3 Passes + 2, Arthur's Pass N.P - Mar 2021

Anti Crow Hut

The upper reaches of the Waimakariri below Carrington Hut

Leaving Carrington Hut on Day Two

Luckily the White river flow wasn't too bad to cross after last nights rain.

Ascending the Taipoiti river on our way to Harman Pass.

Lots of waterfalls in the upper reaches of the Taipoiti River

Exiting the Taipoiti River gorge onto the tussocked basin below Harman Pass

View SW to the Ariels Tarns and Whitehorn pass from Harman Pass

View SE down to the Ariels Tarns and Harman Pass

The collapsing terminal face of the Whitehorn Snowfield.

Crossing the lower reaches of the Whitehorn snowfield

Ascending the upper section of the Whitehorn snowfield

View of the Cronin Glacier from Whitehorn Pass

Descending scree as we descend below Whitehorn pass

Mid section of the route down the Cronin stream

Sidling to the start of the track as we descend the Cronin Stream

View west into the gorge in the lower section of the Cronin Stream

A busy Park Morpeth hut with three parties staying there for the night.

The view up to Brown Pass from near Park Mprpeth hut

Ascending the lower reaches of the zig zags on Browning Pass

Ascending the poled route to the left of the main shute on the upper reaches of Browning Pass

View down to Lake Browning 

Starting the climb towards Popes Pass from Browning Pass

View down to Lake Browning and behind that the Twin Peaks 

View NE to Mt Harman (left) and Mt Marion (right) from above Browning Pass

Sidling around the shoulder of Mt Harman as the route to Popes Pass is now inaccessible due to landslides.

A break as we make our way towards the saddle on the shoulder of Mt Harman

Crossing the saddle to start finding a route thru the bluffs above Popes Pass

Another break at the bottom of the snowfield under the east face of Mt Harman. This is where we by-passed the bluffs and had a good scree slope to the valley floor.

Looking up the scree slope with the start of the bluffs to the lHS.

Descending Julia Creek just above the small gorge and waterfall. Located around the start of the marked watercourse on the map.

Sidling around the gorge and waterfall in upper reaches of Julia Creek.

Some more boulder farms in Julia Creek

Lower Julia Creek near start of marked track

Julia Hut

Crossing the 3 wire Tumbledown creek bridge

The start of the Dry Creek ascent.

Most of the Dry Creek ascent was out of the water so traffic was straight forward.

Upper reaches of Dry Creek

Higher section of Dry Creek before the basin where you have to use the streambed as the track

View SW into the headwaters of Julia Creek with Mt Axis and Mt Harman (rear)

View east as we climbed out of Dry Creek streambed

Climbing the scree slope below Hunts Ridge

Lunch break on Hunts Ridge with view across the valley to Mt Walcott and the Campbell Range

View NE into Hunts Creek from the Hunts Ridge saddle

Descending the long scree slope from Hunts Ridge into Hunts Creek

View NE down the mid section of Hunts creek valley

Looking south up to the headwaters of Hunts creek

Existing the Hunts Creek riverflats to connect with the start of the matked track to the hut

Hunts Creek Hut

Day 6 - Sidling scree on our way up to Hunt Saddle

High tussock and lots of bogs made it slow going on Hunt Saddle

The last of the track as we enter the storm ravaged mid reaches of Kellys Creek where the track has eroded away

Lots od debris still in the riverbed of Kellys Creek

In places both sides of Kelly's Creek had collapsed into the creek bed

Exiting Kelly's Creek above Highway 73 west of Otira