This is a repeat of the sucessful trip Bruce did in 2022.
Depart N elson Friday evening, stay in Trilobite Hut for an early morning start.
Set off Saturday morning towards Lake Peel, branch off the Peel Lake tra ck to pick up the trail around the north side of Lake Peel. Will require so me scrambling here, but is not too bad. Join the main ridge to Mt Peel, whi ch is about 500 m easy travel to the summit. Explore the ridge a bit, retur ning on the south side of Peel Lake and pick up the track to Balloon Hut.
Sunday morning return on the Peel Lake track back to the cars. Swim in Peel Lake is optional.
Remember to bring your hut pass or buy hut ti ckets before you go:
Trilobite Hut: 1 standard hut (blue ticket) : $5
Balloon hut: 1 serviced hut (green ticket): $15
We may n eed to bring tents/mattresses, depending on how big our group gets.
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| Trip Leader : | Debbie Hogan |
| Phone : | 0211920080 \n |
| Email : | |
| Area : | Kahurangi National Park\n |
| Map Series : | BP24\n |
| Panic Date : | 27-03-2023\n |
| Emergency Contact Name : | Patrin Illenberger\n |
| Contacts Phone/s : | 02102450228\n |
| Planned Route : | Depart Nelson Friday night, stay in T rilobite Hut.Set off Saturday morning towards Lake Peel, branch off the Pee l track to pick up the trail around the north side of Lake Peel. Will requi re some scrambling here, but is not too bad. Join the main ridge to Mt Peel , which is about 500 m easy travel to the summit. Return on the south side of Lake Peel and pick up the track to Balloon Hut.Sunday morning return on the Lake Peel track back to the cars. Two people will walk to Fenella hut i nstead of going to Balloon hut. Van & Christine. PLB #3.\n |
| Alternative Route : | Direct to Balloon Hut, rather t han Mt Peel, in the event of poor weather. Return via Mt Peel on Sunday if weather is better. \n |
| Locator Beacon/s : | Beacon #3, Beacon #6\n |
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| Medium\n | |
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| Cost $ : | 26\n |
| Sealed km (Enter the number of km s travelled on sealed roads to/from the trip) : | 170\n |
| Unsealed km (Enter the number of kms travelled on unseal ed roads to/from trip.) : | 44\n |
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| Visitors : | 6\n |
| T otal : | 11\n |