Ikawatea Forks is a remote hut!  Its sits at the forks of Ikawatea stream and Apias Creek in the northern Ruahines.  Its Whio territory. Sleeps: Six Heating: Open fire Camping: Not much, the clearing was blasted from the bush

A comfortable hut in a stunning location.  Lake Colenso is well worth a visit and the tramping around here is superb. Sleeps: Around 10 on platforms Heating: Corker cooker Camping:  You will be able to find some in the general vicinity.

Maropea Forks is in a stunning location and this central part of the range offers some of the finest tramping in the North Island. Sleeps: Six Heating: Corker cooker Camping: Yes, the Maropea is a superb camping valley

This hut has now burned down and been replaced.  It was a large hut, half of which was locked at the end of Table Flat road in the Orua catchment.  A great friday night destination only 20min from a safe carpark, with some neat tramping on the Ngamoko range.

Iron Gates is the next hut up the Orua from Heritage Lodge.  Sleeps: Six Heating: Corker cooker Camping: Yes the Orua is a good camping valley

Longview is just up the hill from Moorcock saddle.  A fit person should be up there in an hour or less.  Great views of the Central Hawkes Bay, but the wind can be pretty strong round here too. Sleeps: About 12 or 14 on two platforms Heating: Gas on tap Camping: No

Leon Kinvig was a deer culler who drowned in the Pohangina in the 1960s.  The hut named after him is superb, and this branch of the Pohangina is a superb summer trip. Sleeps: 10 on two platforms Heating: Open fire Camping: A small amount near the hut.

A gem of a four-bunker in the lower Mangatera. Sleeps: Four Heating: Open fire Camping: Yes, good camping around the hut

A cosy hut high in the Orua river.  Best reached via Rangiwahia and Triangle spur. Sleeps: Six Heating: Corker cooker Camping: A little around the hut

One of the HeretaungaTramping clubs yellow and blue huts.  The Waikamaka valley is superb Ruahine tramping, and in spring a short walk up valley to the bushedge will reveal a garden of alpine flowers. Sleeps: 10 or so on two platforms. Heating: Pot belly Camping: You will find some