• Tramping

    Waiopehu Circuit

    A simple yet solid overnight loop, with a sleepover at a well-configured subalpine hut with sweeping views. You can walk this loop in either direction but anticlockwise is more forgiving. This direction has the advantage of getting you to the hut sooner, with more time for traversing Gable End Ridge on the second and longest day. Day 1: Waiopehu Hut via Waiopehu Ridge From Poads Road, cross easy farmland for just over 1km. Turn right onto Waiopehu Track and take slightly over an hour to gain the ridgetop junction with Six Discs Track. The climb isn’t unduly steep and is…