Saddle Hill (The Doubles), Mt Richmond Forest Park - 28 July 2018

Leader: Silvano Lorandi The original plan was to climb Mt Royal in the Richmond Ranges, but there had been a recent dump of snow on the tops which would have meant an even longer day. So, with the amount of daylight available, Silvano decided to go for...

Dun Mountain, Mt Richmond Forest Park - 22 July 2018

Leader & Scribe: Kate Krawczyk We climbed up from the car park at the gate, past the dam onto the Maitai Valley track, then climbed to the turn off to Dun Saddle. We arrived at Dun Mountain Shelter for lunch. It was a bit cold so most of us huddled...

Cloustons Mine, Gordons Pyramid loop, Kahurangi NP - 17 June 2018

Leader: Pat Holland A large group of 14 registered for this trip, but by some miracle we managed to assemble at Richmond just after the scheduled time of 7:30am. We proceeded in convoy to Flora Saddle, picking up new chum Polina en-route. The Graham...

Ben Nevis, Mt Richmond Forest Park - 10 June 2018

Leader: Andrea Smithe With the hint of a good day and no organised trip, a spontaneous call went out to muster keen participants for a blast ‘somewhere grunty.’ This turned out to be a gander up Ben Nevis. Seven made their way up the well-signposted...

Conical Hill, Hope Range, Tapawera - 20 May 2018

Leader: Kath Ballantine Six trampers gathered, armed with the most optimistic weather forecast for a day trip to Conical Hill. Several members of the group had noticed on maps a shorter road route to the start of the track and a consensus decision was...