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TAKAPARI RD ‘SNOW GO’ 2020

One of the regular trips I run as a trip leader in my 4WD club is a tour through the area around Ashhurst, ending up with a drive to the A-frame hut on the ridge line of the Ruahine Ranges.

My aim is to have the trip find snow on Takapari Rd, but not enough snow to stop us reaching the A-Frame hut. I achieved this once, though in saying that it is usually cold, wet and misty, but without snow, or we have so much snow we can’t even get to the

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