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Armstrong Saddle

Armstrong Saddle

Armstrong Saddle

Photograph • Distance: less than 100m away
Above Armstrong Saddle looking down onto Sunrise Hut and Central Hawke's Bay. Even Tomato Hill by Havelock North can be ...   More ▶︎
Sunrise Hut

Sunrise Hut

Photograph • Distance: less than 100m away
Looking North over Sunrise Hut   More ▶︎
Ruahines, looking West from Armstrong Saddle

Ruahines, looking West from Armstrong Saddle

Photograph • Distance: 291m away
Great views to be had from the saddle at any time of year (assuming you can get to it, the ...   More ▶︎
Armstrong saddle

Armstrong saddle

Photograph • Distance: 369m away
Armstrong saddle with Ruapehu in the background. April 2009.   More ▶︎

Walking the length of the Ruahines

Track • 10 – 25 days. Medium/hard. One way. • Distance: 458m away
A 10+ day trip down to backbone of the Ruahine Range from Wharite (Palmerston Sth) to the Napier Taihape (Gentle ...   More ▶︎
Buttercup Hollow, Ruahine FP

Buttercup Hollow, Ruahine FP

Photograph • Distance: 478m away
Looking north up the range from Sunrise Hut on a crisp Winter's day.   More ▶︎
Sunrise from Sunrise hut

Sunrise from Sunrise hut

Photograph • Distance: 551m away
Sunrise from Sunrise hut. taken April 2009   More ▶︎
Tarn - Armstrong Saddle, Ruahine FP

Tarn - Armstrong Saddle, Ruahine FP

Photograph • Distance: 558m away
A beautiful walk (when the wind permits) across Armstrong Saddle takes you down to Top Maropea or over the tops ...   More ▶︎
Sunrise hut

Sunrise hut

Photograph • Distance: 643m away
Sunrise hut in the early morning sun. April 2009   More ▶︎
Sunrise Hut

Sunrise Hut

Hut • Serviced Hut (DOC). Capacity: 20. • Distance: 643m away
Popular day trip and weekend hut with great views over Hawkes Bay. Located in Buttercup Hollow on the Ruahine Range. ...   More ▶︎
Sunrise Hut

Sunrise Hut

Photograph • Distance: 753m away
Sunrise Hut June 2007   More ▶︎
Top Maropea Hut

Top Maropea Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 4. • Distance: 1.3km away
A gem of an old NZFS hut built in the 60s or 70s for deer cullers, this hut is a ...   More ▶︎
Benifits of Walking Friday

Benifits of Walking Friday

Photograph • Distance: 1.9km away
When there's nobody else around you can use as many mattresses as it takes to get a comfy bed.   More ▶︎
Waipawa Forks Hut

Waipawa Forks Hut

Photograph • Distance: 1.9km away
Nestled above the river on the true right side, this hut is a bit rough and has been vandalized to ...   More ▶︎
Waipawa Forks Hut

Waipawa Forks Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 12. • Distance: 1.9km away
A bit rough considering it's a newer DOC hut - vandalism in the bunkroom on the right. 5 minutes up ...   More ▶︎
Top Maropea Hut

Top Maropea Hut

Photograph • Distance: 1.9km away
Ruahines July 2008.   More ▶︎
Top Maropea Hut

Top Maropea Hut

Photograph • Distance: 1.9km away
Lovely old NZFS hut built for deer cullers in the 60s or 70s, it has been repainted, however remains cold ...   More ▶︎
Top Maropea Hut

Top Maropea Hut

Photograph • Distance: 1.9km away
Top maropea hut August 2009 on fine day after recent snow   More ▶︎
Top Maropea Hut at dawn

Top Maropea Hut at dawn

Photograph • Distance: 1.9km away
Very tidy little 4 bunk historic hut in Ruahine FP. Excellent camping spot just a few metres away.   More ▶︎
Te Atuaoparapara

Te Atuaoparapara

Photograph • Distance: 2.6km away
Ruahine Range. The Highest point between Sunrise Hut and Waipawa Saddle (1687 metres)The route between the saddle and Sunrise Hut ...   More ▶︎
Te Atuaoparapara, Ruahine Forest Park

