Heaphy Track – Kahurangi NP, Oct 2012

Leader: Lawrie Halkett Right at our back door, the Heaphy Track is one of New Zealand’s nine Great Walks, and like many of the others we have walked over the years, it is packed full of variety with its own individual and unique characteristics. The...

Mt Owen – Kahurangi NP, 2-4 June 2012

Leader: Andy Clark With projected numbers being around 15 at one stage for this trip, it was an assorted group of 10 that departed Richmond, for Courthouse Flat and the start of our trip. Even with the frosty start it did not take long for all to warm...

Red Hills Traverse #2 – Mt Richmond FP, Easter 2012

Leaders: Mike Glover & Ray Salisbury This Easter I proposed our club do a moderate trip so as to attract a broader range of participants. My teenage nephew joined our seasoned members, and fitted in with the family of five, two hut-baggers and a...

Cupola Basin Hut – Nelson Lakes NP, 30 Mar-1 Apr 2012

Leader: Uta Purcell The tramp along Lake Rotoiti, up the Travers Valley to John Tait Hut, and the steeply ascending track to Cupola Basin Hut, can be long, or it would at least appear so on the way back. Kelvin Drew and Lou Kolff were keen to do it....

Sabine, Waiau & D’Urville Valleys – Nelson Lakes NP, 8-14 Feb 2012

Leader & scribe: Brian Renwick This was a trip of short days alternating with long days. >Wednesday: we parked at Mount Robert late in the afternoon and enjoyed a pleasant walk to Speargrass Hut in fine, cool evening conditions. Thursday: we tramped...