TA Day 80, Rintoul Hut to Top Wairoa Hut, 22 km
It’s steep up to Purple Top then steep back down to the Wairoa River with sidling and crossings.
TA Day 78, Hacket Track car park to Slaty Hut, 18 km
Blissful heads steeply up to the ridge with a mountain carpet for miles and magical beech forests.
TA Day 75, Captain Creek Hut to Hacket Track car park, 29 km
It’s a steep ascent to the Totara Saddle through a magical “Hobbit Haunt” of beech forest.