Thread: Kaimai regulars, a question

Thinking of an overnighter to Kauritetahi hut in the next week or so. Can someone give a walk in time to hut from Uplands road end please. I have not been in this part of the park before.
Looks like quite a climb once you leave the track, and I would rather not fly camp it this time of year.

You would be better coming up Thompsons Track and cutting up the ridge to meet the North/South track and head for the hut [that is if you are coming from BoP side]. Or come in from Waikato side.

Thompson track was plan B actually Spook, but it looks like a slightly longer route. Do you know if vehicle security is an issue down that way? Cheers.

Security of vehicle is not an issue if coming in from Waikato side...you can park at my place

PM sent spook.

There is a blazed short cut from Uplands Rd end it will test your fitness

That is exactly the route I had marked out on freshmap before Spooks suggestion. Great minds think alike eh

upland route


Thompsons route


Either of these will test my (lack of ) fitness

Wet and slippery going that way my thinking going via Thompsons would be easier access this time of year. I went up that route just prior to the roar old pig sign no red skins at all.

Originally Posted by Pengy

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Either of these will test my (lack of ) fitness

Where did you find that info? Is it a site with elevation gain of all doc tracks?

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Produced using freshmap on pc mate. You can plot tracks/routes etc etc. Download/upload to and from gps. 3d fly throughs are good fun too.

NZ Walks Information - All New Zealand walking tracks on a map

Originally Posted by Pengy

Produced using freshmap on pc mate. You can plot tracks/routes etc etc. Download/upload to and from gps. 3d fly throughs are good fun too.

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Technology....fuk me.....i haven't got the hang of my GPS yet, tried to use the 'electronic compass', couldn't figure it out (had a real one on me) got home, read the manual, hadn't turned the fuker on!!!!!!!!....what a 'bellend'.......

Originally Posted by Spook

Security of vehicle is not an issue if coming in from Waikato side...you can park at my place

It has been a problem this side of Thompsons /Whaka; Upland not so bad ,especially during Kiwi fruit season with the influx of seasonal workers.

Area just over the Poupou can be worth a look if going from Uplands rd

I haven't been hunting up thee so can't say about deer/

If you're coming from the Thomsons track saddle (the easiest way, I'm sure) the track is quite easy. It actually cuts up from the 700, past the air crash site, through the u of Ngatamahinerua on the map to a small saddle on the main range, then sidles on the east across a slightly greasy rock slab on a slip then is well cut up to the plateau. It's a bit boggy on the top but easy to follow. The hut is on a side track about 100 - 150m east off the main North South track. The side track isn't super easy to follow in the dark, more or less runs on the line of a small creek. I suggest try and locate the helipad and hut on google earth, mark it as a place then transfer to your GPS. Missing hunter found 'tired and cold' - National - NZ Herald News


Its an old hut but a good one w 3 bunks. There is a fireplace but no wood to burn - all trees are too small and wet and no big treefalls to supply firewood (take a stove and dry clothes). It's a great view from the loo.