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The Big Unknown

A Raukumara Crossing
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Distance: 556m away
The first leg of a trip from East Cape to West Cape via the main divide.
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Raukumara East-West Traverse
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5 – 12 days. Hard. One way.
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Distance: 556m away
An east-west traverse of either the Raukumara range, or the entire East Cape. A minimum of 5-8 days in it's ...
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Big Unknown - Motu Saddle.
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Distance: 1.4km away
The only actual track on the Raukumara east-west crossing. Starts somewhere on the face climbing out of The Big Unknown, ...
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Te Kahika Hut (site)
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Distance: 1.8km away
Ter Kahika Hut is long-gone. It's hard even to believe it ever existed - the entire valley floor is a ...
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Raukumara East-West Crossing
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Distance: 2.4km away
East-West crossing of the Raukumara Ranges. Starting either at East Cape, Te Kumi Station or Mt Hikurangi roadend, and ending ...
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Motu River
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Distance: 4.3km away
The Motu river a few km below Mangakirikiri Hut. Deep, and wide. But beautiful. Part of the east-west Raukumara crossing, ...
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Tukauki Hut, Motu River
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Distance: 5.3km away
I honestly don't know the real name of this hut, but it's opposite Tukauki peak in the Motu (on the ...
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Waihunga Stream
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Distance: 6.7km away
The Waihunga forms part of the east-west route through the Raukumaras. For the most part it's an open valley with ...
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Mangakirikiri Hut
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Distance: 8.6km away
A tidy 6-bunk hut on a high terrace above the Motu - Mangakirikiri confluence. The hut has tank water and ...
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Mangakirikiri Hut
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 6.
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Distance: 8.6km away
A tidy 6-bunk hut on a high terrace above the Motu - Mangakirikiri confluence. The hut has tank water and ...
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Mangakirikiri Stream
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Distance: 9.5km away
The Mangakirikiri Stream, coimbined with the Mangamate is the most common walking route in/out of Mangakirikiri hut (the others being ...
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