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Black Birch Bivouac (Kawekas)
Black Birch Biv (Kaweka)
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2.
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Distance: less than 100m away
Black Birch biv
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Wilding Pines in the eastern Kawekas
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Distance: 925m away
Pines on Black Birch Ridge
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An eastern Kaweka circuit: never trust the weatherman
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Distance: 925m away
or 'it cost me the same as a trip to Fiji, but it was much more fun'.
A good weather variant ...
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Madpom's Kaimanawa-Kaweka NS traverse
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Distance: 2.5km away
A north-south trip down the main range through the Kaimanawas and Kawekas.
See the associated route guide (track) for details
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Kaweka Forest Park
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Conservation Park. 661.47km2.
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Distance: 2.8km away
A popular park in Hawke's Bay.
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Makahu Saddle carpark to Middle Hill hut
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Distance: 2.9km away
Recent trip to middle hill hut in kawekas
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Ballard Hut Loop
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2 days. Medium. Loop track.
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Distance: 3.1km away
A two day walk including open tops and Beach forest to visit a pleasant hut in the Kaweka forest park.
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Iron Whare from Whittle Rd
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Medium. One way.
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Distance: 3.4km away
An alternative access to Iron Whare Hut.
A marked and roughly cut route runs from the reservoir ('fire dam' on older ...
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Whittle Rd to Iron Whare
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Distance: 3.4km away
Reservoir on Whittle Rd to Iron Whare Hut. A roughly cut track providing an alternative access to this historic hut. ...
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Makahu saddle hut
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Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6.
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Distance: 3.7km away
6 bunk hut 2 mins from makahu saddle carpark the perfect jumping off point for a late arrival friday night ...
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Donald River, Kaweka FP
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Distance: 4.0km away
One of the nicest short walks in the Kawekas - Makahu Saddle to Kaweka Flats biv. Established beech forest gives ...
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Dominie Biv
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2.
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Distance: 4.4km away
A two bunk Saviour to many on the side of Kaweka everybody seems to have a storey about being caught ...
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Dominie Biv
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Distance: 4.4km away
A two bunk Biv very tidy and warm, welcome when Kaweka turns Nasty as so many can attest. Every body ...
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Circumnavigating the Kiwi
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Distance: 4.4km away
A 4-5 day trip in the Kaweka Forest Park
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Kaweka Flats biv
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Distance: 4.7km away
A two bunk Biv on a pleasant open space 1.5 hours from Makahu Saddle carpark
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Kaweka Flats Biv
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2.
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Distance: 4.7km away
A two bunk biv about 1.5hrs from Makahu Saddle Carpark
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Iron Whare
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Distance: 5.1km away
Iron Whare - a restored 1870s historic slab hut in the eastern Kawekas
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Iron Whare
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 2.
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Distance: 5.1km away
Iron Whare is a 2-bunk historic hut cut into the hillside where the plateau narrows to a ridge below Kaweka ...
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Kaweka Flats Biv
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Distance: 5.1km away
Kaweka Flats Biv - a 2 person dog-box bivvy with plenty of space for camping outside.
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Mackintosh hut
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Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6.
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Distance: 5.2km away
6 bunk hut. Visit as part of a loop from Markahu Saddle, Mackintosh Spur, Studholme Saddle Hut and Kaweka J. ...
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Inside Mackintosh Hut
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Distance: 5.2km away
A cozy and well designed 8-bunk hut at the foot of the Kaweka Range
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Mackintosh Hut
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Distance: 5.2km away
A cozy hut at the foot of the Kaweka Range. Only 2 hrs from Lawrence roadend, and less from The ...
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Kaweka Flats - Manuka tunnel
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Distance: 5.3km away
Great tracks tunneled through manuka scrub in the eastern Kawekas
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First snow of 2014 - Kaweka tops
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Distance: 5.5km away
A spectacular autumn day up top, with remnants of snowfall still hanging around from earlier in the week. Not a ...
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Ruapehu From Kaweka
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Distance: 5.5km away
A two day window in the weather provided one of those days on the tops that we all dream about ...
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Kaweka above the clouds
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Distance: 5.5km away
A two day window in the weather provided the perfect opportunity for tops travel
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Memorial at the top of Kaweka J
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Distance: 5.5km away
This war memorial is on a large rock cairn right at the summit of Kaweka J
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Eastern Kawekas from Kaweka Summit
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Distance: 5.5km away
A view east from Kaweka J over the fractured plateau of the Eastern Kawekas
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Kaweka J Summit
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Distance: 5.5km away
Looking west towards the Kaimanawas and Ruapehu from Kaweka J
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Kaweka J summit
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Distance: 5.5km away
Looking north toward the memorial cairn from the summit marker pole. An eerily calm day with the sun trying hard ...
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The Kaweka Main Range - a NS traverse
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5 – 10 days. Easy/medium. One way.
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Distance: 5.5km away
A Kaimanawa-Kaweka traverse from Rangataiki to the Gentle Annie (Napier-Taihape) summit.
5-10 days of good track-tramping through the beech & manuka ...
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Kaweka clay pan landscape
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Distance: 5.5km away
Kaweka clay pan landscape on the ascent from the north branch of the Makahu to Kaweka Flats Biv
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North Kaweka trig, mid Winter
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Distance: 5.7km away
A bracing slog up from Makahu saddle allows you to knock off Hawkes Bay's two highest points (Kaweka J and ...
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High Summer
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Distance: 5.7km away
Ahhh Newzealand ever changeable hot one day freezing hours later.
