MOUNT HECTOR TRACK.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1992, 24 February 1914, Page 3

MOUNT HECTOR TRACK.

Sir,—ln vatii- i-fisoo of .fciio 18th hist. I came across ati aflicfe uncle* tho heading "Mount Hoete* track," l'©i> haps it is'ivot g'Bip(wa%''JjiJßwi'i,Jttia:t far nioro beautiful scenery, : .bofcte/ route, Olid quie-ker track.can ho got irram K;rit&fcs over 'JloimtariiS Quoin, Alpha, 'Hector, Itonnaft, 'fablo Tap,, awl down into Qtaki in about two days Very, easily. For tourists who only have a limited time to do the trip., this Trnrck cannot possibly ho beaten., .is .b.y. starting from Kaitoko, .'say., .at .about , 5 a : ;m. m a Saturday . morning, on©,, could .. be in Otaki easily by Sunday, afternoon. Now, Sir, by putthi'g a: "ifoall swingbrjtlfCP over tiro Hnl'fc Riyer,;it h not possible to get flodd'bouiirl., as miiy be the ease iu the fjteyfeW:n^6.ta : kj track. Can the Tourist Depaftnicmt./not spend £100 in making, tracks,, bridge, and, say, one small hut, which pan lie.put.up very an account'of imvinjj"*■• much gflod timber? ' TJie track could be put ki for a far smaller,aniouiit than any other, mountain track T know ef, ji.s part,of this one is already done., and there is only one .vflf.V low. ridge to crass over from Raitoko- to. tho -H« Forks. . , ;.,.' ; 1 ttuiy .mention that '.■•Messf's. W, It FieM, B. 0. Astdn, jatd myself d:til tlr same trip on February'; 13,, IfjQ, and accomplished tlio .-whole-.! joitniey in tlijrty*sis bouts, ifidiitling' blc<»' time. This putty took-.filings c-asy, vety easily, and did not'hurry in any place,' This is an escejptiojlaljy gttor-' tajflk for any city man A), may ,; ' to do tho trip, as he could, leave' Wellington by,the Wa.i:rarSp:a toiiin, which leaves Lahibton Station -fit- 'about '-4.J5 p'.jn., and be back, in two days,following.by midday; • fhis track it would take ■ very littlo to flvako it good, -enough to take a -I'mrso tho whole journey to otnki.-~T am, etc., " . ■■, h. J!' PHILLIPS. . Kaituke, February 21^-1914.-