Wilkin Valley - Rabbit Pass - East Matukituki (Easter 1993)
Lunch time in Wilkin Valley (between Kerin Forks and Top Forks)
Wilkin Valley - Rabbit Pass - East Matukituki (Easter 1993)
South Branch of the Wilkin, from Top Forks Hut
Wilkin Valley - Rabbit Pass - East Matukituki (Easter 1993)
North Branch of the Wilkin from Top Forks Hut
Wilkin Valley - Rabbit Pass - East Matukituki (Easter 1993)
Mt Pollux (2536m) from Top Forks Hut, Wilkin Valley
Wilkin Valley - Rabbit Pass - East Matukituki (Easter 1993)
Avalanche debris in Snow Bridge Gorge, Wilkin River South Branch
Wilkin Valley - Rabbit Pass - East Matukituki (Easter 1993)
View of the Wilkin Valley North Branch from the track in the South Branch
Wilkin Valley - Rabbit Pass - East Matukituki (Easter 1993)
View of the waterfall face from Waterfall Flat, Wilkin River South Branch
Wilkin Valley - Rabbit Pass - East Matukituki (Easter 1993)
Tops on the south side of Waterfall Flat (pt 1851m on right)
Wilkin Valley - Rabbit Pass - East Matukituki (Easter 1993)
Tramper in Waterfall Flat, Wilkin River South Branch
Wilkin Valley - Rabbit Pass - East Matukituki (Easter 1993)
Closer view of the waterfall on the route to Rabbit Pass - route up the waterfall face starts on the fans on the right hand side of the waterfall (true left) and climbs through the bluffs. This route requires experience, good weather and a good head for heights.
Wilkin Valley - Rabbit Pass - East Matukituki (Easter 1993)
Indicative line of route up the waterfall face - the route is marked by both orange warratahs (these can be bent or removed by avalanche), and worn steps from foot traffic
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Wilkin Valley - Rabbit Pass - East Matukituki (Easter 1993)
Wilkin Valley - Rabbit Pass - East Matukituki (Easter 1993)
View of Waterfall Face from start of climb, route is on the right hand fan
Wilkin Valley - Rabbit Pass - East Matukituki (Easter 1993)
Waterfall Flat from top of Waterfall Face, Wilkin River South Branch
Wilkin Valley - Rabbit Pass - East Matukituki (Easter 1993)
Pearson Saddle and Wilkin Valley South Branch, above waterfall
Wilkin Valley - Rabbit Pass - East Matukituki (Easter 1993)
Trampers jubilant at having reached the top of the waterfall, Wilkin Valley South Branch
Wilkin Valley - Rabbit Pass - East Matukituki (Easter 1993)
Looking back towards the top of the waterfall, with the peaks on the south side
Wilkin Valley - Rabbit Pass - East Matukituki (Easter 1993)
Trampers between the top of the Wilkin River Waterfall and Rabbit Pass
Wilkin Valley - Rabbit Pass - East Matukituki (Easter 1993)
Trampers approaching Rabbit Pass and the East Matukituki
Wilkin Valley - Rabbit Pass - East Matukituki (Easter 1993)
Looking towards the route that leads down Rabbit Pass - from the pass the route climbs upwards on the true left of the East Matukituki to a gut that leads down to the valley
Wilkin Valley - Rabbit Pass - East Matukituki (Easter 1993)
Rabbit Pass, starting the climb that leads to the East Matukituki
Wilkin Valley - Rabbit Pass - East Matukituki (Easter 1993)
Tyhe section of rock above the trampers proved challenging for the descent, the rocks were coated with a thin layer of ice under the snow. Packs have already been lowered to where the photo was taken from.
Wilkin Valley - Rabbit Pass - East Matukituki (Easter 1993)
The route from Rabbit Pass to the head of the East Matukituki
Wilkin Valley - Rabbit Pass - East Matukituki (Easter 1993)
The route to Rabbit Pass from the head of the East Matukituki
Wilkin Valley - Rabbit Pass - East Matukituki (Easter 1993)
Rabbit Pass from the route to the East Matukituki
Wilkin Valley - Rabbit Pass - East Matukituki (Easter 1993)
The head of the East Matukituki from the route from Rabbit Pass
Wilkin Valley - Rabbit Pass - East Matukituki (Easter 1993)
Rabbit Pass from the head of the East Matukituki
Wilkin Valley - Rabbit Pass - East Matukituki (Easter 1993)
Campsite at the head of the East Matukituki, below Rabbit Pass
Wilkin Valley - Rabbit Pass - East Matukituki (Easter 1993)
Rabbit Pass from the upper flats in the East Matukituki
Wilkin Valley - Rabbit Pass - East Matukituki (Easter 1993)
Fastness Peak and Ruth Stream from Ruth Flat
Wilkin Valley - Rabbit Pass - East Matukituki (Easter 1993)
At Ruth Flat, looking up the East Matukituki
Wilkin Valley - Rabbit Pass - East Matukituki (Easter 1993)
Leaving Ruth Flat for the Bledisloe Gorge track, East Matukituki
Wilkin Valley - Rabbit Pass - East Matukituki (Easter 1993)
Tantalus Rock on the edge of the Upper Volta Glacier, with Ruth Ridge on the right hand side (above Ruth Flat)
Wilkin Valley - Rabbit Pass - East Matukituki (Easter 1993)
Ruth Flat and the upper East Matukituki from the Bledisloe Gorge track
Wilkin Valley - Rabbit Pass - East Matukituki (Easter 1993)
Low Peak of Rob Roy at left background (above the Glacier Burn), with Mildewed Meg and East, Middle and main peaks of Mt Avalanche above the Kitchener River (Aspiring Flats). Photo taken from the Bledisoe Gorge Track
Wilkin Valley - Rabbit Pass - East Matukituki (Easter 1993)
The peaks of Mt Avalanche on the left, with Popes Nose on the right. Hood Glacier is below Mt Avalanche. Photo taken from the Bledisloe Gorge track.
Wilkin Valley - Rabbit Pass - East Matukituki (Easter 1993)
Mt Avalanche and Hood Glacier above Aspiring Flat (Kitchener River). Photo taken from Bledisloe Gorge track.
Wilkin Valley - Rabbit Pass - East Matukituki (Easter 1993)
Cameron Flat, the lower East Matukituki and the start of the West Matukituki from the Bledisloe Gorge track. Fog Peak, Sharks Tooth Peak and Craigrayston Peak on the skyline.
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Wilkin Valley - Rabbit Pass - East Matukituki (Easter 1993)
Ridge leading to Albert Burn Saddle and Dragonfly Peak from Aspiring Flat
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Wilkin Valley - Rabbit Pass - East Matukituki (Easter 1993)
Rainbow Stream from Aspiring Flat (photo taken from below Rock of Ages Bivouac)
Wilkin Valley - Rabbit Pass - East Matukituki (Easter 1993)
Turnbull Thomson Falls from Aspiring Flat
