Tracks, routes, and huts

• Routeburn in Spring / September / Oct

  Started by brettb • 6 replies — latest 11 June 201211 June 2012 by waynowski
  upper caples track over the saddle is impassable in heavy rain... the stream isnt bridged at all in this section..

• Safety-moves-for-Tongariro-Crossing

  Started by waynowski • 20 replies — latest 6 June 20126 June 2012 by izogi
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  I've heard back from a helpful DoC person (and also Stewart Barclay of TACTAG, and they apologised that the media's jumped the gun and the final DoC-ready protocols aren't properly ...

• Troyte/Karangarua

  Started by matt.sanson 6 June 20126 June 2012 • No replies
  I'm interested to know if anyone has walked up into the Troyte from the Karangarua and if they have any advice on the route. Cheers

• Big Bay/L Wilmot/Hollyford roadend

  Started by lewshaw • 7 replies — latest 3 June 20123 June 2012 by timwiel
  Lots of photos compiled together from our group - there are more photos to come but not sure when you were leaving - on Flickr Here is link to them - ...

• Hump Ridge next week

  Started by phil21 • 1 reply 23 May 201223 May 2012 by Honora
  Takitimus as an alternative? There's a low level route (Te Araroa?)from the Princhester Road to the Waterloo Road end. Permission is required from the landowners for Waterloo Rd but the ...

• North island, 3-4 days, medium, with hotpools?

  Started by chrischicken • 3 replies — latest 16 May 201216 May 2012 by geeves
  sounds right but Ive never been there Others might be able to advise better. Tongariro has a mixture of tramps from easy 2 hour expeditions through to the crossing which ...

• Anderson Track Sutherland Falls

  Started by Alstonwheel • 3 replies — latest 14 May 201214 May 2012 by Alstonwheel
  Thanks Yarmoss and FrankB. Yes the map I have is 1979 edition, 1:63360 so detail is sparse, but it shows as a loop about 800m X 400m on the north ...

• Thinking of doing the Kepler track mid oct

  Started by linz01 • 6 replies — latest 9 May 20129 May 2012 by Yarmoss
  Woops, just remembered that Stews website is about his Upholstery business. If you flick him an email (link on his website) he can tell you about the radios.

• Tararua Footprints Online

  Started by nzbazza 3 May 20123 May 2012 • No replies
  Perhaps the definitive route guide of the Tararuas, Tararua Footprints by Merv Rodgers has been placed online. http://ttc.org.nz/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TararuaFootprints/HomePage Merv Rodgers has donated the text of Tararua Footprints to the Tararua Tramping ...

• Kime Hut ,Tararua FP ---Renewal

  Started by OldGoat • 14 replies — latest 17 April 201217 April 2012 by izogi
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  Good point about the Hut Procurement Manual. It's online at http://www.doc.govt.nz/publications/about-doc/role/legislation/hut-procurement-manual-for-backcountry-huts/ but doesn't include all the details about DoC process. Is this the document you mean, OldGoat? The manual itself is ...

• Whirinaki Forest Park

  Started by sandrarowland • 4 replies — latest 15 April 201215 April 2012 by sandrarowland
  Thanks for info. I will pop in there for a few days and check the body parts are still in working order. Keep my fingers crossed that this weather stays ...

• South Coast Track

  Started by jobooks 12 April 201212 April 2012 • No replies
  Have just walked the South Coast Track with 3 children and can highly recommend it to family groups. The first day from carpark to Port Craig was fairly long (6-7 ...

• Toaroha/Browning Range/Styx River tracks

  Started by DebK909 • 3 replies — latest 8 April 20128 April 2012 by glennj
  Hi again. You can walk it in either direction but my preference would be to do the Lathrop Saddle first. i.e. go up the Styx and out the Toaroha. Boggy ...

• Track condition - Otaki Forks to Waiotauru Hut

  Started by Erica0960 • 2 replies — latest 6 April 20126 April 2012 by izogi
  This thread also has more info about that direction. http://tramper.co.nz/?view=topic&id=1790&messageid=13076 (esp john dutchie's 9th comment)

• Cone - Neill Forks Loop

  Started by Briar • 20 replies — latest 5 April 20125 April 2012 by OldGoat
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  Just went and had a look up the Atiwhakatu today . The Jumbo Creek bridge is ok , but the one before it (south)known as Kens Bridge has been washed ...

• Ruapehu Round the Mountain

  Started by mrfizz • 8 replies — latest 24 March 201224 March 2012 by KiwiCanuck
  Thanks Deb :)

• Share your GPS tracks using NZ Topo Map

  Started by gavinharriss 23 March 201223 March 2012 • No replies
  So what do you do with your GPS route you've recorded once you've finished your tramp? If you'd like to make a link so you can share it with others overlayed ...

• Tararua Crossing - Less crowded route

  Started by Vee12 • 8 replies — latest 21 March 201221 March 2012 by john dutchie
  From Renata up through Elder up to the Southern Crossing is a lot better marked and cut than it used to be but it is a bit more demanding than ...

• SWING BRIDGE OVER THE TAUHERENIKAU BELOW TUTUWAI

  Started by davidm • 8 replies — latest 20 March 201220 March 2012 by davidm
  Just thought I'd let you guys know that I had a great trip crossing the T'kau at Cone and up Bull Mound to Alpha, then on to Maungahuka via Kime ...

• turners bivvy

  Started by frodo • 1 reply 17 March 201217 March 2012 by pmcke
  Your best bet here is get a copy of Moir's Guide South, 2007 edition. On page 41 it has aerial photo and a route guide including grid references.

• Routeburn in a day

  Started by roysta1 • 6 replies — latest 12 March 201212 March 2012 by waynowski
  http://www.buckleytransport.co.nz/ buckleys get to the divide earlier than the other operators. they don't muck around stopping in glenorchy for half an hour like the other main operator. Routeburn - $45 Divide - $90 Round Trip ...

• McKinnon Track Ruahines

  Started by john dutchie • 4 replies — latest 8 March 20128 March 2012 by john dutchie
  I havent been up from Kawhatau base before but im well used to steep Tararua climbs like Concertina knob,Cattle ridge etc. so i'll be ok.We went along from Mangaweka north ...

• from Leslie Karamea to Murchison

  Started by HaroldZ • 3 replies — latest 7 March 20127 March 2012 by skiveoff
  Harold SI walk = South Island walk Day 1 - Wangapeka Saddle to Hurricane Hut Day 2 - Hurricane Hut to Lake Matiri Hut Day 3 - Lake Matiri Hut to Murchison in time ...

• Tramping routes?

  Started by egilaslak • 8 replies — latest 2 March 20122 March 2012 by Cristobalt7
  Consider yourself lucky while you have been bestowed having another colorful and enchanting assortment of goods from Louis Vuitton. Oh yes, the decorated pajamas looked using this world with brass ...

• cascade saddle

  Started by waynowski 23 February 201223 February 2012 • No replies
  http://www.sportzhub.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13939&Itemid=1 One of the World's most scenic tracks is right here in New Zealand. Cascade Saddle route is not a well recognised track outside of the tramping world and gets a ...