Kathy Ombler descends the Neill–Winchcombe route. Photo: Shaun Barnett

Tackling the Neill-Winchcombe

September 2022

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With access to the famous Southern Crossing hampered by a large slip on the access road, a different Tararua route pioneered 93 years ago has come back into vogue. Wilderness tackles the ‘Neill–Winchcombe’.

Maps show it as ‘Neill Ridge’, but for as long as I can remember, trampers have called it the ‘Neill–Winchcombe’. Running east to west, the ridge provides a direct line across the Tararua Range from Cone to Mt Hector. In the early days of tramping, the Greytown–Mt Hector Track Committee briefly contemplated using the ridge […]
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