Porters Pass

43°17′48″S 171°44′31″E / 43.29667°S 171.74194°E / -43.29667; 171.74194

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

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]

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Populated places

Ellesmere Ward	Burnham Doyleston Dunsandel Ellesmere Irwell Leeston Motukarara Selwyn Selwyn Huts Southbridge
Malvern Ward	Hawkins Sub-Division Aylesbury Courtenay Darfield Greendale Hawkins Kimberley Kirwee Tawera Sub-Division Avoca Arthur's Pass Cass Castle Hill Village Coalgate Craigieburn Glentunnel Homebush Hororata Lake Coleridge Lake Lyndon Rakaia Gorge Sheffield Springfield Waddington Waimakariri Gorge Whitecliffs Windwhistle
Selwyn Central Ward	Rolleston Izone West Melton
Springs Ward	Broadfield Ladbrooks Lincoln Prebbleton Springston Tai Tapu Templeton

Geographic featuresFacilities and attractionsGovernmentOrganisationsTransportation

Rail	Arthur's Pass railway station Darfield railway station Rolleston railway station Springfield railway station TranzAlpine
Road	Inland Scenic Route State Highway 1 State Highway 73 State Highway 75 State Highway 77