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NEW YEARS TRAMP : Hot Pool circuit, Nelson Tops

Lake Sumner Forest Park

 

Grade: Medium

Event Status: Programme

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From Thursday 26 December 2024
To Tuesday 31 December 2024

Cost: $TBA

 

Trip Leader:
Raymond Salisbury

Contact:
Raymond Salisbury

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Phone: 021 135 8739
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NEW YEAR TRAMP 26 - 31 December 2025 | Lake Sumner Forest Park

A (mostly) easy ramble through red beech forest and river flats to 3 hot springs and 8 backcountry huts. This will be a useful warm-up trip before tackling harder summer tramps.

Total Distance: 95km. Hardest day climb: 650m elevation gain off-track.

Day 1: We drive over Lewis Pass, don boots and packs, then begin walking at the aptly-named Windy Point. Very straight-forward river flats make for quick progress alongside the Hope River. We veer off Te Araroa to stay at St Jacobs Hut. (16km).

Day 2: A relaxed amble along to Top Hope Hut (6km) with an afternoon mission to the hot spring up (wait for it ... insert drum roll) Hot Spring Stream (5km return).

Day 3: The biggie. We head up-valley to gain Hope Pass (951m), then climb 650m (vertical) up ridge on to the Nelson Tops, summiting at nearly 1600m. After appreciating the vegetable sheep and views, we drop down to stay at Mackenzie Bivouac and soak in the nearby springs. (14km)

Day 4: Visit Mackenzie Hut, before stream-bashing down to cross the Hurunui River, stopping at the main hot springs above the popular TA route over Harper Pass. Either camp at springs, or push on to stay at Hurunui Hut. (<12km)

Day 5: Once across the Hurunui using a particularly long swingbridge, we tramp north up the McMillan Stream, turning NE up to Three Mile Stream Hut. (12km)

Day 6: On the last day, we head over a low bush saddle to reach the spacious Hope Kiwi Lodge, and head back down the Hope River from whence we came :-) 15km but on easy river flats.

Registration

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VISITORS can register using their email address which will be used to send you trip registration confirmation details and the ability to cancel the trip registration. Please register each person attending separately.

This trip in nearly full. Please EMAIL RAY SALISBURY if you wanna come.
He would like some male companionship!

E: ray@hotpixels.co.nz

Spaces left for this event: 2
Registrations close 2024-12-27 00:00, Number Registered: 8 , Trip Capacity: 10, Waiting List Space: 5