Pirongia Mountain Wild Camp and Pahautea Hut

On this epic 3 day mid-winter adventure, I journey to Pirongia Mountain in New Zealand's Waikato region.
Rich in Maori culture, this region is one of Tainui's first landings in the great Waka, many hundreds of years ago.
Join me as I tramp from Pirongia Forest Park Lodge, the 5-6 hours (4 if you aren't filming!) to the Summit, and along to Pahautea Hut. A night wild camping in the bush at 900 meters, a heart-felt trek to the Summit, and then a few more hours of gut busting, wet, muddy, body breaking conditions hiking to the Hut for a solo night at one of New Zealand's most iconic, yet infamous locations due to the officially "difficult" description the Department of Conservation (DOC) labels this hike.
If you want to see the most stunning scenery and beautiful forest and bush, as well as a brief but jaw dropping introduction to the legend of the "Fairy People of Pirongia Mountain"...then come with me on this amazing 3 day trek up and then down the mountain.
Watch the whole video...it's a bit longer than my others...but Pirongia Mountain deserves to be shown in it's full beauty...even if it did almost wreck me!

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Thanks to Kate Parr, Warden and Manager at Pirongia Forest Park Lodge.
Go to: https://www.pfplodge.org.nz/ for details.
For all your private/corporate or team building events and outdoor pursuits in great Lodge accommodation, contact Kate!

And finally, thanks to our Tainui Whanau, especially Maniapoto, whose Mountain we
respectfully visit and bask in awe at her beauty.
And of course, to the Patupaiarehe, the Fairy People of the Mountain who kept me
safe during my 3 days on Pirongia te aroaro o Kahu.

Music credits: All songs via Epidemic Sound Licensed subscription
Coyote- Wilsohn
Against the Red Sky-Walt Adams
Last Exit to Earth- Walt Adams
The Fairies-Ramin Feat Adilyn
Under the Dark Sky - Johan Glossner

Credit to DOC (Department of Conservation) for the awesome Hut and facilities throughout the park. Without their hardworking maintenance teams and Rangers...we wouldn't have such an awesome Mountain and Forest Park to play in and enjoy.