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Styx to Kokatahi, 06-09 February 2015

The idea for this trip came after spending some time reading hut book entries at Boo Boo Hut last September about the section between Crawford Junction and BooBoo Hut. Sounded like a either a complete nightmare or at least a good off track adventure was to be had in there. Additionally, the Remote Huts website says that "the route achieved considerable notoriety among trampers". Of course we were interested and a good foreacst for Waitangi day and a third keen mad tramper aka Dave, saw us heading to the lower Kokatahi via the Styx and Lathrop Saddle. Day 1: Up the Styx to Browning Biv. Day 2: Climb of Mt Lahtrop and crossing of Lathrop Saddle to Top Crawford Hut, then down to Crawford Junction Hut for the night. Day 3: Down the Kokatahi to Boo Boo Hut and out to the road. Party: Dave Laffan, James Thornton and Nina Dickerhof
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Looking towards the Main Divide with Mt Rosamond on the left and Murchison on the right.
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Looking towards the Main Divide with Mt Rosamond on the left and Murchison on the right.

  • Looking towards the Main Divide with Mt Rosamond on the left and Murchison on the right.
  • Dave and I on the summit of Lathrop looking down into the Crawford..
  • Looking towards Mt Browning and down the Arahura.
  • Looking down into the Kokatahi, Top Crawford Hut straight below, Crawford Junction in the distance. Mts Whitcombe and Evans with the Bracken Snowfield in the distance.
  • Top Crawford Hut.
  • From left to right: Lauper Peak, The Amazon Breasts, Mt Whitcombe with Bracken Snowfield, Mt Evans, Park Dome, Mt Cook and Tasman.
  • Descending from Mt Lathrop, Hokitika River mouth on the left, Arahura on the right.
  • Descending off Mt Lathrop.
  • On Lathrop Saddle.
  • Tarn on Lathrop Saddle.
  • Dave unfazed.
  • James about to descend into the Crawford.
  • Mt Lathrop above Lathrop Saddle.
  • Dave descending off Lathrop Saddle.
  • Top Crawford Hut.
  • Lunchtime at Top Crawford Hut.
  • Entries like this at the hut book at the other end, i.e. at Boo Boo Hut, which we read September last year, intrigued us to check it out for ourselves.
  • Down the Crawford to Crawford Junction Hut.
  • Reaching Crawford Junction Hut, a nice place to spend the night.
  • The next morning: easy gravel for the first bit down the Kokatahi...
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