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Hot pools
Exploring Lewis Pass
There is a good range of tracks and routes around Lewis Pass to suit all abilities. Here is a selection of places to visit and shorter trips available in the area.
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Sylvia Flats
½ day. Easy. Return via same track. Updated 4 November 20054 November 2005.
Roadside hot pools near Lewis Pass
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Cedar Flat Hut
Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6. Updated 16 February 200916 February 2009.
Small hut at the edge of a frost flat beneath the Toaroha Range.
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Roger's hut to Pakiaka hut
1 – 2 days. Medium/hard. Created 1 August 20061 August 2006.
Whirinaki to Urewera down Te Wairoa stream..unmarked the river is the way. Upper reach campsite Ngutukaka stream on true right. Succession of gorges with crucial point around 400 metres above confluence with Whangatawhia stream..shute rapid only way with dangerous trap ...
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Hurunui Hot Springs
2 – 3 days. Easy. Return via same track. Updated 12 June 200912 June 2009.
An overnight trip to a good hot pool near Lake Sumner.
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Cedar Flat Hut (Historic)
Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2. Updated 29 March 201029 March 2010.
Older hut at Cedar Flat now adjacent to the newer hut. This hut features hand-adzed timber.
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Welcome Flat Hut
Serviced Hut (DOC). Capacity: 30. Updated 16 February 200916 February 2009.
A two-storey lodge with wardens' quarters located near the Welcome Flat hot pools. A popular spot year-round. Note nightly fees are $15. Annual hut passes are not valid here.
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A Whole Lot More Hot Water!
A self-described addict, Sally Jackson has soaked in a great deal of hot water in the name of research, some of it muddy and green with algae.
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Cedar Flat
2 days. Easy/medium. Return via same track. Updated 16 February 200916 February 2009.
An easy and pleasant walk into a secluded valley near Hokitika. Rudimentary hot pools.
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Welcome Flat
2 days. Easy/medium. Return via same track. Updated 6 April 20096 April 2009.
A frosty West Coast valley leading to good hot pools and magnificent mountain scenery on part of the Copland Track.
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