Highlight:
Shelter and a hut. Complete with a foot wash station! At 'standard' hut $5/night price this feels like pretty good value.
Challenge:
The track took a little bit longer.
- more mud underfoot,
- heaver bag
- wet weather...
- lack of fitness?
Learning:
We shared the hut with a couple of DOC staff and volunteers. They were there to propagating seeds of Dactylanthus taylorii / Wood Rose - a rare and endangered parasitic flowering plant, can be found on the ridges of Mt Pirongia.
Summary:
| Metric | Info |
|---|---|
| Day | 298 |
| Start | Eureka |
| Finish | Pahuatea hut |
| Km | 11.2 |
| Meters climbed | 1,054 |
| Moving time | 3:59 |
| Terrain | White out |
| Lunch | Dumplings |
| Accommodation | Hut |