Saddle
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1 day. Easy/medium. One way.
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Distance: 5.0km away
From the car park at the east end of the Cass road bridge, follow the vehicle track next to the ...
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Broken River Hut via Cave Stream
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Distance: 5.1km away
Alternative route to Broken River Hut. Land owners' permission needed.
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Cass Saddle Hut
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4.
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Distance: 5.3km away
An old Forest Service hut on the Cass-Lagoon Saddle Track, built in 1953. The hut is located just below the ...
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Cass Saddle Hut
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Distance: 5.3km away
Cass Saddle Hut, when I arrived, then, the morning after...
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Prebble Hill (902m)
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Distance: 5.6km away
Red Peak (1853m), The Gap, and Castle Hill Peak (1998m) behind.
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Complete and Final Version of Craigieburn Double Crossing
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Distance: 6.0km away
Double crossing of the Craigieburn Range from Hogs Back MTB trail over to Hamilton Hut, then return via Mt Cheeseman ...
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Double Crossing of Craigieburn Range
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Distance: 6.0km away
Queens Birthday weekend trip, combined with scenic tour down the Harper to Mystery Tarn, on the Clay Range.
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Hog's Back Track
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Easy. Return by the same track.
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Distance: 6.2km away
https://www.craigieburntrails.org.nz/tracks/hogs-back-track/
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Kammeis, Ice needles
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Distance: 6.5km away
These are ice needles that form under little stones and pieces of dirt and lift them up perpendicular to the ...
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DOC sign
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Distance: 7.8km away
Kura Tawhiti Conservation Area is the karst landscape also known as Castle Hill, located on the road between Porter's and ...
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Hamilton Hut - Dec 2009
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Distance: 7.9km away
Exterior shot of Hamilton Hut in December 2009.
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Hamilton Hut
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Serviced Hut (DOC). Capacity: 20.
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Distance: 7.9km away
A large hut on the Cass-Lagoon Saddle Track. The hut is well situated on a terrace above the wide Hamilton ...
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Hamilton hut
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Distance: 7.9km away
Hamilton hut, 20 bunks and very cosy. Loads of sandflies but well equipped with nets on the doors to keep ...
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Striking limestone formations of Castle Hill
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Distance: 8.2km away
Known as Kura Tawhiti to Ngāi Tahu, this is an area of historic significance, with rock drawings hidden amongst the ...
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Broken River hut Feb 2012
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Distance: 9.6km away
This 1960 vintage NZFS 4 bunker is about 1.5hrs upstream from the Avoca Homestead hut. There are various coal mining ...
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Broken River Hut
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4.
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Distance: 9.6km away
Located upstream of Avoca Homestead.
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Broken River Hut
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Distance: 9.6km away
This little hut sits on a sunny terrace and a coal seam. The layers exposed here are part of the ...
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Near Broken River Hut
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Distance: 9.6km away
The view up Winding Creek to Purple Hill from one of the terraces above the hut.
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