Marchant Ridge

Jessie, Paul, and I planned a weekend walk up Marchant Ridge and down to Eastern Hutt Hut. Failed. The depth of snow slowed us down along with Paul's legs cramping and turning to jelly. We had an aim to get to Marchant (1038m) by 1500 hours as we wanted a two hours of light to find our way down a ridge into the Eastern Hutt river. At 1530, half a kilometer from Marchant we decided to head out and return home.

Start of track

Jessie and Paul

Jessie at the fireplace

Jessie

View of trees

Trip Times 11/07/2015
1120 Left Kiwi Ranch car park
1149 Puffer Saddle turnoff
1257 Junction with track to Smiths Creek shelter
1530 Turn around point 500 meters from Marchant
1645 Junction with track to Smiths Creek shelter
1822 Kiwi Ranch car park