Thread: CNI walkabout

Snap, I was looking at maps and tramping blogs last night and came up with this route for the Ruahines. Same deal take the dog, rifle and fishing rod for a walk over xmas.

Day 1 - Sentry Box to Upper Makaroro via Parks peak
Day 2 - UM to Ruahine corner hut
Day 3 RCH to Colenso Hut via Potae Mangatera river track
Day 4 CH to Otukota Hut via Iron Bark
Day 5 OH to Crow Hut via Moki Patea range
Day 6 CH to Mckinnon (short day)
Day 7 MH to Wakelings Hut (short day)
Day 8 WH to Maropea Forks hut
Day 9 MFH to Sparrowhawke biv
Day 10 SH to Barlow (Trout around Barlow)
Day 11 Barlow up unmarked spur to Parks Peak track / hut
Day 12 Back out to Sentry box.

A little bit of back tracking from RCH and McK Hut but not much country covered twice, could drop a few days out by going from Otukota to Maropea HGuts and dropping off Crow/Mck and Wakelings Huts

I am no way fit enough to do this but in hope in 3 months I will be.... Get to visit some of the classic huts in the Ruahines and well back off the front country