Te Atuaoparapara, Ruahine Forest Park

Photograph • Distance: 2.6km away
What a day for tops travel! There are views over the Hikurangi Range, the Waikamaka Valley, Hawkers Bay, the Tongariro ...   More ▶︎
Te Atuaoparapara

Te Atuaoparapara

Photograph • Distance: 2.6km away
Te Atuaoparapara, south ridge (Ruahine Ranges)   More ▶︎
3 ice flowers

3 ice flowers

Photograph • Distance: 2.6km away
3 ice flowers near Mt Te Atuaoparapara. April 2009.   More ▶︎
2 ice flowers

2 ice flowers

Photograph • Distance: 2.6km away
2 ice flowers near Mt Te Atuaoparapara. April 2009   More ▶︎
Triple X hut

Triple X hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 12. • Distance: 2.8km away
Nice hut for camps, families etc Only 15 min from road end with alot of space for camping etc   More ▶︎

Gold Creek Hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 4. • Distance: 3.3km away
Gold Creek Hut   More ▶︎
Windy waipawa Saddle

Windy waipawa Saddle

Photograph • Distance: 3.8km away
The wind got stronger and stronger   More ▶︎
Waipawa Saddle

Waipawa Saddle

Photograph • Distance: 3.8km away
Moments before stepping over the lip onto the saddle and getting hammered by 100km/hr gusts very unpleasant   More ▶︎
Waipawa Forks Hut 2012

Waipawa Forks Hut 2012

Photograph • Distance: 4.3km away
Situated on a River Terrace about 50 minutes walk from the road end. No track, river travel all the way   More ▶︎
Top Maropea Hut 2012

Top Maropea Hut 2012

Photograph • Distance: 4.3km away
Nice old four bunk hut in the Ruahine Range. In very good condition. About 25 minutes down a good track ...   More ▶︎
Waikamaka Hut 2012

Waikamaka Hut 2012

Photograph • Distance: 4.3km away
Waikamaka Hut on a small terrace above the Waikamaka River 40 minutes downstream from Waipawa Saddle   More ▶︎
Waikamaka Bivouac 2012

Waikamaka Bivouac 2012

Photograph • Distance: 4.3km away
February 2012. Still dry inside but very overgrown and gloomy   More ▶︎
Waikamaka Bivouac interior

Waikamaka Bivouac interior

Photograph • Distance: 4.3km away
Waikamaka biv interior. taken 02-Jan-2010   More ▶︎
Waikamaka Bivouac

Waikamaka Bivouac

Photograph • Distance: 4.3km away
Waikamaka biv. Taken 02-Jan-2010   More ▶︎
Waikamaka Bivouac (derelict)

Waikamaka Bivouac (derelict)

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). • Distance: 4.3km away
Waikamaka biv is derelict and overgrown, but it is still standing. Just across the stream from Waikamaka Hut.   More ▶︎
Waikamaka Hut

Waikamaka Hut

Photograph • Distance: 4.4km away
Waikamaka Hut (It's there in the trees, honest - surely someone's got a better picture to replace this!)   More ▶︎
Waikamaka Hut

Waikamaka Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (Heretaunga Tramping Club). Capacity: 8. • Distance: 4.4km away
Waikamaka Hut sits in the headwaters of the Waikamaka Stream, 1.5km below the Waipawa Saddle, and below the pyramidical Te ...   More ▶︎
Walking the length of the Ruahines

Walking the length of the Ruahines

Article • Distance: 4.4km away
This article documents my recollections of the Ruahine setion (Wharite to Kuripapango) of a walk from Wharite near Palmerston North ...   More ▶︎
Waikamaka Hut ( Herataunga TC)

Waikamaka Hut ( Herataunga TC)

Photograph • Distance: 4.4km away
A good tidy hut with Approx 8 bunk accommodation, enclosed wood burner and good wood supply available. A welcome refuge ...   More ▶︎
Waikamaka Hut loo

Waikamaka Hut loo

Photograph • Distance: 4.4km away
Waikamaka hut has a loo like a rocket ship.   More ▶︎
Shelter from the storm; a celebration of the six-bunker

