Some views of the Matukituki valley taken during a tramping trip with Chris Laing on New Years eve 2010.
![](https://ryan.hellyer.kiwi/files/2011/01/matukituki-valley1-680x510.jpg)
![](https://ryan.hellyer.kiwi/files/2011/01/matukituki-river-2-680x510.jpg)
![](https://ryan.hellyer.kiwi/files/2011/01/mt-aspiring-in-cloud1-680x510.jpg)
![](https://ryan.hellyer.kiwi/files/2011/01/chris-on-track4-680x510.jpg)
![](https://ryan.hellyer.kiwi/files/2011/01/shovel-flat1-680x510.jpg)
Shovel flat in West Matukituki valley. Mount Aspiring is hidden in clouds above and Pearl flat is behind the small mound of trees.
![](https://ryan.hellyer.kiwi/files/2011/01/west-matuktuki-valley2-680x510.jpg)
Original version of panorama here.
The Matukituki Valley is unbelievable. Love that place.