Thread: An uneventful walk in the Kaimais

Originally Posted by Ricochet

I've been up to Kauritatahi Hut and back in a day as well as trying to find a short cut down I turned it into a 25km nightmare. Beautiful walk though, might stretch it into a 2 dayer next time though.

Lines up with what I just learned Ricochet -

One of the hunters we met on Saturday afternoon around midday - about halfway across the North/South track to the stairway called me this arvo about 5pm - they had just got home
They got to Kauritatahi Hut at 7PM on Saturday - reckoned it was very hard work climbing out of the third creek up onto the top - a number of very narrow ledges with steep drop-offs - when they got to the top they had to go further North to get to Thompsons Track and then go round and climb again going South to the hut - hope I got that right
Sunday - pea soup fog but got out for two hours and saw a couple of deer
They got a call from a mate early this morning and were told to get out quick due to incoming weather - they went back to Thompsons Track and decided to go over the West side - very slippery on the hard clay surfaces - had to get someone to go round the other side and pick them up
They said the trip was a bloody nightmare - hard country, wet weather and didn’t shoot any animals