Granity Creek, Mt Owen

At the unprecedently early time of 9am, we were climbing up the Granity Hut ridge track on our way to the Granity Ck Canyon.

After about an hour, we dissapeared off the ridge and spent 60 minutes thrashing through steep storm ravaged Beech forest to reach the Creek.

Chucky enjoys the tree kaos enroute to Granity Ck

Suiting up, we wandered down the stream for about 2 hours before the canyon began. On the way there were a handful of nice rappels and small jumps to keep us interested and prevent overheating ;0)

Ira enjoys the second little rap that could also be jumped

One of the jumps in the stream wander section

The canyon began abruptly after a lovely twin cascade with two pitches back to back.

Twin Cascades marking the start of the good stuff

Chucky on the 1st pitch of the slot entrance double drop

Ira on the 2nd pitch of the entrance double drop

Once in the canyon proper, we marvelled at mini-bus sized chockstones wedged 30m above our heads and a further 40m of vertical canyon wall higher up.

Massive Chockstones

The first slot was quite horizontal, with a couple of downclimbs and handlines before we emerged back into the daylight.


Not far away, a larger pitch into a huge punchbowl marked the entrance to the second shorter narrows section.

The largest pitch in the canyon

Entering the second narrows

Popping out to a big pool with a resurgence, we scrambled only a little further down the open stream before reaching the Granity Ck track on the true right and wandering back satisfied to our vehicle after a 10hr day.