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	Mount Aspiring National Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mount Aspiring National Park is located in the South Island of New Zealand.
		Mount Aspiring (3033 m) is the mountain which gives the park its name.
		The park covers 3,555 km² at the southern end of the Southern Alps, directly to the west of Lake Wanaka, and is popular for tramping, walking and mountaineering.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mount_Aspiring_National_Park (191 words)

	Makarora River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The headwaters are in Mount Aspiring National Park, on the eastern flanks of the Southern Alps near Haast Pass, which is the saddle between the Makarora and Haast River valleys.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Makarora_River (97 words)

	DOC: Mount Aspiring National Park Management Plan Review Discussion Document
		Mount Aspiring National Park straddles the main divide of the Southern Alps, extending from the Haast River to the Humbolt Mountains and head of the Upper Wakatipu.
		Mount Aspiring National Park is administered and managed by the Department of Conservation in terms of the National Parks Act (1980), the General Policy for National Parks (1983), the Mount Aspiring National Park Management Plan, and the Conservation Management Strategies for Otago and West Coast.
		Mount Aspiring National Park supports a wide range of indigenous vegetation and species, but beech forest is the predominant vegetation.
	www.doc.govt.nz /Explore/001~National-Parks/Mount-Aspiring-National-Park/Mt-Aspiring-National-Park-Management-Plan-Review-Discussion-Document/index.asp (3405 words)

	Mount Aspiring National Park, South Island New Zealand. Routeburn Track, Mt Aspiring, World Heritage Area, Dart River, Rees River
		Mount Aspiring (the park's name sake) is the only peak outside of Mt Cook National Park to rise over 3000 metres.
		Part of the Southwest New Zealand World Heritage Area, Mount Aspiring National Park combines alpine peaks with valleys, rivers and ravines.
		Bus services from these main centres run regularly, and State Highway 6 also crosses the northern end of Mount Aspiring National Park.
	www.fourcorners.co.nz /new-zealand/mt-aspiring (487 words)

	ipedia.com: List of national parks of New Zealand Article
		The Mount Cook and Westland National Parks have together been declared a world heritage area.
		The National Parks Act 1980 provides for the establishment of national parks or reserves in areas where the scenery is of such distinctive quality, or the natural features or ecological systems so important scientifically that their preservation is in the national interest.
		The act states that national parks are to be maintained as far as possible in their natural state so that their value as soil, water and forest conservation areas is maintained.
	www.ipedia.com /list_of_national_parks_of_new_zealand.html (936 words)

	River
		Abercrombie River National Park Abercrombie River is a national park in Sydney.
		Endeavour River National Park Endeavour River is a national park in Brisbane.
		Bellinger River National Park Bellinger River is a national park in Sydney.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/river.html (8436 words)

	0392w.htm
		Conservation Management The Otago National Parks and Reserves Board's managment plan for Mount Aspiring National Park was last reviewed in 1981, and is due to be reviewed again by 1991, in accordance with Section 46(3) of the 1980 National Parks Act, the principal enabling legislation.
		Mark, A,F. Vegetation of Mount Aspiring National Park: New Zealand.
		The park includes some of the highest peaks and associated snow fields and glaciers of the southern Alps, outside Mount Cook and Westland national parks.
	www.unep-wcmc.org /sites/pa/0392w.htm (1312 words)

	Protected Areas Programme -
		Mount Cook and Westland National Parks were gazetted in 1953 and 1960, respectively, and Mount Aspiring National Park in 1964.
		Mount Aspiring National Park has almost doubled in size since the mid-1970s; 24,285ha were added in 1989; and another 41,630ha in 1990 (Red Mountain Range and Olivine Range).
		Some areas in the Mount Aspiring region were not explored by foot until the 1950s and some of the more remote valleys of Fiordland were still considered unexplored in the 1970s at the time that accurate detailed topographic maps became available for this remotest corner of New Zealand.
	sea.unep-wcmc.org /sites/wh/swnz.html (3842 words)

	L.L.Bean: Park Search - Mount Aspiring National Park
		Mount Aspiring National Park is located on New Zealand’s South Island, at the southern end of the Southern Alps.
		Mount Aspiring is known for its varied terrain and glaciers, snowfields, mountains, river valleys, alpine meadows, forested gorges and river flats.
		Mount Aspiring is known for its varied terrain.
	www.llbean.com /parksearch/parks/html/2002llt.htm (241 words)

	Mount Aspiring National Park
		Welcome to Mount Aspiring National Park and its wonderful mixture of remote wilderness, high mountains and beautiful river valleys.
		The park spans a large area, from the Haast River in the north to the Humbolt Mountains in the south.
		It is one of New Zealand's larger parks at 355,543 hectares and it lies alongside the largest, Fiordland National Park.
	www.doc.govt.nz /Explore/001~National-Parks/Mount-Aspiring-National-Park/index.asp (859 words)