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Dominie Biv mid Winter
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Distance: 5.8km away
Just 45 minutes to an hour up from Makahu Saddle, Dominie sits in a sheltered bowl overlooking Hawkes Bay. Trials ...
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Studholme Saddle, Kaweka FP, 5AM
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Distance: 6.0km away
...a couple of hundred metres from the saddle to be precise. Just after dawn on another classic Hawkes Bay day. ...
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Dawn over the Central Plateau
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Distance: 6.1km away
Taken from Back Ridge, Kaweka FP.
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Studholme Saddle Hut
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Distance: 6.4km away
An ex NZFS 4 bunker tucked away in a small patch of beech at 1320m. Worth a wander to the ...
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Studholme Saddle Hut
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Distance: 6.4km away
Standard 4 bunk hut in the Kaweka Ranges. Nice and cosy once we got a small fire going, although most ...
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Studholm Saddle Bivy from Above
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Distance: 6.4km away
We didn't visit this bivy but it was clearly visible from the ridge above.
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Studholme Saddle Biv
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 3.
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Distance: 6.4km away
Studholme Saddle Bivouac is a wee dog-box bivvy in a clump of beech at the forks of the Kiwi Creek, ...
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Studholme Saddle Biv, Kaweka FP
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Distance: 6.4km away
Cosy wee biv in a warm, sheltered spot just 15 (steep) minutes down from the saddle. Beware the two starlings ...
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Route out from Studholme Saddle biv
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Distance: 6.4km away
Can be a little tricky to spot so thought I'd post this - cross the stream immediately behind the toilet, ...
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Karearea - North Ridge, Kaweka FP
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Distance: 6.7km away
One of two sighted on a recent Kaweka J traverse, this one allowed me to get remarkably close before launching ...
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The Tits, Kaweka FP
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Distance: 6.9km away
First in an occasional series of Amusingly Named Topographical Features
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Kaweka Ranges
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Distance: 7.1km away
Looking at the Main Kaweka range from the south. The high point in the middle is Mad Dog Hill with ...
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Studholme Saddle Hut
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Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6.
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Distance: 7.2km away
Studholme Saddle Hut (sleeps 6, river water, wood burning stove) is a comfortable, sheltered, riverside hut in a small area ...
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Kawekas from Mackintosh
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Distance: 7.3km away
Kaweka Range from Mackintosh plateau
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Back Ridge Hut
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Distance: 7.4km away
Back Ridge Hut in the Kawekas, with Kaweka J in the cloud behind.
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Back Ridge Hut
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Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 4.
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Distance: 7.4km away
A forestry hut (4 bunks, stove, firewood available, stream water) on the valley floor 5 minutes off the main Back ...
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Back Ridge Hut
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Distance: 7.4km away
Given a quick refurb by DOC early May 2014 (including moving the long drop). Looking good!
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Back Ridge Hut
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Distance: 7.4km away
In a deep valley at the back of the Kaweka Range. This is a charming spot after dropping from the ...
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Circumnavigating the Kiwi
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4 – 5 days. Medium. Loop track.
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Distance: 7.6km away
About a 4 day trip in the Kaweka Forest Park. I called it this because the route travels around the ...
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Kaweka Main Ridge - NS Traverse
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Distance: 7.8km away
A north-south trip down the main divide through the Kaimanawas and Kawekas.
The east-west watershed actually runs through private land to ...
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Castle Camp Shelter
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC).
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Distance: 7.8km away
Castle Camp Shelter (tank water) must be the only greenhouse dedicated as a backcountry shelter. It is made of PVC ...
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Castle Camp
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Distance: 7.8km away
The only thing of interest here to trampers is the two large water tanks. This site is used by DOC ...
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Camp Ridge - descent to Middle Hill, Kawekas
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Distance: 8.3km away
The descent to Middle Hill from the Kaweka Range, down Camp Ridge
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Ridge from Whetu towards Ballard hut turnoff
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Distance: 8.3km away
typical Kaweka ridge tops pretty Barren
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Middle Hill Hut
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Distance: 8.4km away
Classic Kaweka 6-bunker in pleasant clearing. Easy 3 hrs up from road. Provides good access up to the northern aspects ...
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Middle Hill Hut
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Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6.
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Distance: 8.4km away
Located in the north eastern Kaweka Forest Park, Middle Hill Hut is situated in a flat, sheltered site where the ...
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6 years old and hooked already
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Distance: 8.4km away
First overnighter for the 6 year old (Middle Hill Hut, Kaweka FP). Knocked the walk in from Makahu Road off ...
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Frosty start at Middle Hill Hut
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Distance: 8.4km away
-1 start to the day, hit 26 degrees that afternoon.
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Back Ridge Bivouac
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Basic Hut/Bivvy (DOC). Capacity: 3.
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Distance: 9.2km away
Back ridge Biv (sleeps 2-3, stream water) is a typical North-Island bivouac, with 2 matresses on the floor, and space ...
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Back Ridge Biv
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Distance: 9.2km away
Back Ridge Bivouac in the Kawekas. Does the hi-viz camo work?
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Ballard Hut
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Distance: 9.6km away
4 Bunk hut Kaweka forrest park at the northern end of the Kaweka range About 30 minutes down from Whetu ...
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Ballard Hut
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Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 4.
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Distance: 9.6km away
A 4 bunk hut at the northern end of the Kaweka range. Visit as part of an east west crossing ...
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Cairn at turnoff to ballard hut
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Distance: 9.7km away
Big as it is its enough off the track line to miss in bad conditions
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Ruapehu from the Kawekas
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Distance: 9.8km away
Ruapehu from the Kawekas, Back Ridge
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