Al Gorge v3a3III*

A relatively short canyon with a beautiful enclosed section. Anchors: 10mm ss wedge bolts and hangers and 5 mm dyneema with Tebylon half ring Longest abseil is 40m First descent: Dutch Canyoning Expedition 14-3-2025Erik Birkhoff Erwan Coq Bas Hetterscheid Pepijn Hoeksema Britt Joosten Jaap Sikkema Bram de Vries Loys van Asten

Mather Creek v4a4III***

27m
6-7hrs
Public access

Plenty of variety: high jumps, low technical jumps, perfect slides, back to back absiels and beautiful narrows.

McBride Burn

Not really a canyon – descended by a Wanaka CanyonSAR team in February 2023 as part of a search and rescue operation for a missing hunter. Photos courtesy Patrick Timm