Arthur's Pass is one of the few highways crossing the southern alps and connects the west coast with the east.
Where we are working in Canterbury we are only an hour drive from the mountains, so on our days off we did an overnight trip. We visited Castle Hill, some amazing limestone rocks- you might recognize the location as it was the final battle scene in the movie Narnia.
Right in Arthur's pass there is a small village, and lots of hikes start from there. We visited Devil's Punchbowl falls, then found a great campsite in Hawden river valley, it was unusually quiet for this time of year- we think mainly because of the gravel road into the camping area.
There is a hiking route that follows the Hawden river valley, we walked it partway in the morning. But lots of knee-deep river crossings in ice-cold water!
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