Ten trips in the Takitimu Mountains

March 2016

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March 2016

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Takitimu Conservation Area, Southland Treasured by Southland trampers, the Takitimu Mountains stand in Fiordland’s rain shadow, which makes them a good destination when the weather’s bad to the west. But don’t underestimate them; this is a range of dissected valleys and craggy tops that rises to 1650m. It features marked but unformed tracks in most […]

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