Mid Taipo Hut to Dunns Creek Hut
- 3 hr – 4 hr return by the same track
- Medium
The more direct route from Mid Taipo to Dunns Creek, the alternative to heading all the way up Dunns Ck from the track to Dillons.
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Walking time
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3 hr – 4 hr |
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Type
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Return by the same track
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Grade
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Medium
Will have to cross Hura Creek and Dunns Creek.
Hut book notes people getting rained in when Dunns Creek rises.
Section up the hill from Hura Ck crumbly, slippery and more of a scramble than a walk. Grades explained
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Bookings
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No bookings — open access
No — open access
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Maps
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NZTopo50-BV20
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Following the track from Mid Taipo Hut (in the direction of Dillon Hut) until you reach Hura Creek. When you drop down into the creek look upstream 20-30m and you will see the start of the track over the hill.
Track climbs up a mossy, wet, steep and crumbly ex-creek-bed for 2 hours before beginning to flatten out.
Track through here is fairly overgrown (4/19). Slowly wends it's way down towards Dunns Creek, where you have to cross over and through a marshy flat before the hut itself.
Hutbook dates back to '91, an indication of the scarce use. Seems plenty get rained in here.