Arthur's Pass Mountaineering Guide 5th Edition

Last Update: 26th December 2002

This online guide book is no longer updated! Information contained here is no longer accurate and should be treated with caution (huts are removed / burn down / or are moved, faces/ridges fall off mountains, tracks get rerouted, and general stuff just changes)! The new revised (2007) 6th Edition guide book is available through NZAC or most Outdoor shops.


	INTRODUCTION The Mountains & Climbing Routes Grading System Getting There Accommodation & Services Climate & Conditions Mountain Safety The Kea & You Area History Early Climbers TRAMPING ROUTES Waimakariri River & Tributaries White River - Harman Pass - Julia Hut Crow River via Avalanche Peak Mingha River - Goat Pass - Deception River Goat Pass - Lake Mavis - Taruahuna Pass Temple Basin to Goat Pass Edwards, Otehake & Hawdon Rivers Otira - Rolleston River - Waimakariri Col Other Tramping Routes HUTS & BIVOUACS Hut Radio System Hut & Bivouac Listing MOUNTAINEERING ROUTES WAIMAKARIRI PEAKS Anti Crow Hut area Anti Crow Head-waters Greenlaw Creek Harper Creek CARRINGTON AREA Carrington Hut area UPPER WHITE RIVER Barker Hut area UPPER WAIMAKARIRI Waimakariri Falls Hut area THE CROW VALLEY Crow Hut area ARTHUR'S PASS Climbs from Arthur's Pass LOWER OTIRA VALLEY CLIMBS Otira Climbs MINGHA / DECEPTION VALLEY Mingha River & Head-waters Deception River EDWARDS VALLEY Edwards Valley Peaks Lake Sally Approaches HAWDON RIVER / SUDDEN VALLEY STREAM Hawdon Valley Peaks Sudden Valley Biv area UPPER TAIPO RIVER Julia Creek Headwaters OTHER ARTHUR'S PASS AREA CLIMBS Poulter Peaks Wilberforce Approaches Lower Waimakariri River Taramakau River Peaks BLACK, CRAIGIEBURN & TORLESSE RANGES Lower Black Range Craigieburn Range Torlesse Range ICE CLIMBING The Faces Ice Cliffs & Waterfall Ice ALPINE ROCK CLIMBS Temple Buttress Philistine Buttress Speight Buttress Mt Harper West Face ALPINE SKI-TOURING / MOUNTAINEERING Otira Slide (Mt Rolleston) Crow Glacier Avalanche Peak Basin Bills Basin (Mt Blimit) Bealey Spur (Jordan Saddle) White Valley (Kahutea Col) Kelly Range SKI FIELD INFORMATION

MOUNTAINEERING ROUTES