No, not THAT Death Valley. Halfway along Wakatipu's Humboldt Mountains, Death Valley is a hanging valley which feeds into the head of ...

“Summer is here!” There was no denying this statement as we toiled up yet another bump on the ridge beneath a merciless sun. The eastern ran...

Rising steeply up from Lake Wakatipu, Whakaari Conservation Area is open high country which was mined for scheelite in the 1900s. Old pack t...

Memory is an odd thing: at times detailed and accurate, at others a blank wall of no recollection about a given place or event, and occasion...

"It is not a shortcut". Thus proclaims the information sheet at Mid Caples hut. On the map Steele Creek looks like a nice shortcut...

From the upper Caples Valley, Kay Creek runs NNW up into the Humboldt Mountains. The creek itself is mostly bouldery, with a couple of shin...

Earnslaw Burn is a wee valley draining the southern aspect of Mt Earnslaw/Pikirakatahi (2,830m). The start of the track is a little hard ...

Two weeks of climbing and tramping in the Wakatipu region - not a bad way to end the summer holidays. I caught the first flight down to Q...