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Sidewalks: Waihianoa River Gorge.
About 45 minute further on from the Rangipo Hut
you come across the Waihianoa Gorge, one of the
mountain’s largest valleys. It’s an impressive sight;
it is steep (it drops nearly 200m in just over 300m
and climbs another 150m) and the ground uneven
to say the least. It’s bleak, exposed and somewhat
intimidating and makes you realise the force of
nature. It takes approximately an hour to cross what
is referred to by some as “the Grand Canyon,” which
upon seeing I can understand why.
One of the advantages of visiting as a day trip was
that we did not need to cross as we were heading
back at to the Rangipo Hut, so we were able to
explore at our own comfort and appreciate the
grandeur from up high.
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