From Jame Scholtok via KiwiCanyon Facebook page; “Today (13/12/2017) was my birthday 🙂 and last week decided it was time for Me and the boys should celebrate in style with a first ever canyon descent of Johnstone creek off Mt Richmond. We meet at my house at 6am this morning and packed the last of…
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Mt Rintoul Canyon
Western Mt Richmond Forest Park 3 day waterfall tramping expedition. Heard about it from a SAR report about a guy who died after he tried tramping down this stream, getting himself stuck between waterfalls… Hike in from Lees river Rd end (not shown on this map) to Hut below Mt Rintoul. One day descending multiple…
Doom Creek Trip Report
Toine, Bernat and I were joined by Bruce for todays trip, which was intended to be nice and mellow after a long day in Whiskey Falls on the first descent. Doom Creek is a fantastic little canyon, with several jumps, beautiful narrows and very simple access. After the big drops and lack of jumps in…
Top Wairoa Gorges
The Top Wairoa Hut sits directly between the two creeks and both gorges start just downstream of the hut. Grid references here. The gorges don’t seem to be too long and I bet they both can be done in a day. Pretty spot and a nice hut nearby could make it a nice trip. Download…