Shelter from the storm; a celebration of the six-bunker

Photograph • Distance: 4.5km away
Where would be without all those NZ Forest Service six-bunk huts in the Tararuas & Ruahines? Maybe that deer explosion ...   More ▶︎
Wakelings Hut

Wakelings Hut

Photograph • Distance: 4.6km away
Wakelings Hut, by the Waikamaka River, Ruahine Ranges   More ▶︎
Wakelings Hut

Wakelings Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 4. • Distance: 4.6km away
Wakelings Hut sits in beech forest on the south side of the Wakamaka River in the Ruahine Ranges. It's an ...   More ▶︎
Sparrowhawk Bivouac

Sparrowhawk Bivouac

Photograph • Distance: 5.0km away
Sparrowhawk Bivouac (Ruahine Ranges)   More ▶︎
Sparrowhawk Bivouac

Sparrowhawk Bivouac

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 3. • Distance: 5.0km away
Sparrowhawk Biviouac (sleeps 2-3, tank water) is one of the nicer biv's in the Ruahine's. The biv is a typical ...   More ▶︎
Sparrowhawk Biv Barlow hut loop

Sparrowhawk Biv Barlow hut loop

Track • 2 – 3 days. Medium. Loop track. • Distance: 5.0km away
A good solid Ruahine climb to a 3 person biv well situated with a great views, Tops travel then a ...   More ▶︎
Triple X Hut

Triple X Hut

Photograph • Distance: 5.1km away
Triple X Hut. taken 18-Apr-2009   More ▶︎
Te Atuaoparapara

Te Atuaoparapara

Photograph • Distance: 5.1km away
Nice day for a walk over to Top Maropea hut with wiew up to Te Atuaoparapara   More ▶︎
Waipawa Forks Hut

Waipawa Forks Hut

Photograph • Distance: 5.1km away
Nice hut just 5 min climb from waipawa river. Abit of grafitti but other then that its ok. completed the ...   More ▶︎
Triple X hut

Triple X hut

Photograph • Distance: 5.1km away
Nice hut good for school camps etc only a short walk in with 12 bunks   More ▶︎
Sunrise Hut

Sunrise Hut

Photograph • Distance: 5.1km away
Very nice hut/house, just happened to go on the one rainy day all last week, still enjoyable though   More ▶︎
Sunrise Hut

Sunrise Hut

Photograph • Distance: 5.1km away
September 2009   More ▶︎
Ruahine travel

Ruahine travel

Photograph • Distance: 5.8km away
A quick scramble over Maropea   More ▶︎
Mckinnon Hut

Mckinnon Hut

Photograph • Distance: 6.3km away
6 bunk hut in the Ruahines   More ▶︎
McKinnon Hut

McKinnon Hut

Photograph • Distance: 6.4km away
Perched at 1400m on the side of the Hikurangi Range in the northern Ruahines, McKinnon Hut is a 1960's 6 ...   More ▶︎
Walking out.

Walking out.

Photograph • Distance: 6.4km away
This is taken the day after my first photo i added. If we walked in that day I dont think ...   More ▶︎
McKinnon Hut

McKinnon Hut

Photograph • Distance: 6.4km away
View of the hut.   More ▶︎
McKinnon Hut

McKinnon Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6. • Distance: 6.4km away
Start with a novelty cable car ride across the river and then straight in to a hard uphill slog. Track ...   More ▶︎
Maropea Forks Hut

Maropea Forks Hut

Photograph • Distance: 6.4km away
Maropea Forks Hut in the Ruahine Ranges   More ▶︎
Maropea Forks Hut

Maropea Forks Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6. • Distance: 6.4km away
Maropea Forks Hut is a typical forestry style 6-bunker on flats near the forks of the North and South Maropea ...   More ▶︎
Waterfall Hut (Ruahine Ranges)

Waterfall Hut (Ruahine Ranges)

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6. • Distance: 6.9km away
An older hut in the head of the Kawhatau River in the heart of the Ruahines   More ▶︎
Waterfall Hut

Waterfall Hut

Photograph • Distance: 6.9km away
An older hut in the heart of the Ruahines at the head of the Kawhatau River   More ▶︎
Ruahine tops on a fine day Magic

