Nearby | Castle Rock ,Castlepoint,Wairarapa

Arete Hut and Norski toilet

Photograph • Distance: less than 100m away

These toilets are becoming common in the backcountry. Single pit ,1 seat, plenty of light, fibre glass construction . Only ... More ▶︎

Arete Biv

Photograph • Distance: less than 100m away

2 man biv very new looking More ▶︎

Arete Hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2. • Distance: less than 100m away

DOC's website states that they upgraded the small, cold Arete Biv to a 2-bunk 'Arete Hut' in 2007. Arete lies ... More ▶︎

Tararua main ridge

Track • 4 – 8 days. Medium. One way. • Distance: 203m away

The length of the tracked Tararuas along the main ridge from Mangahao (behind Shannon) to Kaitoke. For a 'Total Tararua Traverse ... More ▶︎

Arete biv

Photograph • Distance: 203m away

Arete Biv from the turnoff on the ridge north of Arete. The route to Tarn Ridge leads off to the ... More ▶︎

Arete Biv

Photograph • Distance: 203m away

Arete Biv in the Northern Tararua's midway between Te Matawai and Tarn Ridge. 2 bunks More ▶︎

A Total Tararua Traverse

Track • 8 – 16 days. Medium. One way. • Distance: 203m away

The length of the Tararuas via the pointy bits, from the Manawatu Gorge at Woodville to the Rimutaka Hill Road ... More ▶︎

Park Valley Sunset

Photograph • Distance: 204m away

Looking West into a gathering storm, down the park Valley. It's sunset just over the ridge from the new Arete ... More ▶︎

Dundas Hut, Tararuas

Photograph • Distance: 820m away

The hut is the orange dot, just off the spur. Photo taken from main ridge, looking south. More ▶︎

Upper Park River

Photograph • Distance: 1.6km away

Taken from the Tararua Main Range looking into the headwaters of the Park River. Waiohine Pinnacles on the right and ... More ▶︎

Waiohine Pinnacle track

Track • Medium/hard. Return by the same track. • Distance: 1.8km away

Gives access from Arete Forks to Waiohine Pinnacles on Tarn Ridge Ascends Pinnacle Spur from the Arete Stream Junction More ▶︎

Waiohine Pinnacle

Photograph • Distance: 1.8km away

The route up the Waiohine Pinnacle spur from Arete Forks taken from Bannister ridge. The Arete Stream in the foreground, avoid ... More ▶︎

Waiohine Pinnacles

Photograph • Distance: 1.9km away

Waiohine Pinnacles, Tararua Range. Between Arete and Tarn Ridge. The route across the pinacles is OK, a little steep and ... More ▶︎

Arete Forks Hut

Photograph • Distance: 2.4km away

Arete Forks Hut at the forks in the valley floor, on the eastern side of the Waiohine Pinnacles. More ▶︎

Arete Forks Hut

Photograph • Distance: 2.4km away

Repainted Arete Forks hut in original Orange colour, Tararua Forest Park. Open Fireplace restored June 2016 This hut along with 4 ... More ▶︎

Arete Forks Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6. • Distance: 2.4km away

Arete Forks hut, photo taken in 1960 not long after construction. (6 bunks, wood-burner, firewood available) is a standard forestry ... More ▶︎

Arête Forks Hut

Photograph • Distance: 2.4km away

Arete Forks Hut, taken not long after construction in 1960. More ▶︎

Arete Sidle track

Track • Medium/hard. Return by the same track. • Distance: 2.5km away

Track between Cow Creek Hut and Arete Forks hut in the Upper Waingawa valley in Tararua Forest Park. More ▶︎

Waiohine Headwaters

Photograph • Distance: 2.7km away

Headwaters of the Waiohine River, Tararua Range. Taken from near the Waiohine Pinnacles. Carkeek Ridge on the right More ▶︎

Carkeek Hut

Photograph • Distance: 2.9km away

Carkeek hut, 1965. More ▶︎

Waingawa Track

Track • Medium. One way. • Distance: 3.0km away

This is a non maintained route leading from Arete Forks up to the point of Waingawa 1420 Metres.The route meets ... More ▶︎

View East from Te Matawai Hut

Photograph • Distance: 3.5km away

Evening view. More ▶︎

Te Matawai Hut

Photograph • Distance: 3.5km away

Another view of the hut. More ▶︎

Te Matawai Hut

Photograph • Distance: 3.5km away

A nice hut with great views. More ▶︎

Te Matawai

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 18. • Distance: 3.5km away

A big L-shaped hut with 2 big sleeping platforms (18 mattresses) in one arm and the living area in the ... More ▶︎

