BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c55f3876651268574fded49b19ec1252 CATEGORIES:Extended Trip CREATED:20221027T023812 SUMMARY:New year tramp 2022/23 Peel-Lockett Range Cross over URL;VALUE=URI:https://live.nelsontrampingclub.org.nz/component/jevents/1169/new-year-tram p-2022-23-peel-lockett-range-cross-over?Itemid=111&tmpl=component DESCRIPTION:New year tramp 2022/23 Peel-Lockett Range Cross over.\nTrip leaders: Debbie Hogan Peel - Locket range direction & Graeme Ferrier - Locket - Peel r anage direction.\nThursday 29 December – 3 Jan : Leave cars at Trilobite hu t / Sylvester hut car parks\nPeel – Locket Range direction\nDay 1: From Tri lobite hut a gentle walk up the Cobb valley for morning tea at Chaffey Hut. Soon after the hut we turn off the track and head up a ridge towards Mount Prospect. Once above the bush line, we will traverse around to our first c amp site at Camp Lake.\nDay 2: Climb up from our campsite to above the bush line and sidle around the ridge to below Mt Cobb. For those feeling inclin ed, a climb up Mt Cobb (without full packs) will give great views. (The rou te up is a bit exposed at times.) We continue along the ridge to take in Mt Gibbs, return to the lake and drop down to Round lake, where we then pick up the path from Round lake to the big tree camp site above Lake Cobb.\nDay 3: Drop down to Fenella hut for lunch and a swim in the tarns before slowl y plodding up the Waingaro Peak track. We will camp at the little valley at the top of the climb. For those with lots of energy, we can walk to Kakapo Peak and back without full packs. (3 -4 hr return). Celebrate the new Year evening in the mountains with the group doing the trip in the other direct ion.\nDay 4: We start down the Lockett range, past Mt Benson to camp at Rub y lake or Diamond Lake.\nDay 5: Explore the area, climb whatever peaks call to us (Iron Hill) and camp at Lake Lockett.\nDay 6: Back to the cars via t he Diamond lake stream path.\nLocket -Peel Range direction\nDay 1: From Syl vester hut car park up Diamond lake stream path to camp at Lake Lockett.\nD ay 2: Climb up Iron Hill and along the ridge, dropping down again to camp a t Ruby lake.\nDay 3: From Ruby lake climb up and around Mt Benson to the ca mpsite in the valley below Waingaro Peak to join the group doing the trip i n the other direction. For those with lots of energy, we can walk to Kakapo Peak and back without full packs. (3 -4 hr return). Celebrate the new Year evening in the mountains with the group doing the trip in the other direct ion.\nDay 4: Drop down the Waingaro Peak track to Fenella hut for morning t ea and a swim in the tarn. Climb Xenicus Peak before camping at either Lake Cobb or Round lake.\nDay 5: Climb up past Round lake and onto the ridge. C limb Mt Cobb if you don’t mind the exposure, for those great views. Otherwi se a gentle walk around the ridge to find the last camp site at Camp lake.\ nDay 6: Back to the cars via Chaffey Hut with a final swim in the Cobb rive r.\nNote: This trip is all off route, so you need to be comfortable walking on small/no paths. We will be camping at lakes every night, so bring your own/share a tent. The distances we cover every day aren't very far, which w ill give us time to expore/climb peaks in the area.  Total distance is 54km over 6 days (5 nights). Side trips to Mt Gibbs and Kakapoe Peak have been included in this distance. This trip won't be as hard as the 21-22 New Year tramp of Dragon's teeth (gums) but will still need a good level of fitness and tramping experience.\nEntry / Exit point at Fenella Hut for those only wanting/able to do half the trip (31 Dec).\nEmail Debbie for more informat ion and a map of the route. \nTrip Leader : Debbie Hogan\nPhone : 021192008 0 \nEmail : This email address is being protected from spambots. You need J avaScript enabled to view it.\nBooking Enquiry Contact (Leave blank unless Contact is different from Trip Leader) : Debbie Hogan\nArea : Select an Are a\nPanic Date : 04-01-2023\nEmergency Contact Name : Patrin Illenberger\nCo ntacts Address : 39 Tawa Rd, Onehunga, Auckland\nContacts Phone/s : 0212450 228\nContacts Email Address : This email address is being protected from sp ambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.\nPlanned Route : Locket -Pe el Range directionDay 1: From Sylvester hut car park up Diamond lake stream path to camp at Lake Lockett.Day 2: Climb up Iron Hill and along the ridge , dropping down again to camp at Ruby lake.Day 3: From Ruby lake climb up a nd around Mt Benson to the campsite in the valley below Waingaro Peak to jo in the group joining the trip from Fenella hut on 31 Dec. For those with lo ts of energy, we can walk to Kakapo Peak and back without full packs. (3 -4 hr return). Celebrate the new Year evening in the mountains.Day 4: Drop do wn the Waingaro Peak track to Fenella hut for morning tea and a swim in the tarn. Climb Xenicus Peak before camping at either Lake Cobb or Round lake. Day 5: Climb up past Round lake and onto the ridge. Climb Mt Cobb if you do n’t mind the exposure, for those great views. Otherwise a gentle walk aroun d the ridge to find the last camp site at Camp lake.Day 6: Back to the cars via Chaffey Hut with a final swim in the Cobb river.Entry / Exit point at Fenella Hut for those only wanting/able to do half the trip (31 Dec).\nAlte rnative Route : Half the trip, stopping at Fenella hut\nGrading : The scale and grade can either be entered directly, or calculated. For multi day tri ps enter the parameters for the hardest day.\nGrade : Medium\nCost : The tr avel distances are used to calculate the cost of a trip. The trip co-ordina tor will complete these values. However, if you know the values, for exampl e by using Google Maps, then by all means complete. Make sure the values (d ouble to include return journey) are correct to be fair to the drivers and participants. IMPORTANT: The rate table needs to have a month and year valu e for cents/kilometre. Trip coordinator is responsible to entering this inf ormation.\nCost $ : 28\nSealed km (Enter the number of kms travelled on sea led roads to/from the trip) : 209\nUnsealed km (Enter the number of kms tra velled on unsealed roads to/from trip.) : 40\nSignoff : Default is Programm e, please set the Status to either 'Completed' or 'Cancelled' when appropri ate. Also enter the number of Visitor and Total numbers on your trip. Thank s. NOTE: When the status is Completed or Cancelled the event WON'T appear o n the Home page calendars.\nVisitors : 1\nTotal : 9\n This event was import ed from: https://live.nelsontrampingclub.org.nz/component/jevents/1169/new- year-tramp-2022-23-peel-lockett-range-cross-over?Itemid=111&tmpl=compon ent X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

