(:groupheader:)(:Summary: Hurunui:)(:sidebar:no:) %rfloat smaller noprint%[[Trips/Hurunui,Maps|All maps]] [[Trips/Hurunui,As planned|As planned]] <:vspace> !! Day 0 * ferry to Picton <:vspace> >>rfloat noprint smaller<< 2 -< 680m to 840m >>id=day1map rfloat noprint<< <:block>1* [[Attach:Trips.Hurunui/map day 1.jpeg | map day 1.jpeg]] [[<<]] >><< !! Day 1 * [[{$:PictonLakeSumner}|drive]] to near Lake Mason on Lake Taylor Station. * cross the South Branch Hurunui and head up the South Branch to [[http://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-stay/backcountry-huts-by-region/canterbury/north-canterbury-and-arthurs-pass/upper-south-branch-hurunui-hut/|South Branch Hurunui hut]] - 6 hours <:vspace> >>rfloat noprint smaller<< 3 -< 840m to 1,410m to 960m >>id=day2map rfloat noprint<< <:block>* [[Attach:Trips.Hurunui/map day 2.jpeg | map day 2.jpeg]] [[<<]] >><< !! Day 2 * [[http://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-stay/backcountry-huts-by-region/canterbury/north-canterbury-and-arthurs-pass/upper-south-branch-hurunui-hut/|South Branch Hurunui hut]] to Roche Pass * Roche Pass down Ellis Stream to the Cox River * Cox River to [[http://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-stay/backcountry-huts-by-region/canterbury/north-canterbury-and-arthurs-pass/bull-creek-hut/|Bull Creek hut]] * [[http://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-stay/backcountry-huts-by-region/canterbury/north-canterbury-and-arthurs-pass/bull-creek-hut/|Bull Creek hut]] to [[http://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-stay/backcountry-huts-by-region/canterbury/north-canterbury-and-arthurs-pass/lochinvar-hut/|Lochinvar hut]] (9 hours) <:vspace> >>rfloat noprint smaller<< 4 -< 960m to 820m >>id=day3map rfloat noprint<< <:block>* [[Attach:Trips.Hurunui/map day 3.jpeg | map day 3.jpeg]] [[<<]] >><< !! Day 3 * [[http://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-stay/backcountry-huts-by-region/canterbury/north-canterbury-and-arthurs-pass/lochinvar-hut/|Lochinvar hut]] to Lake Grace (6 to 7 hours) * Lake Grace to [[http://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-stay/backcountry-huts-by-region/canterbury/north-canterbury-and-arthurs-pass/bull-creek-hut/|Bull Creek hut]] <:vspace> >>rfloat noprint smaller<< 5 -< 820m to Roche Pass 1,126m to 830m >>id=day4map rfloat noprint<< <:block>* [[Attach:Trips.Hurunui/map day 4.jpeg | map day 4.jpeg]] [[<<]] >><< !! Day 4 * [[http://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-stay/backcountry-huts-by-region/canterbury/north-canterbury-and-arthurs-pass/bull-creek-hut/|Bull Creek hut]] up the Cox and Ellis Stream to Roche Pass and down to [[http://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-stay/backcountry-huts-by-region/canterbury/north-canterbury-and-arthurs-pass/upper-south-branch-hurunui-hut/|South Branch Hurunui hut]] (9 hours) <:vspace> >>rfloat noprint smaller<< 6 -< 830m to 680m >>id=day5map rfloat noprint<< <:block>* [[Attach:Trips.Hurunui/map day 5.jpeg | map day 5.jpeg]] >><< !! Day 5 * down the South Branch, crossing either at start of the day if the river is up, or at the end if it is not, and back to the van - 6 hours from South Branch Hurunui hut thus completing a brilliant trip * drive and ferry <:vspace> !! Nearby * [[http://www.hurunui-gateway.co.nz/|North Canterbury – Waikari Hawarden Hurunui Weka Pass area]] * [[http://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-stay/conservation-campsites-by-region/canterbury/north-canterbury-and-arthurs-pass/lake-taylor-campsite/|Lake Taylor campsite]] * [[http://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-stay/conservation-campsites-by-region/canterbury/north-canterbury-and-arthurs-pass/loch-katrine-campsite/|Lake Katrine campsite]] * [[http://www.historic.org.nz/TheRegister/RegisterSearch/RegisterResults.aspx?RID=3675|Historic Eskhead Station Homestead]] and [[http://www.historic.org.nz/TheRegister/RegisterSearch/RegisterResults.aspx?RID=3746|Woolshed]] * [[http://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-stay/backcountry-huts-by-region/canterbury/north-canterbury-and-arthurs-pass/esk-bivvy/|Esk bivvy]] * [[http://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-stay/backcountry-huts-by-region/canterbury/north-canterbury-and-arthurs-pass/hurunui-hut/|Hurunui Hut]] * [[http://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-stay/backcountry-huts-by-region/canterbury/north-canterbury-and-arthurs-pass/hurunui-no-3-hut/|Hurunui #3 Hut]] <:vspace> <:vspace> (:PictonLakeSumner:http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=picton&daddr=-42.56505,173.44214+to:-42.84054,173.24462+to:-43.0451,172.78743+to:lake+sumner&hl=en&geocode=FZ_0if0dbAtfCikFONSk6iY5bTFgoXmEhu8ABQ%3BFUaCdv0dXIRWCilF7ZuPX7AwbTHgJohMhu8AEw%3BFSROcv0dzIBTCilXRYfW9ecwbTHRT4hMhu8AEw%3BFRQvb_0d5oZMCinjDGORkq4xbTEBGThMhu8AEw%3BFcprdP0dh99DCikZ-wRIYycwbTGwoWOrhu8AKg&mra=dpe&mrsp=3&sz=10&via=1,2,3&sll=-42.808499,172.8685&sspn=0.678043,1.451569&ie=UTF8&ll=-42.74197,173.248901&spn=0.722135,2.194519&z=10:)(:groupfooter:) <:block>