Max drop approx 45m 9hr Public Access Waterfall tramping trip. Low volume, several 30-45m drops. This canyon is fully described in the Canyoning in NZ guidebook. Below is a video from Tony Gazley, from a Wellington Tramping and Mountaineering Club trip to the canyon. WTMC does a few canyoning trips in the area; get in…
Category: 2 Star Canyons
Johnstone Canyon
From Jame Scholtok via KiwiCanyon Facebook page; “Today (13/12/2017) was my birthday 🙂 and last week decided it was time for Me and the boys should celebrate in style with a first ever canyon descent of Johnstone creek off Mt Richmond. We meet at my house at 6am this morning and packed the last of…
Kiwi Jacks Creek v3a3II**
Max drop 20m. 2h45m round trip. Public access.
Waiohine Middle Gorge v1a4VI**
No ropes, Difficult tubing/floating 2 (long) days or 3 (more reasonable) days round trip. Mt Holdsworth Rd end, up over Mt Holdsworth to Mid Waiohine Hut, down the gorge to Totara Flats then back to Mt Holdsworth Rd end. Assess the flows at the Waiohine Gorge flow gauge I haven’t been down it yet, so refer…
Granity Creek v3a3III**
Highest drop 20m 7-8hrs Public Access Tricky off track walk into the head of a granite stream with some waterfalls. Then plunges into a very deep and impressive marble slot canyon for an hour or two. This canyon is fully described in the Canyoning in NZ guidebook. [Update 28 March 2016: First descent by; Andy…