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Iron Gate Hut, Ruahine Forest Park

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Hazel Phillips is an alpine adventurer and the author of Fire & Ice, Solo, and Great Hearts.

By Hazel Phillips

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September 2022

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Hazel Phillips is an alpine adventurer and the author of Fire & Ice, Solo, and Great Hearts.

By Hazel Phillips

Wander deep into the western side of the Ruahine Range for a top-quality stay at a plush hut.

The start of the track to Iron Gate Hut is only an hour from Palmerston North and it’s an easy(ish) four- to five-hour tramp to the hut. Parking at the Petersons Road end is plentiful; don’t be alarmed at the number of cars here as the Iron Gates Gorge is a popular day-trip destination. There’s […]

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Hazel Phillips

Hazel Phillips is an alpine adventurer and the author of Fire & Ice, Solo, and Great Hearts. A firm believer that ‘you can’t be what you can’t see’, she’s passionate about representation in the outdoors. She is a self-confessed Ruapehu addict, and she’s never met a topo map she didn’t get along with.

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