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Kawekas from Mackintosh
An eastern Kaweka circuit: never trust the weatherman
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Distance: 1.7km away
or 'it cost me the same as a trip to Fiji, but it was much more fun'.
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Mackintosh hut
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Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6.
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Distance: 5.0km away
6 bunk hut. Visit as part of a loop from Markahu Saddle, Mackintosh Spur, Studholme Saddle Hut and Kaweka J. ...
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Inside Mackintosh Hut
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Distance: 5.0km away
A cozy and well designed 8-bunk hut at the foot of the Kaweka Range
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Mackintosh Hut
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Distance: 5.0km away
A cozy hut at the foot of the Kaweka Range. Only 2 hrs from Lawrence roadend, and less from The ...
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Inside the Blowhard Shelter
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Distance: 5.3km away
Basic shelter for a large group in rain
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Blowhard Shelter
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Distance: 5.3km away
No bunks. Just a trodden earth floor, some wooden seats and a table. However would be a welcome shelter for ...
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Blowhard Shelter
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Shelter (PVT).
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Distance: 5.3km away
Driving over the Napier-Taihape Rd we found this shelter a few hundred metres off the main road down a side ...
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Madpom's Kaimanawa-Kaweka NS traverse
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Distance: 5.7km away
A north-south trip down the main range through the Kaimanawas and Kawekas.
See the associated route guide (track) for details
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Circumnavigating the Kiwi
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Distance: 6.5km away
A 4-5 day trip in the Kaweka Forest Park
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Wilding Pines in the eastern Kawekas
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Distance: 7.0km away
Pines on Black Birch Ridge
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The Tits, Kaweka FP
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Distance: 7.0km away
First in an occasional series of Amusingly Named Topographical Features
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Black Birch Bivouac (Kawekas)
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Distance: 7.3km away
Black Birch Biv in the eastern Kawekas. A little-used dog-box biv on a 1000m range sitting across the Donald River ...
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Black Birch Biv (Kaweka)
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2.
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Distance: 7.3km away
Black Birch biv
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Circumnavigating the Kiwi
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4 – 5 days. Medium. Loop track.
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Distance: 8.0km away
About a 4 day trip in the Kaweka Forest Park. I called it this because the route travels around the ...
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Studholme Saddle, Kaweka FP, 5AM
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Distance: 8.0km away
...a couple of hundred metres from the saddle to be precise. Just after dawn on another classic Hawkes Bay day. ...
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Kuripapango to Poronui
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5 – 6 days. Medium/hard. One way.
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Distance: 8.0km away
This 5 day walk goes from the Southern Kawekas up over Mt Meany and through the Harkness Valley to the ...
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Kaweka Ranges
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Distance: 8.3km away
Looking at the Main Kaweka range from the south. The high point in the middle is Mad Dog Hill with ...
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Studholm Saddle Bivy from Above
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Distance: 8.4km away
We didn't visit this bivy but it was clearly visible from the ridge above.
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Studholme Saddle Biv
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 3.
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Distance: 8.4km away
Studholme Saddle Bivouac is a wee dog-box bivvy in a clump of beech at the forks of the Kiwi Creek, ...
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Route out from Studholme Saddle biv
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Distance: 8.4km away
Can be a little tricky to spot so thought I'd post this - cross the stream immediately behind the toilet, ...
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Studholme Saddle Biv, Kaweka FP
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Distance: 8.4km away
Cosy wee biv in a warm, sheltered spot just 15 (steep) minutes down from the saddle. Beware the two starlings ...
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Kuripapango
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Distance: 8.5km away
Kuripapango and the Ngaruroro from Kuripapango Peak
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Walking the length of the Ruahines
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Distance: 8.5km away
This article documents my recollections of the Ruahine setion (Wharite to Kuripapango) of a walk from Wharite near Palmerston North ...
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Kaweka Forest Park
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Conservation Park. 661.47km2.
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Distance: 8.7km away
A popular park in Hawke's Bay.
