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SUMMARY:Golden Bay weekend
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DESCRIPTION:Kaituna Track and Mount Stephens\nLeave Nelson Friday after work (or some c
 ars might leave around lunchtime?), stay 2 nights at Collingwood Holiday Pa
 rk, which has various sizes of cabins plus tent sites (at own cost). Cabins
  are $65 for 2, plus $ 20 per extra person (bedding provided), or $55 for 2
  if you bring your own bedding. Please have a look online and email me your
  preferences. We'll have to pay a deposit.https://collingwoodholidaypark.co
 .nz/\nWe could have a shared potluck dinner or eat out.\nSaturday:\nKaituna
  Track Crossover, fit, 8-9 hrs, 21km, marked route, never done by Nelson Tr
 amping Club, I think (nor myself).\nhttps://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recre
 ation/places-to-go/nelson-tasman/places/kahurangi-national-park/things-to-d
 o/tracks/kaituna-track/\n"The track starts from Bainham near Collingwood an
 d continues right through to Westhaven Inlet on the West Coast (8-9 hours).
  The route climbs over two ridges before reaching Knuckle Hill.\nBeyond the
  Kaituna Forks, the track changes to a 'route' and is suitable only for exp
 erienced and fit trampers. At the forks there is a river crossing which is 
 impassable in flood.\nThere are northern rātā, pukatea and rimu, nīkau palm
 s, heketara, wineberry, kāmahi, and māhoe, many species of fern, orchid, fu
 ngi and perching plants, plus a wide range of birds: kererū, tūī, fantail, 
 tomtit, robin, rifleman, silvereye and bellbird."\nI got an email response 
 from a Doc staffer in Takaka in late July regarding currrent track conditio
 ns:\n" It is a 8-10 hr walk depending on your speed and usually walked west
  to east, but can be done either way. It requires a good level of fitness a
 nd does involve a steep descent/climb depending on which way you walk it.  
 I walked it just before lock down and the track was in great shape and well
 -marked but it will now of course be a lot wetter (greasier) and the rivers
  and waterways will have a lot more water in them. The river crossing at Ka
 ituna Forks can be problematic if there has been rain for a day or two." \n
 If the river crossing is impossible, but the skies are clear, we'll climb P
 arapara Peak (1240m) instead, (8-9 hrs, fit),\nor we'll walk Cape Farewell/
 Wharariki Beach/Puponga Hilltop/Kaihoka lakes loop, (medium) depending on w
 eather.\nBad weather alternatives: Aorere Goldfields loop, Kaituna walk, Pu
 pu Springs, Mussel Inn.\nSunday:\nMt Stephens, (1300m), 7hrs, route, 7km on
 e way, return the same way, medium +/fit,\nThe route up on to Mt Stevens, 1
 300 m, the highest point in the Wakamarama Range provides wonderful views o
 f the Aorere Valley, south to Gouland Downs and the West Coast. \nIt's 28km
  from Collingwood\nDrive home Sunday evening. (Or stay another night if you
  dont have to work on Monday)\n\n This event was imported from: https://liv
 e.nelsontrampingclub.org.nz/events/797/golden-bay-weekend?tmpl=component (h
 ttps://live.nelsontrampingclub.org.nz/events/797/golden-bay-weekend?tmpl=co
 mponent)
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><em><strong>Kaituna Track and Mount Stephens</strong></em></p><p dir="lt
 r">Leave Nelson Friday after work (or some cars might leave around lunchtim
 e?), stay 2 nights at Collingwood Holiday Park, which has various sizes of 
 cabins plus tent sites (at own cost). Cabins are $65 for 2, plus $ 20 per e
 xtra person (bedding provided), or $55 for 2 if you bring your own bedding.
  Please have a look online and email me your preferences. We'll have to pay
  a deposit.https://collingwoodholidaypark.co.nz/</p><p dir="ltr">We could h
 ave a shared potluck dinner or eat out.</p><p dir="ltr">Saturday:</p><p dir
 ="ltr"><strong>Kaituna Track</strong> <strong>Crossover</strong>, fit, 8-9 
 hrs, 21km, marked route, never done by Nelson Tramping Club, I think (nor m
 yself).</p><p>https://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-go/nel
 son-tasman/places/kahurangi-national-park/things-to-do/tracks/kaituna-track
 /</p><div><div class="block textblock col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-
 12"><p>"The track starts from Bainham near Collingwood and continues right 
 through to Westhaven Inlet on the West Coast (8-9 hours). The route climbs 
 over two ridges before reaching Knuckle Hill.</p><p>Beyond the Kaituna Fork
 s, the track changes to a 'route' and is suitable only for experienced and 
 fit trampers. At the forks there is a river crossing which is impassable in
  flood.</p></div></div><p>There are northern rātā, pukatea and rimu, nīkau 
 palms, heketara, wineberry, kāmahi, and māhoe, many species of fern, orchid
 , fungi and perching plants, plus a wide range of birds: kererū, tūī, fanta
 il, tomtit, robin, rifleman, silvereye and bellbird."</p><p>I got an email 
 response from a Doc staffer in Takaka in late July regarding currrent track
  conditions:</p><p><span>" It is a 8-10 hr walk depending on your speed and
  usually walked west to east, but can be done either way. It requires a goo
 d level of fitness and does involve a steep descent/climb depending on whic
 h way you walk it. &nbsp;I walked it just before lock down and the track wa
 s in great shape and well-marked but it will now of course be a lot wetter 
 (greasier) and the rivers and waterways will have a lot more water in them.
  The river crossing at Kaituna Forks can be problematic if there has been r
 ain for a day or two." </span></p><p dir="ltr">If the river crossing is imp
 ossible, but the skies are clear, we'll climb <strong>Parapara Peak </stron
 g>(1240m) instead, (8-9 hrs, fit),</p><p dir="ltr">or we'll walk Cape Farew
 ell/Wharariki Beach/Puponga Hilltop/Kaihoka lakes loop, (medium) depending 
 on weather.</p><p dir="ltr">Bad weather alternatives: Aorere Goldfields loo
 p, Kaituna walk, Pupu Springs, Mussel Inn.</p><p dir="ltr">Sunday:</p><p di
 r="ltr"><strong>Mt Stephens</strong>, (1300m), 7hrs, route, 7km one way, re
 turn the same way, medium +/fit,</p><p><span style="left: 500.787px; top: 4
 02.627px; font-size: 15.8333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.986
 381);">The route up on to Mt Stevens, 1300 m, the highest point in the </sp
 an><span style="left: 500.787px; top: 422.627px; font-size: 15.8333px; font
 -family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.991573);">Wakamarama Range provides won
 derful views of the Aorere </span><span style="left: 500.787px; top: 442.62
 7px; font-size: 15.8333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.992316);
 ">Valley, south to Gouland Downs and the West Coast. </span></p><p>It's 28k
 m from Collingwood</p><p dir="ltr">Drive home Sunday evening. (Or stay anot
 her night if you dont have to work on Monday)</p><p></p> <a href="https://l
 ive.nelsontrampingclub.org.nz/events/797/golden-bay-weekend?tmpl=component"
 >This event was imported from: https://live.nelsontrampingclub.org.nz/event
 s/797/golden-bay-weekend?tmpl=component</a>DTSTAMP:20260816T040835
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