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Torlesse Range Feb 2014
John Hayward Memorial Hut Feb 2014
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Distance: less than 100m away
Also known as Kowai hut but not to be confused with Kowhai hut in the Kaikoura area near Mt Fyffe. ...
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John Hayward Memorial Hut
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Private hut (NA). Capacity: 6.
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Distance: less than 100m away
Also known as Kowai hut but not to be confused with Kowhai hut in the Kaikoura area near Mt Fyffe. ...
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Kowai/Castle Hill Peak/Porters Pass Circuit
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Distance: 964m away
Circuit of the above. Can be done as a day trip or in our case, 2 days broken by a ...
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Castle Hill Peak
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Distance: 1.1km away
Straightforward alpine walk with great views.
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Korowai/Torlesse Tussocklands Park
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Conservation Park. 210.00km2.
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Distance: 3.2km away
This park incorporates the Torlesse and Big Ben Ranges either side of Porter's Pass. The Torlesse Gap is a prominent ...
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Mt Torlesse
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1 day. Easy/medium. Return by the same track.
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Distance: 3.2km away
Noteworthy peak east of Porters Pass.
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Mt Plenty, Ghost Creek Circuit
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Distance: 3.2km away
A day trip involving a 700 m climb then descending a creek with 2 challenging sidles past waterfalls.
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Foggy Peak
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Distance: 3.9km away
The climb up Foggy Peak follows Foggy Peak Ridge from the Porter's Pass road summit (visible lower right) to a ...
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The Big Ben Range from Foggy Pk
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Distance: 3.9km away
Looking across Porters Pass in the Canterbury high country.
Kowai Forest is a very accessible point from which to explore the ...
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Foggy Peak
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Easy/medium. Return via same track.
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Distance: 3.9km away
A short walk from Porter's Pass to a peak with good views at the southern end of the Torlesse Range.
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Broken River Hut via Cave Stream
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Distance: 5.5km away
Alternative route to Broken River Hut. Land owners' permission needed.
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DOC sign
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Distance: 5.6km 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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Striking limestone formations of Castle Hill
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Distance: 6.0km 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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Trig M
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Easy. Return via same track.
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Distance: 6.4km away
An easy climb through subalpine scrub to a windy summit.
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Prebble Hill (902m)
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Distance: 6.4km away
Red Peak (1853m), The Gap, and Castle Hill Peak (1998m) behind.
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Benmore Hut
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Distance: 6.7km away
Short walk to a deerstalkers' hut in Thirteen Mile Bush.
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Foggy Peak
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Distance: 6.7km away
From near point 1170, Porter's Pass, July 2009.
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Red Hill (1641m)
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Distance: 7.1km away
This hill just east of Lake Coleridge is a good day walk. Viewed from near Trig M, Porter's Pass.
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Black Hill (2067m)
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Distance: 7.1km away
Just south of Lake Coleridge. Viewed from Trig M near Porter's Pass.
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Hog's Back Track
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Easy. Return by the same track.
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Distance: 8.0km away
https://www.craigieburntrails.org.nz/tracks/hogs-back-track/
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Near Broken River Hut
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Distance: 8.1km away
The view up Winding Creek to Purple Hill from one of the terraces above the hut.
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Red Hill from Trig M
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Distance: 8.2km away
Red Hill (1641m) is the highest peak to the right. The Lyndon Road winds past Lake Lyndon to Lake Coleridge ...
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Lake Lyndon from Trig M
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Distance: 8.2km away
Beyond is Mount Lyndon and the Craigieburn Range.
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Broken River Hut
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4.
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Distance: 8.4km away
Located upstream of Avoca Homestead.
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Broken River Hut
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Distance: 8.4km 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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Broken River hut Feb 2012
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Distance: 8.4km 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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Castle Hill
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Distance: 8.7km 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: 8.7km away
An exciting walk through a twisty limestone cave near Castle Hill.
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Thirteen Mile Bush
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Distance: 9.1km away
Beech forest on the walk into Benmore Hut.
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