Porters Pass

Porters Pass (elevation 939 metres) is a mountain pass in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island.

Porters Pass
State Highway 73 descending from Porters Pass towards Springfield.
Elevation	939 m (3,081 ft)
Traversed by	State Highway 73
Location	New Zealand
Range	Southern Alps
Coordinates	43°17′48″S 171°44′31″E

It is near Lake Lyndon and is located within Korowai/Torlesse Tussocklands Park. State Highway 73 travels through the pass on its route from Springfield to Cass, and it is the last mountain pass on the route eastwards from Westland to Christchurch. It is also the third-highest point on the South Island's state highway network, after the Lindis Pass and the Milford Road (though it is just one metre lower). Although Arthur's Pass is better known, Porters Pass is a few metres higher, and it affords views of the Canterbury Plains. The Porter brothers, who were farming nearby, named the pass in 1858.^[1]

Panorama of Porters Pass with Porters Pass carpark in the middle

References

1. Wilson, John (2 March 2009). "Canterbury places – Porters Pass to Arthur's Pass". Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2011.

External links

• Korowai/Torlesse Tussocklands Park page at the Department of Conservation