Tracks, routes, and huts
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Hitchhikable/public transport Tararua entrances?
Kaitoke road end isnt too bad Hitch up sh2 to the Pakuratihi river and walk up Marchent road to the ymca camp. Everything else is a long way up back ... -
Kahurangi - Lookout Range
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Hollyford track status trip report
Is there a new shelter at the end of the road near the Humboldt Falls track? I was there in the dark in an all night thunderstorm in late April ... -
Any Heaphy track progress
Hopefully before Summer. I am wanting to take my son for a SI Great Walk, and that's one of my shortlist. -
Green Lake Hut from Borland Road
Walked it early March 2022 and it is a good entry level overnighter. About 3 walking hours to reach the hut, and nice birdlife along the way. The climbs and drops ... -
Crossing Dart at Daleys Flat?
Walked the Rees-Dart in March 2022 and noted a brand new suspension bridge about 400m north of Daley’s Flat hut. It doesn’t connect (yet?) to a track o the true right ... -
Mt Erebus + Deadmans Track
I came down Deadmans Track in April last year. It was in pretty good condition, I met a couple of DOC guys at the top who had just gone bottom to ... -
MBikers on the Heaphy?
Did the track in June 2021 and after a wet and cold walk up to Perry Saddle had a mountain biker come over and offer us a lamb chop on ... -
Walks/camping in the North Island?
I second @Dodgydave's idea for Tongariro. The country is wide open, so off-track travel in fine weather is a dream. Good camping everywhere, abundant water, open travel; what could be ... -
Lennox Creek and Lennox Pass
Thanks Madpom. Your Lennox route worked a treat although there was heaps of treefall heading through the beech forest from Kea Basin, and the "Earnslaw Highway" was a happier option ... -
Paratu Stream up to Pfeifer Biv and getting lost:)
Look for the large orange triangle at 560m. The main stream turns off to your (climber's) right. The correct route continues as a bush-covered small stream. This turn-off is better ... -
Printing Maps To Scale
Hi Bernie, I'll have to try that out! It definitely didn't used to print at precisely 50K (as in 2cm = 1km) when at zoom level 13 on topomap, but ... -
Twenty Five Mile Creek
Thanks trampers This link is helpful: https://www.southernalpsphotography.com/Tramping/Aspiring-Region/Climbing-Lochnagar/ -
people-need-to-be-fully-vaccinated-to-use-doc-huts
From DOC's website: "DOC will provide a full refund for COVID-19-related cancellations including if people are unwell, subject to travel restrictions, concerned about COVID risks or are not able to meet ... -
Biggest vertical (tramping) climbs in NZ?
Another one for you - colleague just back from an ascent of Mt Adams. 2140m vertical height difference, most of it in 5km! Ice axe and crampons - but he ... -
Makaretu hut
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Okuru Valley
I haven't been up there, I'm just reading Moirs Guidebook (North) and looking at the topomap. The topomap shows a track up the valley through the bush sections and two huts ... -
Sabine Hut to Speargrass Hut to Mt Robert car park
I'd suggest looking at a topomap when planning a trip (and obviously taking one with you when you go). They give clear indications of distance. Online topomaps are available from several ... -
Lees Valley rd
At the bridge over the Ashley just north of the road the whole place looked like a war zone. Obviously the approaches to the bridge had been rebuilt but the ... -
Youtube channel documenting huts of New Zealand
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Karangarua-Douglas-Harpers Biv-Landsborough
Thanks, a few people have done the full Solution Range from above Marks Flat all the way along to Clarke Mound and down to near the Landsborough Clarke confluence (or ... -
Urchin tops/Umu Karikari conditions,camping +H2O?
You could also drop to the east from the track that leads to Urchin from between Sharp Cone and Umakarikari. There was running water there and what looked like decent ... -
Cookies Hut
Wightman has sold up now. No doubt the land will be used for private hunting trips. Cookies is still accessible after the flooding of June 2021. Tribulation Hut has lost its ... -
Rocky Creek Biv
From studying GPS tracked times, it has been possible for us to do it in 3 hours but it depends on the condition of the track at the time. It ... -
Cascade Saddle route for experienced day-hiker?
I went over the saddle in the summer of 2014 in good weather. The route was in good order and easy to follow at the time. Nothing too technically challenging, ...
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