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Wed 16 Sep, 2015 10:20 pm
One challenge you will have is river crossings. NZ rivers are big and dangerous especially in November.
l suggest sticking to traoks with bridges.
The Great walks generally have bridges but some are removed over winter to avoid avelanche damage and may not be back yet.
Tappy No. Travels -Sabine yes,
Wed 16 Sep, 2015 10:24 pm
One challenge you will have is river crossings. NZ rivers are big and dangerous especially in November.
l suggest sticking to tracks with bridges.
The Great walks generally have bridges but some are removed over winter to avoid avelanche damage and may not be back yet. Check with DOC.
Tappy No. Travers -Sabine yes,
If you use the specialist hikers' bus services, they will probably store gear for you. I've also left gear at accomodation - typically youth hostels.
James Mc
Thu 17 Sep, 2015 4:33 am
bridges are usually all back on the great walks at the end of otober
Thu 17 Sep, 2015 7:12 am
JamesMc wrote:
If you use the specialist hikers' bus services, they will probably store gear for you. I've also left gear at accomodation - typically youth hostels.
James Mc
tracknet (a hiker bus service operating around queenstown/te anau) even delivered some of my gear for me. They picked me up at the end of the Routeburn, took me straight to the Hollyford and took some excess gear with them to store at their office in Te Anau (or maybe it was a hostel in Te Anau and they dropped it their for me - I can't remember). Still it was very nice of them.
Wed 23 Sep, 2015 5:58 pm
Thanks for all the input guys!
Appreciate it
Just got back from doing Abel Tasman walk. Was absolutely beautiful even though it rained half the time.
Now in Nelson trying to work out logistics of doing Heaphy track and Travers Sabine. As it's still winter time not many buses go those ways.
Wed 23 Sep, 2015 6:02 pm
there's currently avalanche danger in nelson lakes
discuss your trip intentions with DOC before entering the park and finalising your trip details
http://www.avalanche.net.nz/forecasts/detail.asp?m=7
Sat 17 Oct, 2015 12:37 pm
there's still considerable avalanche danger on the routeburn and will be for several weeks.
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