"The Nevis River drains the Hector and Garvie mountain ranges, flowing north towards the Kawarau River. The valley is at first a wide open expanse and was the scene of prolific goldmining during the late 1800's. Many historic relics remain in the upper valley as a testament to the industry that was there" - http://www.wildrivers.org.nz/river/nevis-riverImage above - Zak Shaw
Keith Riley, Ants Longman and myself recently spent a day in the Upper Nevis Valley. The flow below the Nevis Crossing road bridge was on deemed too high and so we continued up river. The area we visited would be inundated should the Pioneer Generation dam scheme go ahead.Image - Zak Shaw
Image - Zak Shaw
Spaniard grass and unique landscape. Nevis Valley - Image - Zak Shaw
The Upper Nevis gorge - Image - Zak Shaw
Paddler Keith RileyImage - Zak Shaw
Paddler Antz LongmanImage - Zak Shaw
Paddler - Keith Riley
Hi - was that two diferent lines on the top big drop?, what was the flow at wentworth?.
ReplyDeleteCheers Matt.
Hey Matt, yep we went back for it! Ran it twice. Its an easy portage and given that the section is short its worth it. I'm not sure what the flow was. I'd say 30cumecs+ as we thought the regular Nevis River run would be really intense.
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