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Ngamoko Hut

Ngamoko Hut

Ngamoko Hut

Ngamoko Hut (6 bunks, stove, river water) is a pleasent hut located in scrub on the western bank of the ...   More ▶︎

Walking the length of the Ruahines

A 10+ day trip down to backbone of the Ruahine Range from Wharite (Palmerston Sth) to the Napier Taihape (Gentle ...   More ▶︎
Duck Pond Hut

Duck Pond Hut

A 2-bunk hut on private land, just outside the Ruahine forest park. This hut lies in the upper reaches of ...   More ▶︎
Duck Pond Hut

Duck Pond Hut

A private 2-bunk hut, tucked into the headwaters of the Ngamoko catchment in the Ruahines.   More ▶︎
Mid Pohangina Hut

Mid Pohangina Hut

Mid Pohangina Hut sits on a pleasant grassy flat just above the Pohangina River north of its confluence with Cattle ...   More ▶︎
Cattle Creek Hut

Cattle Creek Hut

A tidy 8 bunk platform style hut fully resplendent in its updated NZFS orange colour scheme.   More ▶︎
Mid Pohangina Hut

Mid Pohangina Hut

8 bunk hut open fire   More ▶︎
Southern Crossing of the Ruahines

Southern Crossing of the Ruahines

A track and river route crossing of the Lower Ruahine Forest park   More ▶︎
Upper Pohangina

Upper Pohangina

River route to Mid Pohangina Hut from Cattle creek   More ▶︎
Pohangina scramble

Pohangina scramble

Not deep enough to swim but small enough to to give you the idea you can avoid getting wet feet. ...   More ▶︎
Mid Pohangina Hut 15 minutes

Mid Pohangina Hut 15 minutes

After wandering down the river you arrive cold and wet (on an off day) at this sign which points at ...   More ▶︎
Pohangina River

Pohangina River

mid way through the small Pohangina gorge   More ▶︎
Pohangina crossing

Pohangina crossing

Swing bridge below Mid Pohangina hut and the start of the ubiquitous sidle track. Why does the term sidle always ...   More ▶︎

Piripiri Hut

Piripiri Hut is a comfortably spacious 2-bunk hut in the western Ruahine Ranges. Water is from a small creek 20m ...   More ▶︎
Walking the length of the Ruahines

Walking the length of the Ruahines

This article documents my recollections of the Ruahine setion (Wharite to Kuripapango) of a walk from Wharite near Palmerston North ...   More ▶︎
Cattle Creek Hut

Cattle Creek Hut

On river flats in the upper reaches of Cattle Creek lies Cattle Creek Hut (6 beds, wood-burning stove, firewood available ...   More ▶︎
Cattle Creek Hut

Cattle Creek Hut

A tidy 8 bunk platform style hut resplendent in forest service orange.   More ▶︎
Cattle Creek Hut

Cattle Creek Hut

Cattle Creek hut in the southern Ruahine Range   More ▶︎
Pohongina River at Leon Kinvig hut

Pohongina River at Leon Kinvig hut

Grassy faces and scattered beech predominate on the Pohongina valleysides above Leon Kinvig   More ▶︎
Leon Kinvig Hut

Leon Kinvig Hut

A tidy 8-bunk hut in the mid-reaches of the Pohongina Valley. Tracks climb both ranges to the east and west, ...   More ▶︎
Leon Kinvig Hut

Leon Kinvig Hut

Leon Kinvig Hut sleeps 8 on 2 platforms. There's a good open fire, plenty of wood around, and water from ...   More ▶︎
Leon Kinvig Hut

Leon Kinvig Hut

Leon Kinvig Hut is in the middle reaches of the Pohangina River in the Ruahines and can be reached from ...   More ▶︎
Pimelea near Toka

Pimelea near Toka

Pimelea in flower near Toka Trig, Ngamoko Range in the western Ruahines (Poss P. Buxifolia)   More ▶︎
Standfield Hut

Standfield Hut

Standfield (Stanfield) Hut (6 bunks, woodburing stove, tank water, firewood available in locality) is a comfortable riverside hut on the ...   More ▶︎
Standfield Hut

Standfield Hut

Standfield Hut   More ▶︎
Toka Biv

Toka Biv

Toka Biv (2 bunk, tarn water) is a small dog-box bivvy on a small plateau on the Pohongina Valley side ...   More ▶︎
Toka Biv

Toka Biv

Toka Biv in the Ruahine Range Between Toka and Tunopo. Used to be called Ngamoko Biv. It sits on a ...   More ▶︎
Toka Biv

Toka Biv

Toka Biv in the Ruahine Range Between Toka and Tunopo. Used to be called Ngamoko Biv. It sits on a ...   More ▶︎
Makaretu Hut

