Adventure Magazine
Issue 230, February/March 2022
Issue 230, February/March 2022
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WHAKAPAPAITI<br />
VALLEY TRACK<br />
What a difference a day makes...<br />
Words and images by Lynne Dickinson and Vicki Knell<br />
“Unbridged river crossing - it may not be<br />
possible to cross safely when the river is<br />
high following or during rainfall.”<br />
The forecast was for clearing weather;<br />
however, it had been raining fairly steadily<br />
for the past few days and as we drove to<br />
Whakapapa Village the air was still heavy<br />
with moisture. There are two ways into<br />
Whakapapaiti Hut, either via Whakapapaiti<br />
Valley, which was the route we had<br />
planned, but also the one that required<br />
the said river crossing, or from 5km up the<br />
Bruce Road from Whakapapa Village.<br />
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