Tracks, routes, and huts

the peter jackson movies have people swarming all over central otago...

no booking no stay.... not sure if you can get a booking when you turn up, normally for those huts you have to book online in advance, if you just turn up and theres a ...

There's something really lovely about these long-distance trips where your main concern is finding a place to pitch your tent at the end of the day and ensuring that what you carry will be enough ...

Sweet, thanks :)

Ummmm. Just to clarify - there is NO way you will be able to "go along the coast to Wainui Bay" except on the track, which is close to the coast but not actually on ...

Looks like a public road / paper road at the bottom, so access shouldn't be an issue? http://wams.org.nz/wams_desktop/index.aspx?extent=1529689,5311595,1543236,5320009

I always thought it was farmers from way back, there are a few along that trail though hey.

Yeah I'm guessing it would be - apparently the hut was originally somewhere in southland but was transported down to the Auckland Islands approx 15 or so years ago.

This is some good news http://doc.govt.nz/about-doc/news/media-releases/2014/nz-army-and-doc-join-forces/

we had snow just the other day, 8cm in the mountains... down to 1000m in the milford area... down to 1500m on tongariro

the track is open the full length of the dart river now...

Hi Ward, I seem to recall having answered most of those questions on here before but not the Campbell Pass to Hunts Creek hut one. Regarding Julia to Hunts the Dry Creek route is probably ...

The Hut when I was there - on the true left of the valley http://img.groundspeak.com/waymarking/69284f8c-d4b7-4603-ac6d-1288314ba709.jpg

If it had been a very very dry summer and if you were a good swimmer you might make it over the river. Maybe! Everyone else would die trying to cross the Waiau anywhere near ...

Thanks deepriver, happy to hear you enjoyed our videos! Feel free to share :) I hope your friend from BC comes to visit you!

10mm snow forecast for Wed 5 Feb. Rain to follow & nights above zero from Friday. It's a very changeable Summer. March is usually more stable, which is about when you're going, but yeah, ...

Go for it! As long as you check the weather, carry warm clothing regardless and take some High SPF sunblock You'd be amazed at what we get on the Tongariro Track...people in jandals, jeans and asking ...

Charlie Ledbrook on the Permolat site explains that building is owned by members of a 4x4 club. Copy pasted below. "Thompsons Flat is 132 ha on a freehold title of which 60 ha is tussock flat and ...

the track is back open ahead of schedule.... http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-stories/21080385/dart-valley-re-opened-for-tramping/

Yea, McKellar was much busier and the Greenstone Hut was overflowing being so close to the road end.

We went over and back on the track 19th and 20th of Jan 2014, the first slip was no problem, the second one, i.e. closer to the log hauler, is less easy but still OK ...

I did the Otaki river in a woolen jersey and windbreak. Definitely enjoyed the sheltered sunny spot we had lunch. By long some of the swims are up to 100 meters or more and a ...

Yep, really good weather and amasing how quickly you can cover the ground on those sort of tracks. Big range of people out and about but not many in the huts we stayed in. Even ...

There used to be a track that came off the Takapari Road and dropped down to the ridge between Cattle Creek and Tamaki River. Looked OK at the bottom last time I was there a ...

I reckon having a few hills helps, though. If the Waitakeres are right there, it'd be great to make use of them. They wouldn't have to be big hills, but undulating changes in the gradient ...