Iron Gate Hut has 10 bunks. Photo: Shaun Barnett/Black Robin Photography

Iron Gate Hut via Tunupō, Ruahine Forest Park 

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A satisfying round trip along this high Ruahine range with a night at a five-year-old hut.

The track begins somewhat incongruously through a wrought-iron gate, a literal symbol of the Iron Gates Gorge in the valley below.  Following the line of an old milling road, the wide track leads to an attractive arched bridge across Umutoi Stream. After a short, steady climb though beech forest, the signposted junction with the Tunupō […]
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