Dundas Hut has a palpable sense of isolation by Tararua standards.  Nestled on a bench 200m below the main range and surrounded by steep country and vigorous leatherwood growth. Sleeps: 6 Heating: The burner has been removed, so it is an ice box. Camping: No.

Eastern Hutt hut lies within the catchment area for Wellingtons water supply and as such cannot be used as an overnight destination.  Day trips only please. Sleeps: 6 if you must know but you're not allowed! Heating: A potbelly, that you won't need to use for your lunchbreak anyway. Camping: Why would you ask?

Herepai hut is 1.5-3 hrs from Putara roadend and is a good friday night destination for exploring Dundas ridge and the headwaters of the Ruamahanga, it is also the first hut on the modern Putara-Kaitoke (P-K) trip.  A Tararua rite of passage is a weekend P-K. Sleeps: 12 on two bench bunks. Heating: A potbelly. Camping: No.

Booking is required for this roadend facility.  It is located beyond the carpark at Mt Holdsworth. Sleeps: A million?? Heating: Potbelly. Camping: Almost unlimited. 

Situated at the bush edge below Jumbo peak.  Part of the popular Holdsworth-Jumbo loop. Sleeps: 24 on bench bunks. Heating: Potbelly, coal available in winter (gas for cooking though). Camping: Uncomfortable camping is available nearby, great tops camping is available on the ridge towards Angle Knob and Mcgregor from the ...

Powell-Jumbo Loop   Joe Prebble (scribe)  Ben Clark, Richard Davies   A fairly light sleep in Powell Hut on Friday night, as a group from the Wainui Christian College shared bad jokes and saliva into the night. Not helped much by their teacher, who took a Ned Flanders approach to discipline, attempting to pull them into ...

Neil Winchcombe Ridge Loop 18-20 November 2005  A while in the planning we set out on a sunny Friday evening after work with a goal: Cone Hut Friday night then Kime or Alpha via Winchombe ridge on Saturday and back out via Bull Mound on Sunday. After a quick stop at a local F & C shop we headed off in Alyn’s car to Walls Whare ...

(posted on behalf of Craig Scott) Hello I am too slack to go away to the Ruahine’s this weekend.  I don’t really have any good excuses either So in light of my amazing slackness I am organising a quick jaunt around the Tararuas! We will leave tonight drive up to Kapiti From there we will take the track up ...