I was sitting under a tarpaulin eating my breakfast at 6:15am when the rain started. I thought it must just be a shower, but instead it set in and was quite heavy by the time I had packed everything up and was ready to go. Figured that the side creeks could become a problem if there was too much heavy rain, so I modified my intended route and ended up doing the Hooper Loop with some extras.
Up to Atiwhakatu Hut in 1h15 (DOC time 3hrs). Took some photos, enjoyed the opportunity to get out of the wet, and pondered my next move. Decided to head back down to the Hooper Loop turn off, and climbed up that track to the Gentle Annie. Got very wet and a bit cold as I gained height. At the top decided I needed to put on a dry top, so went along to the Mountain House shelter to do that. And from there back to the top of the climb and back down the Gentle Annie to complete the Hooper Loop.
Total day was 19.5km in 3h30 of walk time.
These photos and more are available on
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