Tunupo

Back to nature in the Ruahines

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Date: 30 October-1 November 2020.
Trip type: Medium.
Location: Iron Gate Hut via Tunupo, Ruahine Forest Park.
Author: Bethany.
Trampers: Bethany, Milly and Yenfei.

Ruahine Ranges above Iron Gate Hut

We were all ready for a weekend away and the best excuse is the opportunity to get back into nature. We arrived Friday night with a relaxing 30 minute walk to Alice Nash Memorial Heritage Hut. The advantage with reaching summer time is the long day light hours and arriving to the hut before dark. … Read more

Alice Nash Memorial Heritage Lodge, Ruahine Range

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Date: 30 June – 1 July 2018.
Trip type: EM tramp.
Location: Ruahine Forest Park.
Author: Jane L.
Trampers: Bridget (trip leader), Georgi, Grant, Jane, Malcolm, Reuben, Viola.

Six left from the railway station at 8 am on Saturday morning. After a mid-morning stop at the Church Café at Sanson—the hot chocolates (two) impressed—we turned off toward Feilding and drove via Apiti to the Petersons Road end where Malcolm was waiting in the car park to join us. I enjoyed the drive into … Read more

Heritage to Tunupo

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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