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Apiti Track - Pohangina Valley 11-12 December
This interesting circuit took us, by way of some serious scrub-bashing, to Apiti Saddle. Saturday - Up the Apiti Track from the Ngamoko Road to the Ruahine Range and down to Leon Kinvig Hut. Then down the Pohangina River to Ngamoko Hut. Sunday - Up Ngamoko Creek to Apiti Saddle and up on to the ridgeline above. Then down to the Mangatewainui River and up to the track that leads onto the Apiti Track. Then back down the Apiti Track to the road end.
Typical eastern Ruahine foothill country along the Apiti Track
Approaching the Main Range
Wild, windy Ruahine tops above Leon Kinvig Hut
Pohangina River - at least the water was warm.
Plenty of eels though!
Typical Pohangina River travel
Owen takes a break
Easy peasy
Ngamoko Hut
A significant memorial
Ngamoko Creek, below the falls
Scrambling up a cascade in Ngamoko Creek
Local wildlife, Ngamoko Creek.
Ngamoko Creek headwaters near Apiti Saddle. Luckily there're no crocodiles or snakes in NZ!
Apiti Saddle duckpond
Apiti Saddle. Scrub-bashing country
