Te Araroa Trail – Day 116

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 […]

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Te Araroa Trail – Day 115

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 […]

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Te Araroa Trail – Day 114

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 […]

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Te Araroa Trail – Day 113

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 […]

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Te Araroa Trail – Day 112

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 […]

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Te Araroa Trail – Day 111

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 […]

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Te Araroa Trail – Day 110

Sunday February 25, 2024Distance/ Total: 10.2 km / 6.3 mi Today was a Nero (near zero) day as we made arrangements to get shuttled around the Rangitata River, the second of the two braided rivers we had to detour around. I had sent an email last night to Jenny at Peel Forest Farmstay to see if they could provide a […]

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Te Araroa Trail – Day 109

Saturday February 24, 2024Distance/ Total: 37.5 km / 23.3 mi I woke about 6:30am and started moving my gear outside the hut to pack up. Shaun was already up and packed and started down the trail early. I packed up and was a few minutes behind him. The trail left the hut and followed the valley on a 4WD road. […]

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Te Araroa Trail – Day 107

Thursday February 22, 2024Distance/ Total: 0 km / 0 mi The Te Araroa Trail has 2 interruptions caused by braided rivers. A braided river is a very wide river created by loose shale that has washed down from the mountains to form it’s base. The river then “finds” it’s way through the rocks in multiple channels and is constantly being […]

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