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Mt Hope. Trip now Full.Kahurangi National Park
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Sunday 16 April 2023 Cost: $
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Trip Leader: Andrea Cockerton
Email: Phone: 0220408500 |
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Mout Hope is 1244m. Route Description below.. Trip will be running on Sunday Still a few more places if you are keen. UPDATE : Space for one more to fill two cars. Unless we get another carload! The route, marked by orange plastic triangles, begins as a vehicle track through broom and blackberry, before quickly climbing steeply up a spur through forest mainly consisting of red, hard and silver beech, with a scattering of podocarps like halls totara and miro. After approx. 2 km the gradient of the spur lessens, and the surrounding bush transitions to a coarser, shorter mix of kanuka, yellow silver pine and celery pine. At 1000 m elevation, you’ll reach the beginning of the ‘tops’, which are an undulating mix of stunted mountain beech and kanuka, and tussock and sub-alpine scrub. The track is sandy underfoot, indicative of the underlying granite geology. The route continues to the left (southwest), climbing through patchy mountain beech and passing the intriguingly-shaped granite boulders that dot the landscape. Towards the summit the route markers are less frequent; there is a lightly-worn path through the subalpine scrub though in places it’s a case of picking your own way. The summit is not immediately obvious, though you should aim for the visibly highest point. The summit is marked by a metal pipe trig and small cairn.
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Registrations are now closed
Number Registered: 8 , Waiting List Space: 0
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