On Scottys Saddle with Tara Tama behind. Photo: Pat Barrett

Tara Tama, Westland

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At 1854m, Tara Tama is not high by Southern Alps standards, but with over 1600m of vertical ascent along a tortuous ridge, you may see why this remote outlier of the Main Divide is seldom climbed.

For all that, March provides a period when rivers are low, the weather is more settled and a little cooler for high, open tops travel. From SH73, the easy track follows the Taipo River until just before Dillons Homestead Hut, where the river must be forded – a challenge that can end the trip before […]

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