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.

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.

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.

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.

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