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Studholme Saddle Hut
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Distance: 8.7km away
Standard 4 bunk hut in the Kaweka Ranges. Nice and cosy once we got a small fire going, although most ...
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The Kaweka Main Range - a NS traverse
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5 – 10 days. Easy/medium. One way.
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Distance: 8.7km away
A Kaimanawa-Kaweka traverse from Rangataiki to the Gentle Annie (Napier-Taihape) summit.
5-10 days of good track-tramping through the beech & manuka ...
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Studholme Saddle Hut
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Distance: 8.7km away
An ex NZFS 4 bunker tucked away in a small patch of beech at 1320m. Worth a wander to the ...
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Makahu Saddle carpark to Middle Hill hut
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Distance: 8.8km away
Recent trip to middle hill hut in kawekas
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Makahu saddle hut
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Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6.
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Distance: 8.9km away
6 bunk hut 2 mins from makahu saddle carpark the perfect jumping off point for a late arrival friday night ...
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Kawekas in spring!
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Distance: 8.9km away
The Cameron Hut / Kuripapango - Kiwi Saddle junction in late November 2006
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Ballard Hut Loop
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2 days. Medium. Loop track.
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Distance: 8.9km away
A two day walk including open tops and Beach forest to visit a pleasant hut in the Kaweka forest park.
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Kaweka Main Ridge - NS Traverse
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Distance: 9.1km away
A north-south trip down the main divide through the Kaimanawas and Kawekas.
The east-west watershed actually runs through private land to ...
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Castle Camp
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Distance: 9.2km away
The only thing of interest here to trampers is the two large water tanks. This site is used by DOC ...
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Castle Camp Shelter
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC).
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Distance: 9.2km away
Castle Camp Shelter (tank water) must be the only greenhouse dedicated as a backcountry shelter. It is made of PVC ...
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Studholme Saddle Hut
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Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6.
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Distance: 9.3km away
Studholme Saddle Hut (sleeps 6, river water, wood burning stove) is a comfortable, sheltered, riverside hut in a small area ...
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Kiwi Saddle Hut
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Distance: 9.3km away
Northern approach shortly after dropping off tops
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Kaweka
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Distance: 9.3km away
Kawekas, walking along ridge from Kiwi Saddle back to Lakes carpark April 2003
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Robsons Lodge
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Distance: 9.3km away
Beautiful Kuripaponga, Robsons Lodge March 2010
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Kiwi Saddle Hut (Kaweka Range)
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Standard Hut (Heretaunga Tramping Club). Capacity: 8.
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Distance: 9.3km away
Kiwi Saddle Hut is located on the ridge 3km west of Kuripapango and some 700m above the Ngaruroro river. The ...
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Dominie Biv
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2.
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Distance: 9.7km away
A two bunk Saviour to many on the side of Kaweka everybody seems to have a storey about being caught ...
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Dominie Biv
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Distance: 9.7km away
A two bunk Biv very tidy and warm, welcome when Kaweka turns Nasty as so many can attest. Every body ...
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Dominie Biv mid Winter
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Distance: 9.9km away
Just 45 minutes to an hour up from Makahu Saddle, Dominie sits in a sheltered bowl overlooking Hawkes Bay. Trials ...
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Ruapehu From Kaweka
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Distance: 9.9km away
A two day window in the weather provided one of those days on the tops that we all dream about ...
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Memorial at the top of Kaweka J
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Distance: 9.9km away
This war memorial is on a large rock cairn right at the summit of Kaweka J
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Kaweka above the clouds
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Distance: 9.9km away
A two day window in the weather provided the perfect opportunity for tops travel
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Eastern Kawekas from Kaweka Summit
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Distance: 9.9km away
A view east from Kaweka J over the fractured plateau of the Eastern Kawekas
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Kaweka J Summit
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Distance: 9.9km away
Looking west towards the Kaimanawas and Ruapehu from Kaweka J
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Kaweka J summit
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Distance: 9.9km away
Looking north toward the memorial cairn from the summit marker pole. An eerily calm day with the sun trying hard ...
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