	The Road from Wanaka to Haast via the Haast Pass - Haast Pass, Mount Aspiring National Park, World Heritage Area, Haast, Lake Wanaka, Lake Hawea, The Neck, Makarora, Charles Cameron, Cameron Flat, Blue Pools, Julius von Haa
		After the Westland National Park was opened in 1960, and the road from Wanaka reached Haast in the same year the interest grew.
		Aspects of the park are the subjects of scientific research - vegetation surveys, the impact of deer grazing, the movement of the Dart Glacier and the rate at which it is receding, the birdlife, the invertebrate life, the migration of beech forest and the spread and control of exotic animals and plants.
		The headquarters of the park are at Wanaka, and there are ranger stations at Makarora and Glenorchy.
	www.nzine.co.nz /features/wanaka_to_haast.html (1446 words)

	SummitPost.org - Mount Aspiring Climbing Information
		Mountain Aspiring, the tallest mountain in Mount Aspiring National Park, is a moderately sized peak with three distinct knife-edge ridges.
		Mount Aspiring is oftern referred to as The Matterhorn of the South.
		Mount Aspiring is a moderate undertaking for the intermediate mountaineer with good basic skills.
	www.summitpost.com /mountains/mountain_link.pl/mountain_id/270 (799 words)

	New Zealand National Parks
		It is the biggest national park in the North Island and the third biggest in NZ (behind Fiordland and Mt Aspiring).
		Mount Aspiring is a pyramid-like peak in the southern region of the Southern Alps, on the border of Otago and Westland, about 30 km west of Lake Wanaka.
		The smallest of the country's 13 national parks, it was opened in December 1942, the 300th anniversary of the visit to Tasman Bay of Dutch explorer, Abel Janzoon Tasman, the first European to visit NZ.
	www.geocities.com /Yosemite/2331/npark.html (3944 words)

	Department of Conservation maps - Mt Aspiring - Mt. Aspiring National Park
		Mount Aspiring National Park, covering about 200, 000 ha initially, was established in 1964 as New Zealand's 10th national park.
		Mount Aspiring, for which the park is named, is the pre-eminent peak of southern New Zealand.
		Because of its size and location astride a glaciated alpine zone, Mount Aspiring is renowned for its large core of wilderness.
	www.craigpotton.co.nz /Products/published/Maps/maps/mtaspiring (444 words)

	Peakware - Mount Aspiring
		Please go to the new Mount Aspiring page, or wait 10 seconds for us to take you there automatically.
	www.peakware.com /encyclopedia/peaks/aspiring.htm (19 words)

	Westland National Park - Wikitravel
		It lies on the West Coast of the South Island in the Southern Alps, adjacent to Aoraki Mount Cook National Park and to the north of Mount Aspiring National Park and Fiordland National Park.
		Westland National Park is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site known as Te Wahipounamu in South West New Zealand.
		Mount Cook and the other mountains- from the western side.
	wikitravel.org /en/Westland_National_Park (193 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Mount Revelstoke National Park
		Mount Cook National Park, national park in New Zealand in the west central region of South Island.
		Mount Revelstoke National Park, national park in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, established in 1914.
		Mount Rainier National Park, western Washington, established 1899.
	encarta.msn.com /Mount_Revelstoke_National_Park.html (157 words)

	New Zealand: Cascade Saddle Adventure
		A hardy breakfast and we are off up to the saddle to get some great views of Mount Aspiring and the Dart Glacier.
		Aspiring Hut is our destination, which we reach early in the day.
		The trail skirts along the base of Mount Earslaw a 3,000 metre peak that separates the Dart and Rees river valleys.
	www.byndlimits.com /adventure-travel/newzeaitin.htm (431 words)

	Tongariro National Park
		This was the first national park to be established in New Zealand and the fourth in the world.
		The nearest towns are Turangi, National Park and Ohakune.
		Tongariro is New Zealand's oldest national park and a dual World Heritage area.
	www.doc.govt.nz /Explore/001~National-Parks/Tongariro-National-Park/index.asp (929 words)

	Search Results for fantail - Encyclopædia Britannica
		It was established in 1952 and has an area of 4,834 square miles (12,519 square km), making it one of the largest national parks in the...
		Established in 1953, it has an area of 270 square miles (700 square km) and has a common western boundary with Westland National Park.
		The sails are mounted at an angle or are given a slight twist so that the force of wind against them is...
	www.britannica.com /search?query=fantail&submit=Find&source=MWTEXT (366 words)

	Lake Wanaka Tourism, Wanaka Central Otago, New Zealand
		MOUNT ASPIRING NATIONAL PARK — World Heritage Park
		The pinnacle of the park is Mt Aspiring (Tititea is the Maori name), rising elegantly from its flanking glaciers to 3027m, a peak much loved by local and international climbers, and photographers.
		You don’t have to be a mountaineer to enjoy the delights of the park (although any one of a dozen world-class local guides can accompany you to the top).
	www.lakewanaka.co.nz /index.cfm/National_Park (263 words)

