Tararua Peaks, April 2018
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Climbing above Table Top towards Bridge Peak (1,421m), with the main Tararua Range stretching left


On the descent from Bridge Peak on to the main Tararua Range, looking north east


On the descent from Bridge Peak on to the main Tararua Range, looking north east, with Hector River right and Penn Creek left


On Vosseler (1,198m), with Yeates (1,205m) right


On Yeates, looking to McIntosh (1,286m) and the Pakihore Range stretching left


The view west down to Penn Creek and, in the far distance, Kapiti Island, from near Yeates


Approaching McIntosh (1,286m)


A view From McIntosh, south west, back along the main range


On the ridge beyond McIntosh, looking south, back along the main range


On the ridge beyond McIntosh, looking to Tuiti (1,325m) - the western-most of the two Tararua Peaks. The other is Tunui, almost the same height


Approaching Tuiti (1,325m)


Climbing Tuiti (1,325m)


Just beneath the top of Tuiti, with the notch giving access to the Ladder lower left


A view south west, back along the main range, from Tuiti


Descending Tuiti to the notch and ladder, with the main range stretching north


From the top of the ladder


From the top of the ladder


From the bottom of the ladder


On the chain protected route beneath the ladder, which goes beneath Tunui before rejoining the ridge west of Maungahuka Peak (1,330m)


On the chain protected route beneath the ladder, which goes beneath Tunui before rejoining the ridge west of Maungahuka Peak (1,330m)


Back on the main ridge, on the approach to Maungahuka


Just before the climb to Maungahuka (1,330m)


Climbing Maungahuka (1,330m)


On top of Maungahuka (1,330m), with the main range stretching away to the left. Maungahuka Hut is just beyond the next high point


Nearing sunset and Maungahuka Hut


Looking north to Maungahuka Hut (1,280m). Mount Holdsworth (1,470m) is on the right skyline


Looking north to Maungahuka Hut (1,280m). After 8.5 hours on the go one day 1, some room temperature (i.e. lovely and cold) beers awaited me at this hut - Kiwi Lager, possibly the nicest beer I've ever enjoyed and I didn't even have to carry it in!


A view west, from just above Maungahuka Hut, at sunset


A view from just above Maungahuka Hut, with the Tararua Peaks left and the Pakihore Ridge stretching right, at sunset


Maungahuka Hut (1,280m) at sunrise


A view to the south, of Maungahuka Hut


A view to the south, of Maungahuka Hut


A view to the south, of Maungahuka Hut


The view north just beyond Maungahuka Hut to Simpson (1,138m), Wright (1,196m) and Aokaparangi (1,354m), in cloud at right


Heading north along the main range in cloud


Approaching Simpson (1,138m)


Approaching Wright (1,196m)


Climbing Wright (1,196m)


Climbing Wright (1,196m)


Descending the northern side of Wright


Descending the northern side of Wright


Climbing Aokaparangi (1,354m)


Climbing Aokaparangi (1,354m)


Climbing Aokaparangi (1,354m)


The view south, back to Aokaparangi


Heading north on the ridge between Aokaparangi and Kahiwiroa


Approaching Kahiwiroa (1,320m)


Climbing Kahiwiroa (1,320m), with Junction Knob (1,375m) and Mount Crawford (1,462m) on the skyline


The view north just beyond Kahiwiroa (1,320m) to Junction Knob (1,375m) and Mount Crawford (1,462m), centre skyline


A fine example of Goblin forest, immediately after dropping beneath the bushline beyond Kahiwiroa


Forest fungi


Emerging from the bush at Anderson Memorial Hut (1,150m)


A view south, back to Anderson Memorial Hut


A view south, back to Anderson Memorial Hut and the main Tararua Range


A view south, at about 1,200m, beyond Anderson Memorial Hut


The Tararua Peaks and Maungahuka Peak and Hut are in the centre of this panorama of the main Tararua Range, viewed from the north


The Tararua Peaks (right) and Maungahuka Peak and Hut (left), viewed from the north of Anderson Memorial Hut


Descending the ridge heading west from Junction Knob (1,375m)


Back below the treeline en route to Waitewaewae Hut


Back below the treeline en route to Waitewaewae Hut


The swing bridge crossing the Otaki River, just north of Waitewaewae Hut


Approaching Waitewaewae Hut


Waitewaewae Hut (290m)


An uncharacteristically straight and flat section of Tararua bush trail near Plateau (530m), on the trail out from Waitewaewae Hut


Waterfall action breaks the dreariness as we trudge in the rain out to Otaki Folks. 57 horizontal and 4 vertical kms made this a good solid two and a half day trip into the hills

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