Route Guide: Northern Crossing of the Tararuas

Article • Distance: 3.5km away

This is not the usual Northern Crossing from Levin to The Pines via Mitre Flats Hut. Rather it exits via ... More ▶︎

Table Top Ridge, Tararuas

Photograph • Distance: 4.3km away

View from pt 1478 towards Girdlestone More ▶︎

Dundas Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6. • Distance: 4.3km away

Dundas Hut (4 bunk) sits in one of the best spots of any hut in the North Island. It perches ... More ▶︎

Sunrise from Dundas Hut

Photograph • Distance: 4.3km away

Sunrise from Dundas Hut - February 2007 More ▶︎

Dundas Hut

Photograph • Distance: 4.3km away

Dundas Hut - February 2007 More ▶︎

Dundas Hut Interior

Photograph • Distance: 4.3km away

The spartan interior of Dundas Hut More ▶︎

Dundas Hut

Photograph • Distance: 4.3km away

Dundas Hut in pea soup clag More ▶︎

Dracophyllum Hut 1

Photograph • Distance: 4.6km away

Tararua's On the main range between Arete and Mt Crawford More ▶︎

Dracophyllum Hut

Photograph • Distance: 4.6km away

Tararua's On the main range between Arete and Mt Crawford More ▶︎

Dracophyllum Hut

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2. • Distance: 4.6km away

Dracophyllum Hut (2 bunk, tank water) is a small ridgeline hut situated in cloud-forest (and thus mostly in cloud) on ... More ▶︎

Tarn Ridge Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 16. • Distance: 4.6km away

This modern hut (1995?) replaces the smaller hut at the north end of Tarn Ridge and may replace Dorset Ridge ... More ▶︎

Tarn Ridge

Photograph • Distance: 4.6km away

Tarn Ridge Hut on the Tararua northern crossing. Great views and good location More ▶︎

Tarn Ridge Hut

Photograph • Distance: 4.6km away

Great views and a welcome sight at the end of a wind blown day More ▶︎

South Ohau Hut

Photograph • Distance: 5.3km away

South Ohau Hut Tararua Range. One of the new standard 10 bunk huts. On a river terrace at the confluence ... More ▶︎

South Ohau Hut

Photograph • Distance: 5.3km away

South Ohau Hut Tararua Range. One of the new standard 10 bunk huts. On a river terrace at the confluence ... More ▶︎

South Ohau hut

Photograph • Distance: 5.3km away

Built in 2008 to replace old hut More ▶︎

South Ohau Hut

Photograph • Distance: 5.3km away

South Ohau Hut Tararua Range. One of the new standard 10 bunk huts. On a river terrace at the confluence ... More ▶︎

South Ohau Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 10. • Distance: 5.3km away

A new hut opened in October 2008 replaces an older hut that now forms the base for the woodshed. The ... More ▶︎

Mangahao Vally Bush

Photograph • Distance: 5.4km away

About an hour South of Mangahao Hut, the bush is wet and damp, with mud up to your knees. Fantastic. More ▶︎

cow creek hut via blue ridge hut

Article • Distance: 5.5km away

H.V.T.C trip 13-14 june 09 More ▶︎

cow creek hut

Photograph • Distance: 5.5km away

cow creek hut tararuas More ▶︎

Cow Creek Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6. • Distance: 5.5km away

Nice hut with a camping site nearer the river. The cable-way giving access across the river is fun. 6 bunks ... More ▶︎

Cow Creek Saddle

Photograph • Distance: 5.5km away

Cow Creek. Yes - really. More ▶︎

Arete

Photograph • Distance: 5.8km away

Ridgeline from Arete, Northern Crossing of the Tararuas More ▶︎

Tararua Forest Park

Place • Conservation Park. 1165.35km². • Distance: 5.8km away

The first of New Zealand's forest parks, this is a large and famous park near Palmerston North and Wellington. Highest ... More ▶︎

Mitre Peak

Photograph • Distance: 5.8km away

Camp on Mitre peak summit (1571m), highest point in the Tararua range, breathtaking. - 27 Feb 2010 More ▶︎

Carkeek Hut ,Tararua FP

Photograph • Distance: 5.8km away

NZFS 6 bunk , mattresses, log fire,repainted inside and out More ▶︎

Carkeek Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 12. • Distance: 5.8km away

Carkeek is located in the middle of the Tararua Forest Park. There are no maintained tracks leading to this hut. Several ... More ▶︎

Cattle Ridge Hut

Photograph • Distance: 6.0km away

Cattle Ridge Hut - February 2007 More ▶︎

Cattle Ridge Hut

Photograph • Distance: 6.0km away

This is on the excellent Herepai-Dundas-Cattle Ridge-Roaring Stag Hut circuit in the Tararuas. More ▶︎

