Tararua Footprints Classic Routes

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Classic Tararua Routes

Dundas Circuit Mangatainoka, Herepai, Ruapae, Dundas, Cattle Ridge, Roaring Stag circuit
Holdsworth Kaitoke Holdsworth Road-end, Totara flats Cone, Tauwharenīkau Valley to Kaitoke Road-end
Mt Holdsworth Jumbo Circuit Holdsworth Jumbo Te Whakatūrākau circuit

Major crossings

Bannister Crossing 20.7 Bannister Crossing
Holdsworth Mitre Crossing 20.9 The Holdsworth to Mitre major Tararua Range crossing
Main Range Crossing 20.8 The Tararua Main Range north to south major Tararua Range crossing
Middle Crossing 20.5 The Middle Crossing major crossing of the Tararua Ranges
Northern Crossing 20.6 Northern Crossing major crossing of the Tararua Ranges
Renata Alpha Crossing 20.1 Renata Alpoha major crossing of the Tararua Ranges
Southern Crossing 20.2. 20.3, 20.4 Southern Crossing major crossing of the Tararua Ranges

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"It is easy for a person to find courage, when he has law and assistance at his back, but be alone and beyond assistance, near the camp of savages, you will find how fleeting courage is."

Patrick Q Caples, on being the first European to reach Martins Bay, solo, and seeing the smoke [of Tutoko's camp] across the river.

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Tararua Footprints Classic Routes

Classic Tararua Routes

Major crossings