Sunday, September 7, 2008

Heritage to Rangi Traverse, Ruahine FP

Dreamed up a traverse route from Heritage Hut to Rangiwahia Hut along the spine of the Whanahuia Range in the Ruahines.

Turns out one section that is marked as track on the Topo is no longer maintained and is very hard to follow. Was ok for the main climb up the spur, but once we reached the leatherwood band we lost the trail and endured some painful scrub bashing. Fortunately we found the track again and had a magnificent traverse accross the tops in stunning weather. a 9.5hr day, 19km and 1450m of vertical.







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