Cattle Ridge Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 5. • Distance: 6.0km away

A 5 bunk old style forest service hut located 2 to 3 Hrs up a steep spur from Roaring Stag ... More ▶︎

Cattle Ridge Hut

Photograph • Distance: 6.0km away

Cattle Ridge Hut: the outside showing it's age, but still a pleasent tidy hut inside. A peaceful alternative to the ... More ▶︎

Cattle Ridge Hut

Photograph • Distance: 6.0km away

Cattle Ridge Hut: nestled in a tussock and letherleaf basin at the north end of Cattle Ridge. This was a ... More ▶︎

Dorset Ridge Hut

Photograph • Distance: 6.2km away

The old Dorset Ridge hut. Actually located on next spur east of current hut. Removed when the NZFS built the ... More ▶︎

Mangahao Flats Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 16. • Distance: 6.3km away

A huge modern hut put in between (now removed) Harris Creek Hut and (now removed) Avalanche Flats Hut. Approximately five ... More ▶︎

North Ohau Hut Exterior

Photograph • Distance: 6.4km away

The cosy little 4 bunk North Ohau hut in the Tararuas. A fairly easy walk in low river conditions and ... More ▶︎

North Ohau Hut interior 1

Photograph • Distance: 6.4km away

Interior of the cosy little North Ohau hut in the Tararuas More ▶︎

North Ohau Hut approach

Photograph • Distance: 6.4km away

5 mins from North Ohau Hut in the Tararuas More ▶︎

North Ohau Hut

Photograph • Distance: 6.4km away

The new North Ohau Hut. June 2008 More ▶︎

North Ohau Hut November 2011

Photograph • Distance: 6.4km away

North Ohau is reached via the Ohau River and then the North Branch of the Ohau. All river travel except ... More ▶︎

North Ohau Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 4. • Distance: 6.4km away

North Ohau Hut is a cozy 4-bunk hut in the middle reaches of the North Ohau River in the Tararuas. ... More ▶︎

North Ohau

Photograph • Distance: 6.4km away

North Ohau Hut on the Ohau River, Tararua Range. Take the sidle track from Poads Road for about 1 hour ... More ▶︎

Dorset Ridge Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6. • Distance: 6.7km away

Refurbished by a community group of volunteers in February 2008. Following the refurbishment, the hut now boasts an extension containing a ... More ▶︎

Dorset Ridge Hut

Photograph • Distance: 6.7km away

Dorset Ridge Hut in the central Tararuas. The hut looks across Dorset Creek to Baldy and The Kings. It is ... More ▶︎

Ralph Wood Memorial Cross

Photograph • Distance: 7.0km away

This cross marks the gravesite of Ralph Wood who died on the slopes of Twin Peak in the northern Tararua ... More ▶︎

New Zealand Eyebright

Photograph • Distance: 7.2km away

New Zealand Eyebright (Euphrasia cuneata) Photographed in the saddle between Wiopehu and Twin Peak, Northern Tararua range More ▶︎

Waiopehu Hut

Photograph • Distance: 7.2km away

Waiopehu Hut sits just on the bushline in the Northern Tararua range. About a 3 to 6 hour walk from ... More ▶︎

Dundas Ridge from West Peak

Photograph • Distance: 7.2km away

The view along the backbone of the Dundas ridge from West Peak, showing Walker, Dome and Pukemoremore More ▶︎

Roaring Stag Lodge

Photograph • Distance: 7.6km away

On the banks of the Ruamahanga River, Tararua Range. 2 to 3 hours from the road end and another couple ... More ▶︎

Roaring Stag Lodge

Photograph • Distance: 7.7km away

Taken from the helipad. More ▶︎

Roaring Stag Lodge

Photograph • Distance: 7.7km away

Taken from the Helipad. More ▶︎

Roaring Stag Lodge

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 16. • Distance: 7.7km away

16 bunk fairly new hut located in a neat spot next to the Ruamahanga river.A combined effort by DOC and ... More ▶︎

Roaring Stag Lodge

Photograph • Distance: 7.7km away

Roaring Stag Lodge, Ruamahanga River, Tararua Range More ▶︎

Hidden Lake Tararua Ranges -1

Photograph • Distance: 7.8km away

Hidden Lake is about 35 to 45 minutes upstream from Roaring Stag Lodge in the Tararua's. It is situated on ... More ▶︎

Hidden Lake Tararua Ranges

Photograph • Distance: 7.8km away

Hidden Lake is about 35 to 45 minutes upstream from Roaring Stag Lodge in the Tararua's. It is situated on ... More ▶︎

