Actually looking at the permits map on this website the track does not end here. My topo map does but its nice to see the old track still there on this websites map.
If I recall it took me around 5 hours to walk beside Taylor Stream to where it crosses Taylor Stream on the map again. The track has really only been kept open by animals and the odd tramper so its a bit rough in places and requires a bit of bush bashing.
This second crossing of the Taylor from left to right opens onto a small flat campsite which must have been used by the workers cutting the track many years ago. It looks well established and looks to have been used over the years. At this point on the map you can see that the track crosses a small saddle which is only about 80-100m high and you are straight down into the Crow River.
I remember walking on an angle down to the river from this saddle and coming across some unusual large and deep "ruts" in the hillside on the way down to the river. This is a possible point of the "old diggings"but im not 100% sure. I regret not stopping to take a look on the way through but was on too much of a mission to get to the Crow River its self and never found them again on the way out.
Anyway I found some colour in the river at this point but not much.
Have also travelled by helicopter to the Crow and was put down 2km upriver from the Crow Hut on the Karemea Track/river. Found colour at this point too and the following photos will show this area of the river and what it looks like. Also here is some great trout fishing, big browns and worth taking your fishing rod. Also the odd goat wanders around and I shot 4 while I was there last.
As a last note, I understand that the gold in the Crow River and also Roaring Lion River were located on terraces above the river. Heard of a guy who spent a week in the Roaring Lion looking for gold before he discovered it on a terrace above the river on the last day he was there. And the Roaring Lion is a looooong way into the wilderness so only the most dedicated should head there.
So if you get a chance, and want to take a look at some great country loaded with minerals, the Crow is a place to go. Just be prepared for the walk out there.
And a warning about the SANDFLIES there..... they are the worst I have ever come across. You have to keep all flesh covered (I use those skins sports compression clothing) or use a tube of the bushmans frind you get at tramping shops - nothing else is strong enough. There were so many sandflies on me I wouldnt bother attempt to kill any unless I got 30-40 a swipe at a time, there are that many of them.
First photo shows a trout in the river, rest are photos of the river taken at various points 2km from the mouth and beyond.
Edited by user Sunday, 4 December 2011 10:33:48 PM(UTC)
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