Council staff on Motatapu Saddle in October, at the site of the first hut on the Mahu Whenua Traverse. Photo: Mountain SceneA major hurdle has been cleared in the formation of an epic ski touring route between Coronet Peak and Treble Cone. First unveiled in the Otago Daily Times over a year ago, the traverse is the vision of Arrowtown adventurer Erik Bradshaw. The insulated, double-glazed, four-bunk huts will be built in Arrowtown and choppered to their sites on Coronet Saddle, Vanguard Peak, Mt Saint Just, Mt Hyde and Motatapu Saddle. Resource consent was needed because the huts will sit on an outstanding natural landscape, and small areas of indigenous vegetation will have to cleared for their foundations.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 08, 2020 20:03 UTC