DOC has said that a slip on the Dart Track between Daleys Flat Hut and Chinamans Bluff has made the Rees-Dart circuit impassable for trampers. Rangers have assessed the slip and the Dart Track is ‘closed indefinitely.’

Plus, tramper missing for 19 days found in Kahurangi hut, adventurer carrying kilos of rubbish the length of New Zealand, 80 campers trapped at Puriri Bay after massive slip and more in this week’s The World Outdoors.

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High above the Waiohine River, Carkeek stands at the heart of what was once a dense network of cullers’ tracks scoring the ridges and valleys. They’re mostly lost to the bush now, but volunteer efforts have kept enough routes viable that the six-bunk Carkeek Hut is still a classic destination.

The hut was originally built in 1962-63 as a standard S70 deer-culling hut by the New Zealand Forest Service. In February of 2022 the hut received a new roof and a leaking window was fixed. Read more about the repairs from the Backcountry Trust.

Whether it’s over a weekend for a ‘Carkeek Picnic’ or the more standard four to five day route, you’ll traverse some of the Tararua’s finest tops and goblin forests to reach this gem.

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