Brodrick Pass, November 2021
Looking north up Hopkins River, the Naumann Range right, Mt Ward distant centre
Looking north up Hopkins River to Mount Ward
Monument Hut (600m)
In the Hopkins River bed north of Monument Hut
Looking west up Huxley River. Anita Peak (2,380m) centre
Looking west up Huxley River
Looking west up Huxley River, nearing Main Huxley Forks Huts
Looking east back down Huxley River to the Naumann Range, from near Main Huxley Forks Huts
Looking west up Huxley River, nearing Main Huxley Forks Huts
Main Huxley Forks Huts (730m)
Looking north up Huxley River North Branch
Looking north up Huxley River North Branch
Looking north up Huxley River North Branch
Looking south down Huxley River North Branch
Departing Huxley River North Branch to climb to Brodrick Hut. Brodrick Pass is in the dip far right
Brodrick Hut (1,000m)
View from 6 bunk Brodrick Hut
Dusk view of Brodrick Hut
Dusk view to the head of Huxley River North Branch from the helipad near Brodrick Hut
Sunset on the Huxley Range
Climbing a steep stream gut, after we failed to locate the beginning of the poled route through dense scrub to Brodrick Pass
From about 1,200m, looking back down the gut over Brodrick Hut to Huxley valley
Now on the poled route at about 1,300m, looking south with Boanerges (2,254m) and other peaks centre
The snow fields below Brodrick Pass
At about 1,550m, en route to Brodrick Pass, with Mt Strauchon (2,391m) behind
On Brodrick Pass (1,640m), with Mt Strauchon (2,391m) left and Mt Mackenzie (2,156m) right
A native falcon / kārearea checks us out at about 1,800m, beneath Mt Mackenzie
At about 1,800m, heading towards Mt Mackenzie
Looking south from about 1,900m
The snow field at 2,050m on the east side of Mt Mackenzie, looking north east to Mt Fraser (2,277m) and other peaks
At 2,100m with Mt Mackenzie behind. We had a look at the east side but decided against climbing it due to fresh avalanche debris. Instead we traversed beneath the peak to try the south face
Shaun Barnett traversing the south face
A view of the south face of Mt Mackenzie. We climbed to about 2,100m before turning back due to the hard frozen surface
A view below the south face of Mt Mackenzie, at about 2,000m, with Mt Strauchon far right
Looking back down to Brodrick Pass from about 1,850m
Alpine flowers near Brodrick Pass
A view back to Brodrick Hut, lower left, on our descent
Now on the poled route, which was much easier to locate on the descent, at about 1,200m, looking south with Boanerges (2,254m) and other peaks centre
Dawn view east to the Naumann Range, from Main Huxley Forks Huts
Read about it High above the Huxley Wilderness Magazine May 2023
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