New year tramp 2022/23 Peel-Lockett Range Cross over.< /p>

Trip leaders: Debbie Hogan Peel - Locket range direction & Graeme Ferrier - Locket - Peel ranage direction.

Thursday 29 December – 3 Jan : Leave cars at Trilobite hut / Sylvester hut car park s

Peel – Locket Range direction

Day 1: From Trilobite hut a gentle walk up the Cobb valley for morning tea at Chaffey Hut. Soon after the hut we turn off the track and head up a ridge towards Mount Prosp ect. Once above the bush line, we will traverse around to our first camp si te at Camp Lake.

Day 2: Climb up from our campsite to above the bush line and sidle around the ridge to below Mt Cobb. For tho se feeling inclined, a climb up Mt Cobb (without full packs) will give grea t views. (The route up is a bit exposed at times.) We continue along the ri dge to take in Mt Gibbs, return to the lake and drop down to Round lake, wh ere we then pick up the path from Round lake to the big tree camp site abov e Lake Cobb.

Day 3: Drop down to Fenella hut for lu nch and a swim in the tarns before slowly plodding up the Waingaro Peak tra ck. We will camp at the little valley at the top of the climb. For those wi th lots of energy, we can walk to Kakapo Peak and back without full packs. (3 -4 hr return). Celebrate the new Year evening in the mountains with the group doing the trip in the other direction.

Day 4: We start down the Lockett range, past Mt Benson to camp at Ruby lake or Di amond Lake.

Day 5: Explore the area, climb whatever peaks call to us (Iron Hill) and camp at Lake Lockett.

Day 6: Back to the cars via the Diamond lake stream path.

Locket -Peel Range di rection

Day 1: From Sylvester hut car park u p Diamond lake stream path to camp at Lake Lockett.

Day 2: Climb up Iron Hill and along the ridge, dropping down again to camp at Ruby lake.

