Welcome to Arthur's Pass

Our small alpine village is nestled amongst the Southern Alps in New Zealand's South Island (Maps). You will find a wealth of information about this region on this site, but If you can't find what you're looking for please .

Weather Cam & Station 5/2/12 2:15hrs
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Current Avalanche Risk
Low Natural avalanches highly unlikely. Human triggered avalanches unlikely.

News...

Please take time to sign the Online Petition to the Minister for Conservation - Click Here. For further updated comment & ministerial email addresses - Click Here.

DOC claims it's national policy is to remove ALL intention systems (except hut books at this stage; track-head books are to go as well), for consistency and removal of a perceived legal risk to its front-line staff managing such systems, not continued public safety considerations.

Arthur's Pass will be forced on 29th February 2012 to remove its current system, with the expectation that park users, including poor-english speaking tourists, will take up an inadequate online system provided by the Mountain Safety Council (MSC); DOC will be providing a single public terminal in the Visitor Centre only available during office hours- this is blatantly inadequate.

Mt Cook has been permitted to retain their system and MSC is quoted as saying in the Timaru Herald "the online system was not replacing the current system, but was intended to be an extension of it".

This is a very important issue in terms of continued public safety and effective search & rescues in the Park to which end I have resigned my front-line DOC job over, we must find solutions, or keep the existing system in place!

The Poulter Valley track (mountain biking) is CLOSED to to extensive flood damage 800m north of Poulter road bridge.

DOC has removed Locke Stream hut (Taramakau River) radio permanently.

Mountain Bikes are now permitted on a trial basis to use the Poulter Valley to gain access to Trust-Poulter Hut. No bikes are permitted upstream of this point, or in the Andrews Valley system.