Wednesday March 6, 2024Distance/ Total: 12.4 km / 7.7 mi After the long day yesterday I slept great last night. I slept so good I didn’t wake up until 7:12am. We had plans to go to the local patisserie (French for bakery) which had rave reviews from other hikers. The reviews were correct and the food was fantastic. A great […]

Tuesday March 5, 2024Distance/ Total: 34.1 km / 21.2 mi We were up and on the trail pretty early this morning. We had a little rain on the hit last night, but looking out this morning we just barely escaped the snow. The frost line was just a few meters above Stody’s Hut. The trail from the hut was on […]

Monday March 4, 2024Distance/ Total: 13.6 km / 8.5 mi The wind was crazy last night. There were gust that would shake the whole hut. In addition to the wind, the rain started about 3:00am. It was still raining in the morning. Since it was raining no one started moving around in the hut until about 7:30 am. The people […]

Sunday March 3, 2024Distance/ Total: 28.3 km / 17.6 mi Shaun and I were up and on the trail by 7:30am this morning. Today didn’t look like a difficult hike and started out walking down the valley toward Ahuriri River. The trail down the valley was flat and followed a farm road towards the river. Crossing the Ahuriri river could […]

Saturday March 2, 2024Distance/ Total: 24.6 km / 15.3 mi We were up early this morning but still had trouble getting an early start. We started down the trail about 7:50am. The trail followed the highway for a couple of kilometers before turning off onto a single track trail alongside Lake Ōhau. Another couple of kilometers and it turned away […]

Friday March 1, 2024Distance/ Total: 29.1 km / 18.1 mi We didn’t get all our town chores done last night and had to take some extra time this morning to pick up a few more things at the grocery store and charge up our electronics. We finally headed out of town a little after 9:00am. The trail continued to follow […]

Thursday February 29, 2024Distance/ Total: 22.5 km / 14.0 mi The cloud cover cleared overnight and it got very cold. After getting to bed late we slept in and climbing out of the tent in the morning I could see in the daylight the campsite just a few hundred yards down the trail. Well at least we got close. We […]

Wednesday February 28, 2024Distance/ Total: 31.9 km / 19.8 mi I slept in this morning knowing that I had a late night planned. Shaun and I spent the morning charging our electronics and washing our laundry. We headed into town about noon and grabbed some food at the local cafe’, picked up some last minute items at the grocery store […]

Tuesday February 27, 2024Distance/ Total: 33.9 km / 21.1 mi Shaun and I had another long day planned and we’re up on the trail at 7:15am. The trail from camp stream hut was one of the best defined trails I have seen in quite awhile on the Te Araroa Trail. The trail led along Camp Stream through lowland meadows. There […]

Monday February 26, 2024Distance/ Total: 30.2 km / 18.8 mi Shaun and I were up and on the trail about 7:10am. The trail from Crooked Spur Hut was a steady climb for 500m (1500’). This was a steep climb at times and the trail was through tussock fields making the route a little harder to find at times. The views […]