Thread: Hopkins Valley Condition

Stir crazy and ready to get out of the house for a walk, can anyone give an idea of what the Hopkins river access is like at the moment?

Last time i was up there the track had been ripped to shreds and rutted out everywhere which my brand new truck did not appreciate

PM if preferred.

Cheers

lol I could write a book on the many truck deaths up the Hopkins,Dobson.
Common sense really,advice before hand can help but not all the time. The old story, if yi cant walk your crossing with a support then don't take yi truck through.
Nice ti have a back up vehicle.
Plan B...
Good luck,,,nice area.

I haven't been up there since about this time last year when it was badly rutted about halfway to Monument but the week before lock down I was about 1000m up above it looking down and watched a 4wd easily pass through the really rutted patch. From what I could tell a gravel track had been laid through the really bad spot. The river above Monument had certainly changed a bit since I last drove up there around 18 months ago but I could see a vehicle parked just below Huxley and fresh tracks heading to Red hut.

Its the west coast rain you gota watch for a few days befor hand.As said above, if you cant walk it don't drive it.

http://https://www.odt.co.nz/news/na...ng-floodwaters
Link to ODT with a couple of pictures instead