Day 3: From Ruby lake climb up and a round Mt Benson to the campsite in the valley below Waingaro Peak to join t he group doing the trip in the other direction. For those with lots of ener gy, we can walk to Kakapo Peak and back without full packs. (3 -4 hr return ). Celebrate the new Year evening in the mountains with the group doing the trip in the other direction.

Day 4: Drop down the Waingaro Peak track to Fenella hut for morning tea and a swim in the tarn. Climb Xenicus Peak before camping at either Lake Cobb or Round lake.

Day 5: Climb up past Round lake and onto the ridge. Climb Mt Cobb if you don’t mind the exposure, for those great views. Otherwise a gentle walk around the ridge to find the last camp site at Camp lake.

< p class="MsoNormal">Day 6: Back to the cars via Chaffey Hut with a final sw im in the Cobb river.

Note: This trip is all off route, so you need t o be comfortable walking on small/no paths. We will be camping at lakes eve ry night, so bring your own/share a tent. The distances we cover every day aren't very far, which will give us time to expore/climb peaks in the area.   Total distance is 54km over 6 days (5 nights). Side trips to Mt Gibbs and Kakapoe Peak have been included in this distance. This trip won't be as hard as the 21-22 New Year tramp of Dragon's teeth (gums) but will still need a good level of fitness and tramping experience.

Entr y / Exit point at Fenella Hut for those only wanting/able to do half the tr ip (31 Dec).

Email Debbie for more information and a map of the route . 

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Trip Leader : < div class="jev_cfuser_profile">
Debbie Hogan
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Phone : 0211920080 \n
Email : This email address is being protec ted from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.\n
Booking Enquiry Contact (Leave blank unless Contact is different from Trip Leader) : \n
Area : Select an Area\n
Panic Date : 04-01-2023\n
Emergency Contact Name : Patrin Illenberger\n
39 Tawa Rd, Onehunga, Auckland \n
Contacts Phone/s : 0212450228\n< /td>
Contacts Email Address : This email address is be ing protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.\n
Planned Route : Lo cket -Peel Range directionDay 1: From Sylvester hut car park up Diamond lak e stream path to camp at Lake Lockett.Day 2: Climb up Iron Hill and along t he ridge, dropping down again to camp at Ruby lake.Day 3: From Ruby lake cl imb up and around Mt Benson to the campsite in the valley below Waingaro Pe ak to join the group joining the trip from Fenella hut on 31 Dec. For those with lots of energy, we can walk to Kakapo Peak and back without full pack s. (3 -4 hr return). Celebrate the new Year evening in the mountains.Day 4: Drop down the Waingaro Peak track to Fenella hut for morning tea and a swi m in the tarn. Climb Xenicus Peak before camping at either Lake Cobb or Rou nd lake.Day 5: Climb up past Round lake and onto the ridge. Climb Mt Cobb i f you don’t mind the exposure, for those great views. Otherwise a gentle wa lk around the ridge to find the last camp site at Camp lake.Day 6: Back to the cars via Chaffey Hut with a final swim in the Cobb river.Entry / Exit p oint at Fenella Hut for those only wanting/able to do half the trip (31 Dec ).\n
Alternative Route : Half the t rip, stopping at Fenella hut\n
Grading : The scale and grade can either be entered directly, or calculated. Fo r multi day trips enter the parameters for the hardest day.\n
Grade : Medium\n
Cost : The travel distances are used to calculate the cost of a tr ip. The trip co-ordinator will complete these values. However, if you know the values, for example by using Google Maps, then by all means complete. M ake sure the values (double to include return journey) are correct to be fa ir to the drivers and participants. IMPORTANT: The rate table needs to have a month and year value for cents/kilometre. Trip coordinator is responsibl e to entering this information.\n
Cost $ : < /td>28\n
Sealed km (Enter the number of kms travelled on sealed roads to/from the trip) : 209\n
Unsealed km (Enter the number of kms travelled on unse aled roads to/from trip.) : 40\n
Si gnoff : Default is Programme, please set the Status to either 'Com pleted' or 'Cancelled' when appropriate. Also enter the number of Visitor a nd Total numbers on your trip. Thanks. NOTE: When the status is Completed o r Cancelled the event WON'T appear on the Home page calendars.\n
Visitors : 1\n
Total : 9\n
This event was imported from: https://live.nelsontrampingclub.org.nz/component/jevents/1169/new-year-tram p-2022-23-peel-lockett-range-cross-over?Itemid=111&tmpl=componentDTSTAMP:20260726T055809 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221229 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230104 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR