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Waikiti Hut -Rochfort Basin, 20-21 February 2016

Great weekend to escape NW-ridden Christchurch, to breathe some west coast air and to explore delightfully overgrown forestry service routes in a seldom visited catchment. Team: James Thornton and Nina Dickerhof
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Waikiti Hut flats with giant olearia.
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Waikiti Hut flats with giant olearia.

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  • Rough travel up the Waikiti to Waikiti Hut.
  • Impressive Waikiti gorge.
  • Wild Waikiti.
  • Wild Waikiti.
  • Almost at the hut and looking for firewood.
  • Waikiti Hut.
  • Waikiti Hut flats with giant olearia.
  • Bushbashing up a spur on the true left of Logjam Creek the next morning. Later we found out that there is a good marked trail in the vicinity.
  • Atmospehric views at bushline.
  • Sidling to the saddle with Rochfort Basin/Crane Creek.
  • Overlooking Rochfort Basin.
  • Descending to Rochfort Basin.
  • On the far end of the basin about to start a long bushbash down Crane Creek to the road.
  • Having failed to locate the very overgrown permolat route we opted for the riverbed. Further downvalley the trail became followable again.
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