Rangitata River to Lake Ohau - Te Araroa (Part 18)
My 3000km walk along the length of New Zealand continues. This five day section of the trail takes me from the huge, braided Rangitata River to Lake Ohau in the Mackenzie Basin. From the Bush Stream Carpark at the Rangitata River, I follow Bush Stream up the valley, with multiple waist deep river crossings, into Te Kahui Kaupeka Conservation Park. After a very steep 500m climb from the stream up to Crooked Spur Hut, I climb up an unnamed saddle, before descending back to Bush Stream and Stone Hut. I spend the night at Stone Hut, before continuing up the valley to Royal Hut (the halfway point of the South Island section of the trail). Here, the climb to Stag Saddle begins. This is the highest point on the Te Araroa Trail at 1925m above sea level. There are amazing views over Lake Tekapo and Mt Cook National Park walking down the ridge to Camp Stream Hut and then on to Lilybank Road near Lake Tekapo. The next day, I road walk into Tekapo Village, where I have a rest day before following part of the Alps to Ocean Cycle Trail for 85km for the next two days, all the way across the Mackenzie Basin to Lake Ohau, via Lake Pukaki and Twizel.
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Chapters:
0:00 Rangitata River to Stone Hut
6:50 Stone Hut to Lilybank Road (via Stag Saddle)
16:30 Lilybank Road to Lake Tekapo Village
19:07 Lake Tekapo Rest Day
19:14 Lake Tekapo Village to Lake Pukaki
23:15 Lake Pukaki to Lake Ohau
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Gorgeous photography, the places I can go to no more, thanks so much
@onthetrailnz
Жыл бұрын
Thanks - I'm glad you enjoyed it! Definitely an amazing place.
Good shots of the river crossing, pleased to see people linked together.
@onthetrailnz
Жыл бұрын
Yeah that was definitely an interesting few crossings! We only had one person swept away, but managed to get them out okay!
Brilliant scenery, wicked effort on those long days and snow covered mountain pass. Drone shots are awesome too!!
@onthetrailnz
Жыл бұрын
Yeah that was definitely one of my favourite sections of the trail!
Over 40kms in a single day is a good stroll, well done JP. love the drone shots, beautiful. Look forward to viewing the next part of the journey.
@onthetrailnz
Жыл бұрын
Yeah definitely wears you out a bit doing a few 40+ km days!
Awesome series of videos from your TA! Planning to hike the south island as well next year! Would you recommend bringing a drone on the TA or is it not worth carying the weight? I have a DJI mini 3 so it’s not that heavy, but it’s quite bulky in its bag
@onthetrailnz
3 ай бұрын
Thanks!! Personally, I would probably not recommend carrying it. I took mine (at that time DJI Mini 2 - now I have the Mini 3 Pro) for a few of the shorter sections where my parents were able to drop if off to me at the start of the section and pick it up at the end. But it would be very annoying to have to carry through the longer sections where you need to have more food like the Richmond’s or the Waiau Pass
Loving the scenery you are showing us. Thank you. Can I ask - With your long distance you don't seem to have any problems with your feet. Do you do anything in particular to help with that?
@onthetrailnz
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it! At the very beginning of the trail, I definitely had a few blisters, but by the end of the Auckland region they stopped being an issue. At the beginning, I used Hiker's Wool in my socks, which seemed to stop the rubbing.
What time of year did you do the SI? Also, what are you using to track mileage and elevation gains? Great posts btw
@onthetrailnz
10 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching! I started the South Island mid-February and finished mid-April. I used an Apple Watch SE to track everything, which worked well. It did need charging quite a lot though.