The Three Passes - West Coast to Arthurs Pass - January 1979
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without permission. Some photographs taken by Gordon Thompson.
We caught a taxi out of Hokatika to a track that went up the Styx Valley
Above - Gordon near the start looking at the Styx River - wondering how
to get over the bluff in front.
Above - We found this old and tricky ladder.
Above - We spent the first night in this hut at Grassy Flat in the
upper Styx.
Above - Dave relaxing in the hut
Above - Next morning, in fine weather we crossed over a saddle to the
Arahura Valley
Above - Gordon crossing a small creek
Above - The Arahura River
Above - Dave crossing a swingbridge near Harman Hut
Above - Gordon on the swingbridge
Above - Looking down the Arahura Valley
Above - Gordon climbing up to Browning Pass
Above - Lake Browning.
Above - Looking down from Browning Pass to the Wilberforce River. We
camped near the junction of the Cronin Stream - coming in on the left a
short way down the valley.
Above - Gordon near Browning Pass
Above - Near Park Morpeth Hut at the junction of Cronin Stream and the
Wilberforce River. We camped near the hut.
Above - Dusk
Above - Next day we walked up Cronin Stream to Whitehorn Pass
Above - Near Whitehorn Pass
Above - At Whitehorn Pass
Above - Gordon at Whitehorn Pass
Above - At Whitehorn Pass
Above - At Harman Pass
Above - Below Harman Pass
Above - Looking back up to Harman Pass
Above - Our route lay down this steep stream
Above - We skirted these nice waterfalls
Above - Near the bottom - Looking up the White River to Mt Murchison
Above - Dave crossing the White River
Above - Mt Murchison
We stayed in the spacious Carrington Hut that night
Above - Walking down the Waimakariri River the next day.
Later we turned off from the main valley and went up the Crow River to
Crow Hut.
Above - Looking up the Crow River to Mt Rolleston. The next day we
clilbed up screes on the right to near Avalanche Peak
Above - Mt Rolleston from near Avalanche Peak
Above - Gordon on the range near Avalanche Peak
Above - nearby peaks
From there is was a short, easy descent to Arthurs Pass
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