“After checking out Goat Creek (v3a2*) a couple of months ago, we returned to Haupiri to do the much larger neighbouring canyon, Crane Creek. It’s a 1.5 km long river gorge style canyon, with lots of boulderbashing and logjams, but there are some great features. 10 pitches, with plenty of easy whitewater features, swims and…
Category: 2 Star Canyons
Waterfall Creek v5a3III**
Vertical canyons with beautiful drops. The 90 meter pitch is super fun and required good route finding in the flow. 8 Rappels in total Relatively easy approach and access. Anchors: Single and double 10mm ss wedge bolts and hangers and 5 mm dyneema with Tebylon half ring Longest abseil is 90 meters (100 meter rope…
Low Creek v5a4III**
A relatively open descent alternated with two distinctive enclosed sections which require some technical and aquatic rigging. Anchors: Single and double 10mm ss wedge bolts and hangers and 5 mm dyneema with Tebylon half ring Longest abseil is 45 meters First descent: Dutch Canyoning Expedition 20 & 22-03-2025Erik Birkhoff Erwan Coq Bas Hetterscheid Pepijn Hoeksema…
Alabaster Creek v4a4II**
Alabaster Canyon is a beautiful, cosy canyon. With just 220 meters altitude difference and a 1-hour hike in from the camp spot it’s a beautiful canyon in Fiordland, the combination of enclosed waterfalls with green covered moss. The first 120 meters of altitude hides about 13 beautiful smaller abseils that are technical and playful. The…