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Friday, November 27, 2009

Nevis River Highlands. SPARC - Lifeblood of the Nation

"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-river
Image 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 Riley
Image - Zak Shaw

Paddler Antz Longman
Image - Zak Shaw

Paddler - Keith Riley

3 comments:

  1. Anonymous10:20 PM

    Hi - was that two diferent lines on the top big drop?, what was the flow at wentworth?.
    Cheers Matt.

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  2. 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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