Dragons Teeth Traverse - Southbound, Kahurangi NP, 30 Dec 2021

DRAGONS TEETH TRAVERSE | Southbound Party 30 December 2021 – 6 January 2022 By Ray Salisbury Day 1: Aorere Valley – Lake Clara After a three-hour drive over Takaka Hill to Bainham, we briefly visited Ray’s Gt-Grandfather’s old home named Armchair Farm,...

Kirwans Track Circuit, Victoria FP, 24 Apr 2021

The weather forecast was not promising but not bad enough to cancel the trip. And so it proved – middling good on Saturday and middling bad on days 2 and 3 with squally showers from the South but some sunny patches and no wind. There were 8 starters in...

Mt Faust, Lewis Pass, 2 Apr 2021

Another super time with NTC, this time heading further afield. Lewis pass offers multiple options and basing at Boyle Village meant we could accommodate both glampers and lodgers akin. Much was learnt, from Estonion nursery rhymes to the carnivorous...

Three Passes plus Two, Arthur's Pass NP, 5 Mar 2021

Our planned route was on part of the classic Arthur's Pass Three Passes route over Harman, Whitehorn and Browning passes before leaving the standard route and crossing two extra passes to exit back on Highway 73. The five of us, two from NTC and three...

Mt Owen Mt Bell and Billies Knob, Kahurangi NP, 26 Feb 2021

Mt Owen 26-28 March – Group A trip report I’ve been wanting to do a nice relaxed 3 day trip up to Granity Pass and Mt Owen for several years. Last year’s attempt was cancelled due to it being the first weekend of lockdown, so I rescheduled the trip for...