Heritage Lodge

Howletts Hut via Te Hekenga

Date: 22-24 March 2013.
Trip type: Medium Fit Tramp.
Location: Ruahines.
Author: David Heffernan.
Trampers: David Heffernan (leader), Debbie Buck (photos), Mariusz Drozdowski.

The Howlett’s Hut loop trip via Te Hekenga has been on the schedule for a while now, repeatedly postponed by weather, and it was great to finally knock it off. After driving up with the Rangi Hut trip group and having a good feed in Levin we stopped off at Mangaweka campsite for a few … Read more

Heritage to Tunupo

Date: 3-4 September 2010.
Trip type: Medium Tramp.
Location: Ruahines.
Author: Mike McGavin.
Trampers: Bernie Smithyman, Richard Lardner, Michael Lightbourne and Mike McGavin.

Around the 3rd to 5th of September Bernie, Richard, Mike and I had plans to do some exploring around the southern Ruahines. We bailed out a day early with too much snow for the gear we’d brought, not to mention an extended mountain forecast of 120km/h galeforce nor-westerlies in exposed mountain areas on Sunday. Okay, … Read more