Success on the West Coast

Ok, so we had a couple of advantages over previous trips: The track had been recently cut by a couple of Christchurch tramping legends and we had a blow by blow account of the route description from the Remote Huts website. But we really did have a successful tramp on the 'other side' of The Divide.





The longer daylight hours saw us camping at Klondyke Corner for the first time this summer. Then on the saturday we headed up to Pfeifer Biv, via Waharoa Saddle and the Parata Stream. It took about 5 1/2 hours. The biv is located in a beautiful subalpine basin with fantastic views across to Mount Alexander. We headed out to Aickens via a so-so scree slope to access Pfeifer Creek and the Taramakau River.