West Coast - The Haast Pass Road

HAAST PASS FOLLOWS the Haast River to its headwaters, probably the most dramatic of any of the road crossings of the Alps. SH 6 traces the south bank of the river beneath alpine tops and steep forested valley walls on the boundary of Mount Aspiring National Park. Where the Landsborough River joins the Haast, about 40 km from the coast, the Haast River and SH 6 make an abrupt turn south.