35m Max drop (2x60m ropes)

10hrs

Public access

“After checking out Goat Creek (v3a2*) a couple of months ago, we returned to Haupiri to do the much larger neighbouring canyon, Crane Creek. It’s a 1.5 km long river gorge style canyon, with lots of boulderbashing and logjams, but there are some great features. 10 pitches, with plenty of easy whitewater features, swims and small jumps. The highlight is a 30m pitch, where you finish by traversing behind the waterfall into a narrow channel with lots of flow and spray. It’s another West Coast canyon that makes for a long day, but this one at least has an easyish approach following a marked track. Certainly one we’ll be going back to.” – Christian Miller

First descent, Christian Miller, Amy Burney, Conor Handley, Ben Fletcher, April 2025.

Images and topo courtesy Christian Miller.