Aorere Peak, Kahurangi National Park - 17-19 Feb 2018

This trip was carried over from the previous weekend due to bad weather. We were hopeful of fitting in three days of fine weather before the arrival of Hurricane Gita. The journey over Takaka Hill and up the Cobb Valley on Saturday was uneventful. The...

John Reid Hut Working Bee, Kahurangi NP - 27-29 Jan 2018

Having mostly completed the Mount Fell Hut relocation & renovation (with just a woodshed left to build), the keen builder-types of the Nelson Tramping Club couldn’t wait to get their hands on another project. John Reid Hut in Kahurangi National Park...

Thousand Acre Plateau, Kahurangi National Park. 26-29 Jan 2018

Leader: Kath Ballantine Five intrepid trampers set off in the heat from the car park in the Matiri Valley at 3pm, heading for Lake Matiri Hut, our firsts night’s destination. (The temperature was 33 degrees celsius according to our vehicle’s reading.)...

Garden of Eden, West Coast. 28 Dec - 5 Jan 2018

Leader: Mike Drake Sitting at my desk last Spring, perusing the NTC programme, I noticed that a leader was required for a trip during the summer. What about something a little different and special? Last year I finally completed a Mt Cook to Arthur’s...

Wanganui River to Erewhon Col, Westland. 30 Nov-7 Dec 2017

Leader: Mike Drake Mike Drake organised and led this private trip so he could complete the alpine traverse from Mt Cook to Arthurs Pass that he, Ruth Gray and Dave Quested undertook in stages during 2014–2017. Bad weather and swollen rivers had blocked...