Kiwi Saddle

Studholme Saddle Hut

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Date: 20-23 October 2017.
Trip type: Medium Tramping.
Location: Kaweka Forest Park.
Author: Tony.
Trampers: Tony (Leader), Fons, Megan and Rohan.

Labour weekend was a good chance to venture further afield so four of us set off from Wellington for the Kawekas on the Friday evening. Kuripapango campsite, on the Napier-Taihape road, is a long-way from Wellington and with holiday weekend traffic and a pizza stop in Carterton we didn’t arrive until 11.45 pm.  Kuripapango campsite … Read more

Kiwi Saddle – Macintosh Hut

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Date: 22-25 October 2010 (Labour Weekend).
Trip type: Medium Tramp.
Location: Kaweka FP.
Author: Mike McGavin.
Trampers: Michael Lightbourne, Rowena Johnstone, Phil Lubeck, and Mike McGavin.

We started out on Labour weekend with a basic plan of staying a couple of nights around Studholme Saddle Hut, and possibly heading further up the main Kaweka Range during that time. Things didn’t work out that way. For the first time in a long time, at least as far as I can remember, we … Read more