Tracks, routes, and huts

• Coromandel Range and north of Karangahake Gorge

  Started by Haqii • 1 reply 15 May 200915 May 2009 by bigpaul
  Try Moss creek Same area a bit overgrown and unfortunately you get to pass pinnacles hut on the way out but you could spend a day on tabletop good views ...

• Tuatapere Hump Ridge Track -- question

  Started by trtlrock 12 May 200912 May 2009 • No replies
  I'm confused by the accomodation choices on this track. We don't really want to stay at either of the two suggested huts, but do want to hike the track in ...

• Kepler - Weather Conditions in June

  Started by rileyz • 4 replies — latest 3 May 20093 May 2009 by rileyz
  thanks for your input, sounds like i should take DoC's advice. seems like the weather can be anything from fine to storming with snow! guess time will tell closer to ...

• Caples and Greenstone Tracks

  Started by lgwaddel • 3 replies — latest 26 April 200926 April 2009 by lgwaddel
  Hi Chris Here is more info go to the web site locatorbeacons.co.nz and you will find everything about the beacons

• Raspberry Creek to Cascade Saddle

  Started by block306 • 4 replies — latest 22 April 200922 April 2009 by pmcke
  It's a long time since I have been there but I had a look a the angles using Google Earth. I expect you would get a worthwhile view of Aspiring ...

• Hollyford Track

  Started by kate1946 • 14 replies — latest 19 March 200919 March 2009 by www.freewebs.com/hellmission/
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  to petter1945:no sound mad if it was raining so much....when we had a hut day in Demon Trail Hut 2 drowned Japanese came, you could see huge waterfalls across the ...

• Upper Tauranga-Taupo River

  Started by flyfishernz • 3 replies — latest 12 March 200912 March 2009 by pmcke
  The river is fairly steep sided just below the falls, as you will see from my description there is a bit of a bluff line to get down as you ...

• Ignumbrite Saddle, Kaimanawa Ranges

  Started by ledge • 13 replies — latest 5 March 20095 March 2009 by pmcke
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  I think Ledge's report above is going to be as up to date as you will get. Air Charter Taupo said they are not maintaining the track so, apart from ...

• Help planning when to walk Routeburn in spring

  Started by ccoutts • 4 replies — latest 11 February 200911 February 2009 by Skiwio7
  Did the Routeburn west to east recently with my 13 year old daughter. (The one in the photo) The 1st 2 days have a fair component of uphill, but not ...

• Cascade Saddle -- Dart Hut to Aspiring Hut

  Started by pjg084 • 1 reply 9 February 20099 February 2009 by pmcke
  The only time I have done the trip right through was from west to east but that was in 1973!!! However I recall it was no problem, except we ran ...

• Dragons Teeth

  Started by chrisb • 7 replies — latest 23 January 200923 January 2009 by pmcke
  Anatoki Forks Hut has a hot shower too http://www.tramper.co.nz/?2265

• Williams Saddle

  Started by dspottydog • 2 replies — latest 22 January 200922 January 2009 by Honora
  Access from the hut to the Edwards River is straightforward. Then you travel up a small creek bed and at some point leave this to head to the saddle. I ...

• Longest walk

  Started by csuggate • 10 replies — latest 22 January 200922 January 2009 by Honora
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  Oh,how Dingle would have loved the beautiful Jill Tremain to be his missus but alas, she was just his buddy. They travelled from Foveaux Strait via jet boats to Milford ...

• Porters Beach

  Started by chuzz 11 January 200911 January 2009 • No replies
  Has anyone ever been to Porters Beach on the Heaphy coast? I just noticed the short section of track which seems to lead over a small saddle near Heaphy bluff. ...

• Huxley River, Broderick Pass

  Started by chris1 • 3 replies — latest 11 January 200911 January 2009 by chris1
  Thanks for that. We didn't have much flexibility with our dates and given the forecast for strong norwesterlies decided to go to eastern Richmond Ranges (Pelorus River and Dun Mountain) instead. ...

• FIield/Kime track.

  Started by matt the morepork • 2 replies — latest 7 January 20097 January 2009 by matt the morepork
  Cheers paul

• may and june tramp

  Started by cedric • 3 replies — latest 18 December 200818 December 2008 by cedric
  hello both! thanks for the tips and infos... I'm more than up for off trail hiking and already practiced a lot in northern Scandinavia.. i just wanted to check what it ...

• mount manuaha - ruakituri vally . map w18 urewera

  Started by Ralph • 4 replies — latest 13 December 200813 December 2008 by pmcke
  Ha! Mikeb will probably be Mike Burt who wrote the Bivouac article you mentioned.

• Ideas for September tramp in Queenstown area

  Started by wet_boots • 4 replies — latest 13 November 200813 November 2008 by wet_boots
  Better late than never: http://www.flickr.com/photos/22233635@N00/sets/72157608980454939/

• Good hard workout tracks near auckland

  Started by CraigNZ • 4 replies — latest 11 November 200811 November 2008 by calvert
  Check out the site aucklandtramping.org.nz for the easy way to find hardish tramps. We did a ten and a half hour one last Saturday. A hard off track in the ...

• Overnight Tramp Near Wellington?

  Started by scottishnomad • 2 replies — latest 4 November 20084 November 2008 by nzbazza
  Hi Scottish, As Monkeyshine as said above the Tararuas offer weekend trips or longer to cater for any fitness level over a wide variety of terrain and weather conditions. Some of ...

• Recommend a 2 day Tararua tramp?

  Started by roastlamb • 2 replies — latest 31 October 200831 October 2008 by roastlamb
  Cheers nzbazza. Hadn't even considered Tutuwai Hut. Looks good and a fairly straightforward track. Cheers for the info.

• Rangitikei River Valley

  Started by tjjjohnson • 5 replies — latest 29 October 200829 October 2008 by pmcke
  That's fine, great to help. I have only been in the Rangitikei once and that was comming back from Boyd Lodge once. We planned to camp in the Waipakihi but ...

• Could you suggest a route? please...

  Started by Tom_S • 7 replies — latest 27 October 200827 October 2008 by ledge
  Tom: Hmmm... I've hikes across NZs Nrth Island from East to West- took 11 weeks to cover approx 700 Km (not to mention the vertical ascents in climbing the 8 highest ...

• Suggestions

  Started by twinny1 • 4 replies — latest 15 October 200815 October 2008 by twinny1
  Thanks for the suggestions, will do some research on the doc website about the tracks mentioned, cheers everyone