Interior of the Northern Tararua Range

Photograph • Distance: 7.8km away

The view from East Peak looking into the heart of the Northern Tararua range . Showing The Dundas ridge to ... More ▶︎

Saddle between East Peak and West Peak Northern Tararua

Photograph • Distance: 7.8km away

The Saddle between East Peak and West Peak, Dundas Ridge, Northern Tararua . With Walker and Pukemoremore beyond . More ▶︎

Waiopehu Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 18. • Distance: 8.1km away

Great hut and views but very cold. If you get wet, there is no way to dry yourself or your ... More ▶︎

Waiopehu Hut

Photograph • Distance: 8.1km away

Waiopehu Hut and the Levin coastline More ▶︎

Waiopehu Hut 1940s - 2002 [Replaced]

Hut • Removed! • Distance: 8.1km away

The second Waiopehu Hut, built just after WWII to replace a hut lost in 1936 storm. Replaced in 2002. Up until ... More ▶︎

Waiopehu Hut

Photograph • Distance: 8.1km away

A cold hut with great views. More ▶︎

View From Waiopehu Hut

Photograph • Distance: 8.1km away

Storm rolling in, great view. More ▶︎

Rata Flower

Photograph • Distance: 8.2km away

Rata Flower in the Ohau River, Tararua Range. Probably R. Fulgens More ▶︎

Blue Range Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 4. • Distance: 8.5km away

A wonderfully blue hut set at the back of a small clearing. Stove and tank water. 4 bunks. Amusing collection ... More ▶︎

blue ridge hut

Photograph • Distance: 8.5km away

tararuas More ▶︎

blue range hut

Photograph • Distance: 8.5km away

blue range hut tararuas More ▶︎

Nichols Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6. • Distance: 8.6km away

Nichols hut - a pleasant, recently renovated 6-bunk hut in the mid Tararuas. It lacks the coast views of Andersons, ... More ▶︎

Nichols Hut

Photograph • Distance: 8.6km away

Nichols Hut - sitting on the Tararua main range above the mid Waiohine Valley with views down the the Wairarapa. More ▶︎

Nichols Hut

Photograph • Distance: 8.6km away

Nichols Hut - overlooking the Waiohine Valley in the Tararuas. The hut is sited on a bench some 50m below ... More ▶︎

Blue Range Hut

Photograph • Distance: 8.7km away

Awesome little hut More ▶︎

Nichols Hut

Photograph • Distance: 8.7km away

A tidy little hut in a great location. It recently had some work done, new roof, paint job, and new ... More ▶︎

Mid King Biv

Photograph • Distance: 8.9km away

A small 2-bunk biv in the beech basin at the head of Baldy Creek, just south of Mid King Peak ... More ▶︎

Mid King Biv

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2. • Distance: 8.9km away

Mid King Biv (2 bunk, mattresses, stream water) is a small biv just below the bushline at the head of ... More ▶︎

Mitre Flats Bridge

Photograph • Distance: 8.9km away

5 person bridge ,designed by A Dallas , DOC Engineer, built by Forrest Hills Construction (Miles Helberg) Replaces one washed out ... More ▶︎

Mid King Biv after upgrade

Photograph • Distance: 8.9km away

2 sleeping matresses,repaintin and out, relined with insulation, new door More ▶︎

McGregor Biv turnoff: boots mark the spot ...

Photograph • Distance: 9.5km away

So who left their boots at the McGregor Biv turnoff? Why? And what did they wear on the way out? ... More ▶︎

McGregor biv

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2. • Distance: 9.5km away

2 to 3 person biv.When i visited it was unlined but had a new water tank.It has recently had a ... More ▶︎

McGregor Biv

Photograph • Distance: 9.5km away

A small buishline biv north of Jumbo and south of The Kings in the eastern Tararuas. Amazing views up to ... More ▶︎

Herepai Hut

Photograph • Distance: 9.6km away

Herepai Hut from the ridge up to Herepai - February 2007 More ▶︎

Herepai Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 10. • Distance: 9.6km away

An older huts lower than the bush line. It has a cast-iron fire, two platforms for sleeping quarter. It holds ... More ▶︎

Beautiful morning

Photograph • Distance: 9.6km away

Looking along the ridge that connects jumbo to angle knob, from McGregor . More ▶︎

McGregor Biv

Photograph • Distance: 9.7km away

McGregor Biv More ▶︎

Mitre Flats Hut

Hut • Serviced Hut (DOC). Capacity: 20. • Distance: 9.8km away

Modern hut. Good porch. Often a starting or ending point for the ascent of Mitre (at 1571m the highest peak ... More ▶︎

Mitre Flats Hut

Photograph • Distance: 9.8km away

Hard frost at Mitre Flats Hut on the shortest day of the year More ▶︎