Canyon Whirling Water in West Coast/New Zealand v5-a6-V 5/5*

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Country: New Zealand

Region: West Coast

Subregion: Westland District

Town: Harihari

v5 a6 V

7h50

2h30

5h

20min

50m

4x50m

25

on Foot

Rating:

★★★★★

5 (1)

Info:

★★★

1 (1)

Belay:

★★★

3 (1)

Summary:

High Water canyon. Technical, scary, commiting, definitely one of the highlight when coming to New Zealand, but you'll need a strong team for that one.

February - April

Summary:

High Water canyon. Technical, scary, commiting, definitely one of the highlight when coming to New Zealand, but you'll need a strong team for that one.

Access:

Approach (2 h 30):

From Kiwi Flat hut, go to the end of the canyon. From there follow the pink tapes on the orographically right side. Cross Scamper Torrent, where it is best to leave a fixed rope, in case you need to escape after the middle part of Whirling Water. From there on you keep walking along the canyon, until you see again pink tapes which indicate where to go down to the canyon. Best ist to have GPX files from someone who went up there already.

Tour (5 h):

The canyon is very technical, has many long handlines, backflows, flush overs, siphons. Best ist to get in touch with someone who has done it, to get the most precise description.

Return (20 min):

Easy, opposite way as when you went to check the water level.

19.03.2024 Bubtore ⭐ ★★★★★ 📖 ★★★ ⚓ ★★★ 💧 High Completed ✔ machine translated ➜

Finally the time had come for Whirling. With over 10 people already involved in the project, 7 of them were able to agree on a date to do the first integral (a few in the team had already seen all the parts, but hadn't done it all in one piece). An incredible tour on an incredible day, including setting up the stand to go through the "Detonator Pitch".