TA Day 81, Top Wairoa Hut to Red Hills Hut, 29 km
The landscape changes abruptly in the dry Red Hills, with rocks in bright green and red.
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 79, Slaty Hut to Rintoul Hut, 13 km
Enjoying the view after a steep climb, there is yet another mountain to climb on eroded scree.
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.