Photo: Broken River Diary
Arthur's Pass National Park crosses the Southern Alps between Canterbury and the West Coast, with Mt Rolleston, Avalanche Peak and a lot of steep, open scree and river valleys.
The club's trips range from day trips such as Avalanche Peak and the Broken River basin to alpine climbs and overnight trips to huts such as Carrington, Hawdon and Edwards. There are also trips in the nearby Torlesse Range.
Highlight trips
Mt Rolleston – the highs and lows2020 · Alpine 2
The Craigieburn and Torlesse Ranges – two quite nice FE (fairly easy) day walks2025 · Easy-Medium
Avalanche-Lyell-Bealey Loop – The ‘Triple Crown’2025 · Alpine 1
Edwards-Hawdon Tramp – Wellington Anniversary Weekend2014 · Medium
Alpine week – Methven and the Lewis Pass2025 · Alpine 1
Not the Polar Range2012 · Fit
Arthur’s Pass – alpine adventures with different beans2018 · Alpine 1
Broken River Diary1995 · Easy-Medium- From the newsletterChristmas Trips 1977/78Christmas trips: The club had mahy members in the hills over the holiday period. I hope wa get all these super trips written up for the super-duper journal that wo're going to have this yaar. Here's a brief summary, It doesn't cover all the trips, but these…