A view from below Brodrick Pass of the Huxley River North Branch. Photo: Peter Laurenson

High above the Huxley

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Brodrick Pass, Ruataniwha Conservation Park

One of the most accessible ways to reach the main spine of Kā Tiritiri O Te Moana / the Southern Alps, south of Aoraki / Mt Cook National Park, is up the Hopkins Valley, north of Lake Ohau. While the peaks in this area are not on the scale of the three thousanders to the […]
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Peter Laurenson

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Peter Laurenson

Peter is a tramper, occasional climber, photographer, editor and writer. His adventures, spanning 30+ years, come together on his website ‘OccasionalClimber’. Richmond-based, Peter is editor of FMC’s Backcountry and has published three books: Occasional Climber (2013) and Khumbu (2021) and Aotearoa Light (2025).

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