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SUMMARY:1000Acres Plateau and Haystack
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DESCRIPTION:Note trip has been rescheduled to depart a day later based on forecast. Fri
 day night start now.\nBest to start on Thursday evening after work, around 
 5pm from Richmond, drive to Matiri Road end (1 3/4 hrs) and walk into Lake 
 Matiri Hut (standard, 8 bunks), 1- 1 1/2 hrs.\nFriday climb up to Larrikin 
 Creek Hut, 6 hrs, partly very steep! Explore the plateau for the rest of th
 e day, or climb Mt Misery if time allows.\n(For people who can't leave on T
 hursday night, they could leave early on Friday and meet us at Larrikin Hut
 )\nStay 2 nights at Larrikin Hut. On Saturday, we'll explore the plateau an
 d haystack. I have been to the hut, but not to the Haystack etc (due to bad
  weather). I'm sure we'll manage to work it out togther! I'm aiming to comb
 ine the Needle and the Haystack as a Saturday day tramp. If people rather j
 ust want to spend time to explore the plateau instead, they are welcome to 
 do so.\nWalk back out and drive home on Sunday.\nDoC info:\n"The hut is a g
 ood base for exploring the striking landscape features of the Devils Dining
  Table (or the Hundred Acre Plateau as it is also known) and the mudstone p
 eaks of The Needle and The Haystack. To reach the Hundred Acre Plateau clim
 b the bushy gully to the north of the hut to a tussock basin with tarns. Si
 dle west out of the basin onto the plateau. On the western rim is a bump ca
 lled Mt Misery. Its a good vantage point to survey the vast Mokihinui water
 shed to the west. The Needle can be climbed either from the plateau or by c
 ontinuing to the ridge above the tarns. Spectacular views of the Matiri pla
 teau, Mokihinui watershed and the broken limestone Matiri Range are the rew
 ard. For the agile a ridge traverse is possible from The Needle to The Hays
 tack although there are some scrambly notches on the narrow ridge and shoul
 d only be attempted with good visibility."\nI am intending to combine both 
 trips, the Needle and the Hackstack into a long day loop,  from Larrikin Hu
 t, on Saturday.\nWe'll need to carry some tents/mats, as Larrikin has only 
 4 bunks.\nIn accordance with the club's new Covid guidelines under red ligh
 t, drivers please indicate if you want to allow double vaxxed passengers on
 ly in your cars.\nSee link for a good report and pix:\nhttps://tinytramper.
 com/1000-acre-plateau/\n\n This event was imported from: https://live.nelso
 ntrampingclub.org.nz/events/1039/1000acres-plateau-and-haystack?tmpl=compon
 ent
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Note trip has been rescheduled to depart a day later based on forecast. 
 Friday night start now.</p><p>Best to start on Thursday evening after work,
  around 5pm from Richmond, drive to Matiri Road end (1 3/4 hrs) and walk in
 to Lake Matiri Hut (standard, 8 bunks), 1- 1 1/2 hrs.</p><p>Friday climb up
  to Larrikin Creek Hut, 6 hrs, partly very steep! Explore the plateau for t
 he rest of the day, or climb Mt Misery if time allows.</p><p>(For people wh
 o can't leave on Thursday night, they could leave early on Friday and meet 
 us at Larrikin Hut)</p><p>Stay 2 nights at Larrikin Hut. On Saturday, we'll
  explore the plateau and haystack. I have been to the hut, but not to the H
 aystack etc (due to bad weather). I'm sure we'll manage to work it out togt
 her! I'm aiming to combine the Needle and the Haystack as a Saturday day tr
 amp. If people rather just want to spend time to explore the plateau instea
 d, they are welcome to do so.</p><p>Walk back out and drive home on Sunday.
 </p><p>DoC info:</p><p>"The hut is a good base for exploring the striking l
 andscape features of the Devils Dining Table (or the Hundred Acre Plateau a
 s it is also known) and the mudstone peaks of The Needle and The Haystack. 
 To reach the Hundred Acre Plateau climb the bushy gully to the north of the
  hut to a tussock basin with tarns. Sidle west out of the basin onto the pl
 ateau. On the western rim is a bump called Mt Misery. Its a good vantage po
 int to survey the vast Mokihinui&nbsp;watershed to the west. The Needle can
  be climbed either from the plateau or by continuing to the ridge above the
  tarns. Spectacular views of the Matiri plateau, Mokihinui watershed and th
 e broken limestone Matiri Range are the reward. For the agile a ridge trave
 rse is possible from The Needle to The Haystack although there are some scr
 ambly notches on the narrow ridge and should only be attempted with good vi
 sibility."</p><p>I am intending to combine both trips, the Needle and the H
 ackstack into a long day loop,&nbsp; from Larrikin Hut, on Saturday.</p><p>
 We'll need to carry some tents/mats, as Larrikin has only 4 bunks.</p><p>In
  accordance with the club's new Covid guidelines under red light, drivers p
 lease indicate if you want to allow double vaxxed passengers only in your c
 ars.</p><p>See link for a good report and pix:</p><p><a href="https://tinyt
 ramper.com/1000-acre-plateau/">https://tinytramper.com/1000-acre-plateau/</
 a></p><p></p> <a href="https://live.nelsontrampingclub.org.nz/events/1039/1
 000acres-plateau-and-haystack?tmpl=component">This event was imported from:
  https://live.nelsontrampingclub.org.nz/events/1039/1000acres-plateau-and-h
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