Sawcut Gorge, Marlborough, 30 May-1 June 2015

Leader: Kate Krawczyk Kirwans Hut in Victoria Forest Park was our ambition, but a fierce forecast scared us off to the brighter, sunnier reaches of the East Coast. Kate kindly collected us, sleepy-eyed, from our residences and transported us to the...

Richmond Alpine Circuit, Mt Richmond FP, 3-6 April 2015

Leader: Kate Krawczy We started out from the locked gate up the Wairoa Gorge on Friday at 8:30am. There was about five kilometres of road to start and it was good to get that out of the way. But then we started up the track following the true left of...

Wangapeka Track circuit – Kahurangi NP, 22-25 Mar 2015

Scribe: Pat Holland This 4-day trip was run by NTC for some members of the FMC Executive who had attended a meeting in Nelson. Planning for six was disrupted by Sally Johannesson coming down with a tummy bug and withdrawing. The remaining five arrived...

Thousand Acre Plateau – Kahurangi NP, 7-9 Nov 2014

Leader: Chris Louth With the promise of three days of sunshine and light winds, eight of us left the cars on the Matiri Valley road and headed upstream. The West Branch Matiri was easily forded and an hour later we were at a deserted Lake Matiri Hut....

Johnston Peak – Mt Richmond FP, 25-27 April 2014

Leader: Kate Krawczyk PIGEONS, PILOTS + PEAKS In the New Zealand backcountry there have been several notorious plane crashes. Sometimes the wreckage was removed; sometimes it is still there waiting for an adventurous tramper to discover and then...