"I walked the Umukarikari track up to the Umukarikari summit then back tracked to the Urchin track, fantastic trip. The Sharp cone is on the way to Umukarikari summit, it took about 2 hours and from there another half hour to get to Umukarikari summit and back to the Urchin track. The Umukarikari track was a well marked and maintained track and a challenging hill climb, coming back down the Urchin track was well marked also but I did take a couple of minutes to find the track when entering the treeline again. From there the track is slightly narrower but still maintained, I did get a bit wet as it was still early morning and shrubs were quite wet. I headed back down the Urchin track and summited Urchin and then back to the Urchin car park and walked the roads back to the car. It took 5 hours to get to the Urchin trig and 7 hours to get back to the Ute, well worth the early morning start and the 21.2km to get right around the track and back to the car." — loganscott • Jan 9, 2020