- Distance
- 24.8km
- Total Ascent
- 1509m
- Time
- Three days to campsite
- Grade
- Difficult
- Access
- Follow the old 4WD track up the Mahitahi from Condon Road and then trackless wilderness to a spur east of the Edison climbing to a 1300m shoulder and descend a gully south to the Edison head
- Map
- BX14, BY14
- GPX File
- Edison Glacier camp (gpx, yo 39 KB)
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Secreted in the wild heart of South Westland, the upper Edison River provides epic views of the Strachan Range and its outlying summits. Sheer-sided ridges, gorges, impenetrable subalpine scrub, and fickle weather make such hard-won views ones to savour.
There’s a fantastic campsite below the Edison Glacier snout at 1200m.
South of the camp rise the giants of the region: Mts Strachan, 2561m and Dechen, 2643m. The latter claiming the distinction of having New Zealand’s only icecap glacier.
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