Ivory Lake Hut is perched above the headwaters of the Waitaha River. Photo: Martin Johnston

Ivory Lake Hut via Whitcombe Valley, Westland

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Hike the Whitcombe Track to Frew Hut and then spend another valley day hiking to four-bunk Wilkinson Hut. An hour downstream from the hut, the route veers up a steep creek falling from Pahlow Ridge. Grovel through the creekbed to a tussock and scrub slope that leads north to scree and up onto the nose […]

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