Welcome to the Nelson Tramping Club.
The Nelson Tramping Club is based near some of the finest tramping opportunities in New Zealand. Our club conducts an active, year-round programme of trips for members of diverse interests and abilities.Non-members are welcome to join our trips (subject to being properly equipped and undertaking trips consistent with their fitness and experience. We are always looking for new members!
Note the venue for club nights: Tahunanui Community Hub at 55 Muritai St, Tahunanui. Doors open at 7:30pm for a cuppa. Presentation will start at 7:45pm.
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Upcoming Events
13Feb
Cobb Lakes Camping loop, starts Friday
Astrid Brauksiepe
16Feb
Club Night: Show and Tell, starts Monday
22Feb
Gordons Knob (and/or North Peak), starts Sunday
Nicola Harwood
27Feb
Travers Valley to Angelus via Sunset Saddle, starts Friday
Jo Gould
07Mar
Arnaud Range Tarn Camp, starts Saturday
Raymond Salisbury
15Mar
Mt Evans from Canaan Downs, starts Sunday
Peter Phipps
22Mar
Takaka Hill Via Ferrata, starts Sunday
Graeme Ferrier
03Apr
1000 acre plateau, starts Friday
Maaike Van Hoeflaken
12Apr
Brook Sanctuary , starts Sunday
Kath Ballantine
17Apr
Collingwood - day walks, starts Friday
Jo Gould
25Apr
Rainbow Romp | Paske & Begley Huts, starts Saturday
Raymond Salisbury
Latest Trip Reports
More ReportsSylvia Tops, Lewis Pass, 31 Jan 2026
After having to postpone the 24th/25th Jan. trip to the following Sunday/Monday and then further adjust the start date back to 31st Jan. due to adverse weather, we finally got underway on Saturday morning. We arrived at the start of the Nina Valley track late morning and set off about 10:30ish in beautiful weather and not a cloud in sight. A lovely walk through beech forest followed and we had…
Mt Luna, Kahurangi NP, 31 Jan 2026
LUNACY Ascent of Mt Luna, Kahurangi National Park | 31 January – 2 February 2026 [Anniversary Weekend] Day 1 [22km, 880m] Our team of intrepid trampers assembled in Richmond, and Tom escorted us to the Rolling River road-end. Thankfully, the notorious Dart Ford was at a low flow. (We checked the Wangapeka River was flowing below 40 cumecs on the Tasman council website.) Packs on, we crossed…
Denniston Plateau, West Coast, 17 Jan 2026
As well as exploring a fascinating area that we don’t visit very often, this trip was planned as an awareness raising exercise about the proposed open cast coal mine in the Deep Stream region of the Denniston Plateau. This is being put through the Fast Track approvals process and is being strongly opposed by Forest and Bird. I had obtained a guide for a route described by Neil Silverwood, which…
