Branches Station derives its name from the many tributaries that flow into the Shotover River. Access to the station is via the precarious Skippers Canyon Road winding its way for 45km or 1½ hours drive from Queenstown. Alternatively, reaching the station could take twelve minutes by air. Covering 33,000 hectares, the station is a very diverse high country run property ranging from river flats to rough alpine tops with native bush and snow tussocks abound.