From Pararaki Hut to Pararaki Summit via Haurangi N-S track
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Distance: 1.7 km (2.0 DOC hours) - Tramping track - Easy-moderate terrain
Altitude: 0m to 679m. Gain: 297m. Loss: 679m . Gradient: 38 deg (Moderate-hard)
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The track to Washpool climbs the ridge directly behind Pararaki Hut – 550m to the top and I felt every meter of it. A well marked, well cut track but a relentless gradient: the first 200m bloody steep, the rest merely steep. However, glimpse views from the climb, and a good clearing at the top the top look out along the coast past Lake Ferry and Ocean Beech and across to the Seaward Kaikouras - snow-capped with fire in the evening sun. There’s even cellphone coverage at the summit – the only point on the trip. You can decide if that’s a good or bad thing.

Cruise tape (flagging / marker tape to you northerners) wrapped round a tree near the summit marks the turn off along the ridge towards Sutherlands Hut.

Last updated by: Madpom at 2014-08-11 04:04:40
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