Thread: Ruahine Tops in October. Advice please.

Originally Posted by Sika 8

Both good access points, Renfrew being the most popular via Rangiwahia hut.
Good campsite is on the saddle just south of Maungamahua & there is a freshwater spring there off the western side of it.

Always deer up there, if you get the good weather its magic up there especially if you get it to yourself.

Exactly. The Maungahuia end of the sub range is lower for early spring and I used to hunt it quite a bit late winter. Go up Deadman's track and hunt through the Maungahuia saddle and follow the scrub edge looking into the Orua. There is another good route up there that follows the Mangoira stream off the end of Bowling Rd. We cut tracks up there for meat hunting but it takes a bit of explaining.