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Tararua Range·Medium

Cooling off at Kaitoke

16 January 2021 · Eastern Hutt Hut, Tararua Forest Park

First view from the top of the 4WD track. Photo credit: Aimee

Morning tea by the bridge. Photo credit: Aimee.

Over the bridge we went, one at a time. Photo credit: Aimee.

An encouraging sign to help us get up the second hill. Photo credit: Aimee.

Matt is pleased the climbing is over! Photo credit: Tony S.

In the river at last! Photo credit: Tony S.

Finding some side trails makes the going a bit quicker. Photo credit: Tony S.

Mandatory hut bagging photo. Photo credit: Aimee.

A very big sign telling us not to stay at the hut. Photo credit: Matt.

Matt was first in for a swim, and we were all quick to follow! Photo credit: Tony S.

Anne and Matt contemplate the beginning of the “gorge”. We avoided the smaller hill on the way out by staying in the river. Photo credit: Tony S.

There were lots of deep pools to swim through in the gorge. Lots of fun on a hot summers day, but not a place you would want to be when the river levels are high or it is cold… Photo credit: Tony S.

Near the beginning of the gorge there was a log jam, with some conveniently placed logs to balance on. Thanks to Tony S for a helping hand getting over these! Photo credit: Tony S.

Jamie demonstrates good packfloating technique! Photo credit: Tony S.

Matt did an excellent job of finding a way through the gorge and leading us back out to the bridge. Photo credit: Tony S.

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About this record

Sources: Website, Club sheet
Reference: sheet row 348
Text from: Website post
Date confidence: high
Notes: url: https://wtmc.org.nz/trip-report/cooling-off-at-kaitoke/
Website: https://wtmc.org.nz/trip-report/cooling-off-at-kaitoke/
Archive file: archive/reports/2021-01-16_cooling-off-at-kaitoke/report.md
Record id: 2021-01-16_cooling-off-at-kaitoke