Ruahine tops on a fine day Magic

Photograph • Distance: 7.0km away
Sign post to Mckinnon with a perfect backdrop   More ▶︎
And then it turned cold and windy

And then it turned cold and windy

Photograph • Distance: 7.0km away
Above Mckinnon hut perfect one day and blustery the next the only thing the photo dosnt show is the horizontal ...   More ▶︎
Smiths Stream Hut

Smiths Stream Hut

Photograph • Distance: 7.3km away
Smith Stream hut. taken 19-Apr-2009   More ▶︎
Smiths Stream Hut

Smiths Stream Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 4. • Distance: 7.3km away
On Smith Stream, Ruahine Forest Park. This is a good example of NZFS 4-bunk hut in original condition.   More ▶︎
Crow Hut

Crow Hut

Photograph • Distance: 7.3km away
looking across river at crow hut in the morning.   More ▶︎
Crow Hut (Ruahine Ranges)

Crow Hut (Ruahine Ranges)

Photograph • Distance: 7.4km away
Crow Hut on the Kawhatau River in the western Ruahine Ranges.   More ▶︎
Crow Hut (Ruahine Ranges)

Crow Hut (Ruahine Ranges)

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6. • Distance: 7.4km away
Crow Hut (6 bunk, Pioneer stove, river water) is a standard forestry hut in the western Ruahine Ranges. The hut ...   More ▶︎
Crow Hut from the Mokai Patea

Crow Hut from the Mokai Patea

Photograph • Distance: 7.4km away
Crow Hut from the bushline ascending to the Mokai Patea. Ruahine Ranges   More ▶︎
Purity Mangaweka Kelly Night loop

Purity Mangaweka Kelly Night loop

Track • 2 days. Medium. Loop track. • Distance: 7.9km away
Two huts, open tops, fantastic views on a fine day typical Ruahine travel.   More ▶︎
Mangaweka Tarn

Mangaweka Tarn

Photograph • Distance: 8.3km away
Between Iron peg and Mangsweka   More ▶︎
Broken Ridge, Ruahine

Broken Ridge, Ruahine

Photograph • Distance: 8.4km away
On Broken Ridge, above Hinerua hut. taken Dec 2009   More ▶︎
Barlow Hut

Barlow Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 8. • Distance: 8.4km away
In 1983, Barrie Atkins of the NZFS had $50000 to spend in three weeks. So he purchased two huts from ...   More ▶︎
Green and Golden Bell frog?

Green and Golden Bell frog?

Photograph • Distance: 8.4km away
Found a small colony outside the front door of Barlow hut Ruahine forest park   More ▶︎
Barlow Hut

Barlow Hut

Photograph • Distance: 8.4km away
8 bunk hut Ruahine forrest park   More ▶︎
Barlow Hut

Barlow Hut

Photograph • Distance: 8.4km away
Barlow Hut is in the Ruahine Range about 2 - 3 hrs up the Makaroro River from the Waikamaka roadend   More ▶︎
Turn off to Pourangaki

Turn off to Pourangaki

Photograph • Distance: 8.8km away
Signpost marking the spur down to Pourangaki Hut off the ridge running SE from Mangaweka (Ruahine Ranges).   More ▶︎
Hinerua Hut

Hinerua Hut

Photograph • Distance: 8.8km away
Hinerua hut. taken 31-Dec-2009   More ▶︎
Ruahine Panorama

Ruahine Panorama

Photograph • Distance: 9.3km away
Taken from Wooden Peg, looking east.   More ▶︎
Snow Pole Ruahines

Snow Pole Ruahines

Photograph • Distance: 9.4km away
Near Wooden Peg July 2008   More ▶︎
Towards Mangaweka Trig in July

Towards Mangaweka Trig in July

Photograph • Distance: 9.4km away
Late July 2008, photo taken from Wooden Peg, had planned to walk out to the trig but I was not ...   More ▶︎
Ruahine Frost

Ruahine Frost

Photograph • Distance: 9.7km away
Heading down the track to Pourangaki River, looking across to the Pourangaki tops. Heavy frost on the ground all day ...   More ▶︎