	Mount Aspiring National Park, January 1998
		This year both of our backpacking trips were in Mount Aspiring National Park, halfway down New Zealand's South Island.
		The 12-hour walk from Aspiring Hut to Dart Hut would be too long a day with full packs, and would leave you little time to enjoy the Saddle.
		The Mount Cook Lillies were even more luxuriant than they had been on the way up to Crucible Lake.
	www.actwin.com /rwmack/Aspire98.htm (803 words)

	natureandco.com - Nature and Outdoor Activities in Mt Aspiring National Park
		Mount Aspiring National Park offers good potential for ski-touring, although there again access is the main problem.
		Mt Aspiring National Park is vast and offers numerous choices to the tramper, from weekend tramps on marked tracks to demanding expeditions of several weeks into wilderness areas.
		East of the divide, fishing in Mt Aspiring National Park is mainly in the Makarora, Wilkin and Matukituki rivers and some of their tributaries.
	www.natureandco.co.nz /land_and_wildlife/national_parks/mtaspir/activ-mtaspir.php3 (422 words)

	Fiordland Routeburn Track
		For independent trampers, the Routeburn Shelter, the starting point at the Mount Aspiring National Park end of the track, is 75 kilometres from Queenstown (via Glenorchy).
		The Routeburn Track traverses both Mount Aspiring and Fiordland National Parks, part of the Southwest New Zealand World Heritage Area.
		The shelter at the Divide, at the Fiordland National Park end, is 84 kilometres from Te Anau on the road to Milford Sound.
	www.travellink.co.nz /media/page.asp?UID=69 (1455 words)

	Heli skiing the powder
		Featuring the combination of helicopter-accessed skiing and snowboarding in the remote Mount Aspiring National Park, the results of the three disciplines: Freeride, Extreme and the Chinese Downhill, are added together to find out who is the world's best all-around skier and who is the best boarder.
		The Rip Curl event is one of the only events in the mountain world that uses helicopters to fly competitors to amazing mountain terrain in search of the very best and most radical conditions.
		The awesome big snow of the early season laid an excellent snow base and a number of storms are stacked on the horizon promising more deep, dry southern powder.
	classic.mountainzone.com /ski/99/ripcurl (1043 words)

	From Here to the Other Down Under Outside Online
		Southwest of Mount Cook is Mount Aspiring, a pyramidal masterpiece of 9,952 feet lording it over the national park of the same name.
		For more information contact the Mount Aspiring National Park visitor center (3-443-1233) in Wanaka.
		The three-hour climb to the summit of Mount French (7,678 feet) is dwarfed by the spectacle of Aspiring, but is a solid achievement in its own right.
	outside.away.com /outside/destinations/1996winter_tg/19996winter_tg_new_zealand_3.adp (808 words)

	Guided Walks
		Mount Aspiring National Park is one of the New Zealand's most beautiful areas.
		Alpine Coachlines also offers guided trips to Diamond Lake which is situated off Mount Aspiring Road on the south western shores of Lake Wanaka.
		Enjoy the delights of the Pisa Range from Waiorau Snow Farm Drink in the stunning views that stretch as far as Mount Cook.
	www.good-sports.co.nz /tramps1.htm (358 words)

	Department of Conservation: Great Walks
		The Routeburn Track is a 32 kilometre, two to three day, moderate tramping track which links Mount Aspiring and Fiordland National Parks via the Harris Saddle (1,277 metres).
		Crosses a range of landscapes in Kahurangi National Park, from the junction of the Brown and Aorere Rivers, over expansive tussock downs to the lush forests and roaring sea of the West Coast.
		Lowland forest surrounds the river in its middle and lower reaches - the heart of Whanganui National Park.
	www.doc.govt.nz /Explore/002~Tracks-and-Walks/Great-Walks/index.asp (385 words)

	New Zealand aspiring search from New Zealand Tourism Online
		We are nestled in the heart of the Southern Lakes tourist resort of Wanaka and the gateway to the Mount Aspiring National Park.
		Unforgettable personalised flights exploring the Mt Aspiring and Fiordland National Parks with birds eye views possible only by helicopter.
		Surrounded by the Mt Aspiring World Heritage National Park - Makarora Homestead offers a secluded retreat in the midst of the Southern Alps.
	nzto.resultspage.com /nz/aspiring (466 words)

	Wanaka New Zealand Travel & Tourism Information
		The crystal-clear waters of Lake Wanaka reflect the snow-capped peaks of Mount Aspiring National Park.
		Mount Aspiring National Park, just a short drive from Wanaka, has some of New Zealand’s most scenic walks.
		Remote area landings are available in Mount Aspiring National Park for hikers, climbers and hunters
	www.tourism.net.nz /new-zealand/about-new-zealand/regions/wanaka.html (1144 words)

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