Cattle Ridge Hut, a welcome from the wind. Photo: Shaun Barnett/Black Robin Photography

Cattle Ridge Hut, Tararua Forest Park

January 2019

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Steepest in the Tararuas

I began the climb to Cattle Ridge Hut with the ominous words of one of my companions ringing in my ears: it’s the steepest* track in the Tararuas. While some reach the hut in one long day, our group of five – all Wilderness contributors – were in no rush because foul weather was battering […]
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