Category: the Routeburn Track

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the Routeburn Track

23 Jan, 2015

Summer :-)

A few days ago, we both ran the track in a moderate storm. We were wet 5 minutes into our run and it rained all day. The highest temperature at the Harris Saddle was...

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the Routeburn Track

24 Nov, 2014

the Harris Saddle

After 4 days of track closure, Kiyomi ran the Routeburn and took this photo of a section of the Harris Saddle. Almost no snow after several days of rain.

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the Routeburn Track

24 Nov, 2014

Spring

2 weeks ago, the track was looking quite white. Then there was a series of big snow storms which closed the track for 4 days. The snow has been rained off and the track...

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Mike and Kiyomi are both passionate about the New Zealand environment.

Kiyomi has worked as a guide on the Routeburn Track since 2005 and Mike has been guiding various New Zealand tracks since 2002.

The idea for the Trackhopper service came from a chance meeting with Heaphy Track legend, Derry Kingston, who operates a similar service.

We realised a relocation service was exactly what was needed for the Routeburn Track and Trackhopper was born.

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