Cattle Ridge Hut

Dundas Loop – Tararua Forest Park

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Date: 25 – 27 August 2023.
Trip type: Tramp(MF).
Location: Tararua Forest Park.
Author: Daniel Madley.
Trampers: Daniel Madley (leader), Murray D, Richard M, Julian M.

Four hardy souls decided to tackle the Dundas Loop over a weekend. The original plan had been to tramp from Putara carpark to Dundas Hut on the Saturday. But common sense prevailed. So Friday afternoon saw us making the two-hour drive from Wellington to the remote Putara carpark. After a brief stop in Greytown for … Read more

A very short and circular “SK”

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Date: 18-21 April 2019 (Easter weekend).
Trip type: Medium Fit...downgraded to Easy Medium .
Location: Dundas Hut, Tararua Forest Park.
Author: Aimee.
Trampers: Aimee (leader), Tony S, David and Cindy.

When I put an “SK” on the schedule for Easter weekend, I envisaged four glorious sunny windless days on the tops of the Tararua Ranges. More than one fellow club member laughed at me for such an ambitious trip over a typically mixed bag weather weekend. However, right up until the week before, I was … Read more

A Frozen Footslog to Dundas Hut

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Date: 28-30 July 2017.
Trip type: Medium-Fit Tramping.
Location: Dundas Hut, Tararua Ranges.
Author: Natasha.
Trampers: Tereza (leader), Dan (co-leader), Natasha, Sam, Matt, Gareth, Shay and Jessie.

Tramping to Dundas Hut with a medium/fit group for my first WTMC trip isn’t the best decision I’ve made in my life. I thought I was fit from running around hilly Wellington but the muddy, tree-root covered, relentless steep climbs and descents of the Tararuas made me feel like I’d never exercised in my life. … Read more

Not your usual Tararua tramp

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Date: 13 – 15 December 2013.
Trip type: MF (with vicarious visits from the FE - David Heffernan and Shay).
Location: Tararuas.
Author: Megan Sety.
Trampers: Brendan Eckert (Leader 1), Weimen Ren, Megan Sety, Sam Thornton (Leader #2).

We were rushing to get out of town on Friday night and eat a fast dinner, because David Heffernan and Shay had planned to tackle the SK challenge – the North to South crossing of the Tararuas in under 48 hours. Since the Medium and Medium-Fit trips for the weekend only had one punter and … Read more