More information | Tarn Ridge

Route Guide: Northern Crossing of the Tararuas

Article. By ianfisk Updated 9 January 20069 January 2006.

This is not the usual Northern Crossing from Levin to The Pines via Mitre Flats Hut. Rather it exits via Baldy, Atiwhakatu Hut and the Holdsworth road end. The last day would be very long and should be broken at ... More ▶︎

Grave near Tarn Ridge Hut

Photograph. By Alcathazmat Created 28 September 200928 September 2009.

The new Tarn Ridge Hut was built in 1993 (I remember seeing it fly past Holdsworth under a helicopter) as a memorial to Basil Blatchford. Basil, an experienced deer hunter, set out from Te Matawai Hut for a hut on ... More ▶︎