Tracks, routes, and huts

• An incoming Tourist Tax

  Started by izogi • 18 replies — latest 21 June 201821 June 2018 by izogi
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  > Therefore whilst we can make a reasonable guesstimate of how much GST tourists pay during their visits there is no way in which how much actually gets to the ...

• New DOC Booking system for Great Walks

  Started by PaulEvans • 1 reply 21 June 201821 June 2018 by Pro-active
  No search button to pop up the next available booking on this new version, but pretty easy otherwise. Can book track & transport. Would pay to have it thought out ...

• SNOW LEVEL SOUTHERN FIORDLND

  Started by madpom • 7 replies — latest 13 June 201813 June 2018 by madpom
  Thanks for all that. Walked the Poteriteri loop clockwise so didn't hit the high stuff till today. Snow down to about 800m coming out over The Hump. Horrible stuff - ...

• trampers not paying their way

  Started by waynowski • 46 replies — latest 13 June 201813 June 2018 by Gaiters
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  I've done the inca trail, and the three day trek seemed pretty well sorted. It felt like there was very few tourists along the way because of the way they ...

• Tramp Route possible

  Started by Parksea • 9 replies — latest 7 June 20187 June 2018 by Parksea
  Thanks Yarmoss, will do. much appreciated

• foreigners pay double on southern great walks

  Started by waynowski • 42 replies — latest 7 June 20187 June 2018 by Mosley59
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  As said earlier, I support a border levy and increased money from central government. The split pricing makes foreigners feel picked on as they don’t consider the tax contribution Kiwis ...

• Route from Carkeek to Dracophyllum knob/hut

  Started by si-dog • 41 replies — latest 5 June 20185 June 2018 by si-dog
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  OK thanks all - I obviously got a bit confused re: where the topomap labels the location of the Waiohine Pinnacles. I wont be going over these after all as ...

• Hunter Creek,Rees Valley

  Started by Yulzman • 3 replies — latest 4 June 20184 June 2018 by Yulzman
  Cheers for the Info guys. I have just returned from my trip. I ended up walking up to Shelter Rock hut for the first night and there was a heap of snow ...

• Rees dart track to Aspiring hut

  Started by giuseppe23 • 7 replies — latest 2 June 20182 June 2018 by giuseppe23
  No worries at all. I understand what you saying and of course no one has the desire that hikers get hurt of lost. I've been hiking in NZ in the last 5 years ...

• Ruapehu Crater Lake overnighter

  Started by Berend de Boer • 30 replies — latest 2 June 20182 June 2018 by waynowski
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  mt taranaki and ngauruhoe are notorious for boilerplate hard ice and people taking unstoppable slides, often resulting in serious injury or death... ... upper ruapehu can have it as well... with ...

• Boo Boo hut Loop

  Started by wallyg • 6 replies — latest 30 May 201830 May 2018 by lewshaw
  sounds like a continuing theme in this catchment.Boo Boo Hut gained its name from a bureaucratic cockup when,during culling days, the whole catchments cheese supply was airdropped to the hut ...

• Hiking the French ridge Hut in July and matukituky

  Started by giuseppe23 • 7 replies — latest 28 May 201828 May 2018 by si-dog
  I've been around that area this time of year and the snow was waist deep in most places. Made the going very slow. Obviously its a better proposition if you ...

• Milford Track trip report

  Started by iansswa • 14 replies — latest 23 May 201823 May 2018 by iansswa
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  Thanks all, makes sense given the propensity for advertisers trying to entice folks . I will definitely be more clear in future posts! And yes, the travel hacking is quite lucrative. ...

• GPX for all Tararua DOC tracks?

  Started by fdi4r978fg • 1 reply 20 May 201820 May 2018 by madpom
  Koordinates.com Look for doc tracks Make sure you select gpx / kml when you download as the default is esri shapefile.

• Public Access - Waiti Stream (Levin)

  Started by Bagger • 11 replies — latest 14 May 201814 May 2018 by Bagger
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  Thanks for the feedback. This is pretty much what I had expected. Am sort of inclined to use paper roads when you have little other choice in route, and they ...

• Mt Manuoha Lake Waikareiti Loop

  Started by bushtrekker 9 May 20189 May 2018 • No replies
  Hi Just wondering if anyone has walked this recently and can comment on the state of the track please? Thanks

• Sawcut Gorge

  Started by FrankB • 3 replies — latest 16 April 201816 April 2018 by waynowski
  yeah gamble to go there, especially with all the heavy rain, could be a stream gets blocked or is already damed and breaks sending a flash flood through the gorge.

• Is it too late to do the Mueller Hut this season?

  Started by Henry99 • 4 replies — latest 11 April 201811 April 2018 by geeves
  You could always go to Tasman Saddle Hut . A balmy -23 this morning. Just the thought of that causes severe shrinkage.

• Routeburn track and Matukituki valley report

  Started by giuseppe23 • 8 replies — latest 8 April 20188 April 2018 by waynowski
  mesh or loose knitted fabric that lets a lot of air through open pockets into the jacket

• Overland Track

  Started by giuseppe23 • 2 replies — latest 2 April 20182 April 2018 by bernieq
  www.bushwalk.com has a forum devoted to the OT; a good source of important info and somewhere that specific questions can be answered. It's very busy (like the Routeburn) but, to my ...

• Queenstown to Wanaka options

  Started by Ultrakid • 20 replies — latest 3 March 20183 March 2018 by waynowski
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  yup you can point a camera uphill or downhill, but without something in the background to add context, it can be hard to tell just how steep a slope is.

• State of Waiotauru and Renata Huts?

  Started by PaulEvans • 10 replies — latest 28 February 201828 February 2018 by geeves
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  That trumps all other comments

• Powell and Jumbo hut

  Started by Berend de Boer • 13 replies — latest 28 February 201828 February 2018 by izogi
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  I like the concept of how Te Araroa promotes connected places through walking. As in, you can get between any two points on the route by walking between them, and ...

• Newbie questions

  Started by Lempo • 10 replies — latest 27 February 201827 February 2018 by Lempo
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  @waynowski It's not that I really wanted to stay in huts, but we didn't know what other options were at the time when we booked it months ago, also we ...

• Heaphy plans?

  Started by David K 24 February 201824 February 2018 • No replies
  Hi, Is anyone keen on a Heaphy key swap in the next month or so? I am Chch based but could trade cars somewhere in the middle (Murchison??) to get ...