Heads up re Kasmir road access to Long View, Awatere, and Daphene Huts

Looks like they are preparing to log the pine blocks on either side of the road near the end of Kashmir road. The road has been in pretty poor shape for some time, but now it is even worse. I once got a Honda city to the road end (slowly), but now even in four wheel drive in the dry it's a chore.

Hopefully the current state will not be the final outcome. There is roading machinery parked quite close to the road in a couple of places, and the first bridge is being worked on as well. There is a sign near the start warning of logging trucks, but I still wouldn't want to meet one on some sections of the road (lots of reversing required by the smaller vehicle in all likelihood)!

I would suggest that any one planning on targeting this area for the next few months might want to plan for early morning or after 5pm to travel on this road, and employ a 4x4. If it ever rains this road will be porridge.

I was told they where going to shut the road for a week??
It's been in the pipeline for a few years with all the new culverts that have been Going in,
Will be some pissed of loopies if they can't get to Longview:)

Probably close the road when the roar starts!!!

They will all have to head down Mill road instead.

Spent the odd night in Kashmir Hut and have a mate that hunts there regularly.

There are a good few animals there at the moment . Was going for a look about this weekend if the wind drops off. Dam they loggers!

doesn't it mean they will grade the road and make access better when the trucks aren't on it?

The roads fine, they just did it up over the last couple days by the looks, but I still would avoid working hours once they start hauling I reckon. But there's no deer in there anyway so I don't kno why you'd go

Hey, I'd thought I'd ask you Kashmir road locals: what's the situation with the gully that runs up from the Daphne carpark - the one on the left-hand side as you grunt up the Daphne Hut track. All those grass faces on the south side and plenty of feed on the north side below the track, all threaded through with deer trails, but I watched it for 2 hours from the top on a perfect evening with a light easterly in my face late December and saw nothing. There was plenty of evidence up around the head that it's well used for long-range stake-outs. Does it get shot out every spring, and re-populates again each winter?

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Originally Posted by Puffin

Hey, I'd thought I'd ask you Kashmir road locals: what's the situation with the gully that runs up from the Daphne carpark - the one on the left-hand side as you grunt up the Daphne Hut track. All those grass faces on the south side and plenty of feed on the north side below the track, all threaded through with deer trails, but I watched it for 2 hours from the top on a perfect evening with a light easterly in my face late December and saw nothing. There was plenty of evidence up around the head that it's well used for long-range stake-outs. Does it get shot out every spring, and re-populates again each winter?

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Sorry I simply can not help you there mate that gully is my gem and never has deer in it ;)

Hay Puffin. The whole area gets a lot of hunting pressure but there are a few deer in there. I bumped into 3 coming out of the next gully south when on the top at dawn in Feb. They are there but they are very shy.

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Originally Posted by POME

Hay Puffin. The whole area gets a lot of hunting pressure but there are a few deer in there. I bumped into 3 coming out of the next gully south when on the top at dawn in Feb. They are there but they are very shy.

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what did they say when you bumped into these shy deer!..............

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Originally Posted by Neckshot

what did they say when you bumped into these shy deer!..............

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I imagine, "whoa...we are out of here!"

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Originally Posted by Puffin

Hey, I'd thought I'd ask you Kashmir road locals: what's the situation with the gully that runs up from the Daphne carpark - the one on the left-hand side as you grunt up the Daphne Hut track. All those grass faces on the south side and plenty of feed on the north side below the track, all threaded through with deer trails, but I watched it for 2 hours from the top on a perfect evening with a light easterly in my face late December and saw nothing. There was plenty of evidence up around the head that it's well used for long-range stake-outs. Does it get shot out every spring, and re-populates again each winter?

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It gets hammered in winter too :)

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Originally Posted by Tahr

I imagine, "whoa...we are out of here!"

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ba ha ha ha ha.........."were not comming back here next winter!!".

Thanks all. I won't be going back any time soon either as it's an extra hour of driving past the regular spots in the south-east corner when coming up from Wgtn and the corolla can't make it past the first sign so had to park at the gate and walk. Lots of rubbish dumped around the best vantage points at the head of that gully. I bagged a bit of it up to carry out. A lot of muesli bars and oranges getting eaten when waiting for the non-existent deer to show themselves on the faces. The trip was to have a look over the tops at Howletts, - the gully was a detour on the way out. Nice country, and we saw several back along Daphne ridge, but the big basin across from Howletts that was our main area of interest (mainly because it's free of leatherwood) had been cleared by a previous party having a bit of a bomb up.

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Originally Posted by Neckshot

what did they say when you bumped into these shy deer!..............

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One didn't get a chance to say anything. Other two were heard to shout run!

how would a car get up there? Easy or 4 wdr only?

You would make it in a car at the moment mate,
Might be a bit muddy the loggers are still going.
Failing that I'll take you in there:)

Thanks Brads

Went for a drive up there today. Went for a quick look with the kids. The road as far as Daphne hut is sweet as. Would easy get a 2 wheel drive up as far as that. It has been regraded where it was dodgy.The road was shut just past the Daphne turn though.

Cheers POME,looks like the loggers got a lot more work yet.

Have they finished below the road yet?

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Originally Posted by BRADS

Have they finished below the road yet?

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No not yet. And the road past the Daphne hut track turn is absolutely muntered.

Shit they are going to be in there a while.
It wasn't to bad when I was up
There 3 weeks ago, they only block it when there loading

They weren't loading on Sunday they had the excavator with the cutter thingy on the road taking trees down.

Yeah that was kinda what I meant mate,
I was having a yarn with the loader driver, they had a Suzuki swift full of loopeis go round the block when they where dropping trees.
They happily open the road to top park when there not dropping trees.

If it was Nelson it would be locked up tight 24/7 till all the machinery was back out then another month just to Piss everyone off some more.

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