South Ohau Hut

Otaki and Ohau bush-bash – Tararua Forest Park

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Date: 12-14 Jan 2024.
Trip type: Tramp(MF).
Location: Tararua Forest Park.
Author: Daniel M.
Trampers: Daniel M, Monique B.

Day 1: Friday 12 January – Poads Road to Waiopehu HutThis trip was planned as a Medium-Fit trip in and out of Mid Otaki Hut via Poads Road. However, when it became clear a few other people couldn’t make the trip, and Mon and I wanted to visit South and North Ohau Huts as well, … Read more

Ohau Huts

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Date: 7-9 December 2018.
Trip type: Medium Tramping.
Location: Ohau Huts, Tararua Forest Park.
Author: James.
Trampers: Simon (leader), Emily, Tracey, James and Juan.

We started out from Wellington station on Friday night with the five of us in the van. After competing with Friday traffic for a couple of hours we had our dinner stop in Levin – spoilt for choice we all went for the same kebab place for a great pre-tramp meal. When we arrived at … Read more

A South Ohau Womble‏

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Date: 10-11 January 2015 .
Trip type: Easy - Medium Tramp.
Location: South Ohau Hut.
Author: Craig McGregor.
Trampers: Bianca, Craig, Dan, Elaine, Euan, John, Odel, Rachel, Sarah (trip leader) & Scott .

An endless summer holiday period  about to come to a close. Warmth and a lack of precipitation forecast. The remaining question was where to take a full van of EM punters. Our trip was originally scheduled for Waitaewaewae, but Sarah, Rachel, Dan & I had tramped that route recently due to route adjustment when trips sharing … Read more

South Ohau Hut via Blackwater Stream and Butcher Creek

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Date: 31st January – 2nd February 2014.
Trip type: Medium-Fit Tramp.
Location: Tararuas.
Author: Phillip Leslie-Collins.
Trampers: Alistair Young (leader), Mike McGavin (photos), Fiona Elliot, Andy Ford, Phillip Leslie-Collins (photos) .

We left Wellington on a beautifully calm and sunny Friday afternoon. In fact, if you didn’t live in Wellington, you might have thought that summer had finally arrived. If the forecast was true, then most of the lower North Island would enjoy a rain-free weekend. Alistair Young was going to be leading our Medium-Fit fivesome … Read more

Adventuring to South Ohau Hut: a tramper’s smorgasbord!

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Date: 31 January – 2 February 2014.
Trip type: Easy Medium.
Location: Tararua Forest Park.
Author: Emily Stretch.
Trampers: Mike Gilbert (Leader), Emily Stretch, Thomas Keir, Joe Harbridge, Paul Richards & Rob Metcalf.

It all began at 5.30pm on a balmy Wellington Friday afternoon. Setting off enthusiastically into rush hour traffic, we began our journey to the start of the track. Van conversation ranged from the art of being a llama farmer who farms llamas, buying boats, mermaids, Bolivian taxi drivers and the number ‘37’ and the obvious superiority of pilates over … Read more

50 Metres Visibility on the Tararua Main Range

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Date: 22-25 January 2010 (Anniversary Weekend).
Trip type: Medium Fit Tramp.
Location: Tararuas.
Author: Mike McGavin.
Trampers: Amanda Wells, Mike McGavin, Richard Lardner and Tim Frank.

Wellington Anniversary Weekend meant an opportunity to have a slightly longer trip in the Tararuas than the usual weekend, and we used it to visit the middle part of the main range, beginning from Otaki Forks and ending at Poads Road near Levin. The forecast leading up to the weekend was uninspiring, suggesting several large … Read more