3074.5 / 3074.5 km 100.0% Stirling Point, Bluff, Southern Terminus of Te Araroa
Tuesday, February 13, 2024 9:07 pm
Location: St Arnaud / Alpine Lodge (2000.9 km)

After a hard two weeks to start the South Island, I took a break in the small town of St Arnaud.

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First View of the Wairau River
Monday, February 12, 2024 8:43 pm
Location: St Arnaud / Alpine Lodge (2000.9 km)

The last day in the Richmond Range, I followed an easy mountain bike track and roads to the small town of St Arnaud.

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Sunday, February 11, 2024 9:16 pm
Location: Red Hills Hut (1980.1 km)

My penultimate day in the Richmonds took me across several large stream valleys on the way to Red Hills Hut.

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Wairoa River
Saturday, February 10, 2024 8:07 pm
Location: Hunters Hut (1961.9 km)

In an exercise in tedium, the trail slogged its way from Mid Wairoa Hut to Hunters Hut.

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Mt. Rintoul
Friday, February 9, 2024 9:34 pm
Location: Mid Wairoa Hut (1944.8 km)

My third day in the RIchmond Range took me mostly downhill, to a hut on the Wairoa River.

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