Makaretu Hut

8 bunk hut on the southern branch of the Makaretu river   More ▶︎
Longview Makaretu Awatere Circuit

Longview Makaretu Awatere Circuit

2 Day circuit in the Ruahine Forrest park from Moorcock Saddle 3 huts some tops bush and river travel.   More ▶︎
Makaretu

Makaretu

8 Bunk hut Southern branch Makaretuu river. Visit as part of a circuit from moorcock saddle including Longview and Awatere ...   More ▶︎
Forks Hut, Diggers Hut and Te Ekaou Hut access

Forks Hut, Diggers Hut and Te Ekaou Hut access

Several public and private access routes into these huts in the southern Ruahines and suggested round and though trips.   More ▶︎
Takapari A Frame Hut / Travers Hut / Traverse Hut (Ruahine)

Takapari A Frame Hut / Travers Hut / Traverse Hut (Ruahine)

Travers (6 bunks, no matresses) is a very basic A-frame hut on the Takapari Road in the Southern Ruahines. There's ...   More ▶︎
Happy Daze Hut

Happy Daze Hut

Small, with ample camping. Seems to be some dispute over naming, with Happi Daze being (somewhat forcefully) pushed by some.   More ▶︎
Top Gorge hut

Top Gorge hut

Top Gorge Hut in the head waters of the Pohangina River in the Ruahines. Can be reached from Longview Hut, ...   More ▶︎
Top Gorge Hut

Top Gorge Hut

Top Gorge Hut (2 bunks, 3 mattresses, open fire with ample firewood available, river water) is a small, basic hut ...   More ▶︎
Bridge to Heritage Lodge

Bridge to Heritage Lodge

Wooden arched bridge on the track to Heritage, Ruahines   More ▶︎
Umutoi ferns snow

Umutoi ferns snow

Snow on tree ferns at Umutoi stream on the track to Alice Nash Heritage Lodge. May 2009.   More ▶︎
Umutoi bridge snow

Umutoi bridge snow

Snow on the track to Alice Nash Heritage Lodge, at the bridge over Umutoi stream. May 2009.   More ▶︎
Rangiwahia Triangle Iron gate Alice Nash Memorial

Rangiwahia Triangle Iron gate Alice Nash Memorial

Typical Ruahine weekend tramp 4 huts, open tops,river travel and some great bush.   More ▶︎
Rangiwahia Triangle Iron gate Alice Nash Memorial

Rangiwahia Triangle Iron gate Alice Nash Memorial

Typical Ruahine weekend tramp 4 huts, open tops,river travel and some great bush.   More ▶︎
Looking down onto Cattle Creek Hut from ridge

Looking down onto Cattle Creek Hut from ridge

Looking down onto the hut from the ridge just above it, quite a steep drop strait down to hut, easier ...   More ▶︎
A-Frame hut (Traverse hut)

A-Frame hut (Traverse hut)

Very basic htu, was a very welcome sight to see takapari road after a pretty much 2 and a half ...   More ▶︎
Stanfield Hut

Stanfield Hut

nice 2 and a half hour walk via holmes ridge, Perfect for a little day trip or for a 1st ...   More ▶︎
A-Frame track looking down onto holmes ridge

A-Frame track looking down onto holmes ridge

Steady climb for about 2 and a half hours, views definitly paid off, weather isnt to good to be on ...   More ▶︎
Alice Nash Memorial Lodge

Alice Nash Memorial Lodge

NZ Deer stalkers hut Ruahine forest park 30 mins from the road end popular with families its more like a ...   More ▶︎
Alice Nash Memorial Heritage Lodge

Alice Nash Memorial Heritage Lodge

Half an hour from the road end, this is a well appointed sort of place, thanks to NZDA   More ▶︎
Bridge on the way

Bridge on the way

About half way?!   More ▶︎
Alice Nash

Alice Nash

Memorial Lodge   More ▶︎
On the deck

On the deck

chillaxing!   More ▶︎
Fireplace and Bunks

Fireplace and Bunks

in the Hut, got absolutely boiling in there with that fire!   More ▶︎
Inside

Inside

the Hut   More ▶︎
Bridge again

Bridge again

on way to Alice Nash/Heritage Lodge   More ▶︎
Track from Takapari Rd down to Diggers Hut

Track from Takapari Rd down to Diggers Hut

Track from Takapari Rd down to Diggers Hut, southern Ruahines. About 5km down this broad but sometimes boggy track, then ...   More ▶︎

Bridge to Heritage Lodge

Wooden arched bridge on the track to Heritage, Ruahines   More ▶︎