Harpers pass - Camp before Harpers Bivvy

18km 7hrs mostly sunny day

We had planned on an easy day today, start off with a soak in the hot pools and an easy 10km to huranui no3 hut. We achieved the former but arriving at at the no3 hut which was a but smelly at 1230 we made the decision to push on to harpers bivvy.

The track as far as Cameron hut was OK, some lovely walking on the river flats and some tricky forest bits with mud and fallen trees. After the hut though it was mostly in the forest with lots more trees to climb over.

After Cameron hut there was a 3 wire bridge. I had a go at it and got out over the river before I got all wobbly and had to go back. Luckily the stream was only ankle deep.

Eventually with about 3km to go to the bivvy we decided to drop down off the track toward the river and set up camp there. The bivvy is only a 2 person shelter so we would be putting up one tent anyway and neither the bivvy nor Cameron hut has a toilet so we figured with the weather being so nice we will be just as happy camped by the river.Leggi altro