NW Ruahines Waitangi Extended 2-6 February

Friday, 02 February 2018

The first steep grunt starts at the carpark

Marcia and Sue Pause for a rest at the start of the sidle into Mokai Saddle

Getting to the waterfall in the unknown takes a bit of scrambling

Waterfall worshippers

Getting back takes a bit of scrambling too

Bridge over Unknown at start of track to Colenso

New Maropea bridge at Ironbark

Marcia snapped this ruru along the track to Colenso

Descending to the Mangatera River where the track has slipped away

Waterfall in the Mangatera

Lake Colenso

A couple took the easy - but expensive - way to Colenso Hut

Part of the track from Colenso to the Unknown is a steep natural staircase

Lake Colenso from track to the Unknown Campsite

How track maintenance crews used to deal with windfalls

Camping in the Unknown

Old NZFS, newer NZFS ... and DOC

Lunch stop on Puketaramea

Otukota Hut

Climbing Bruce Spur to Mokai Patea Range

Miracle Biv

Mokai Station high country

Our 44km circuit