St Arnaud Tarn Camp, Nelson Lakes NP, 7 Mar 2026

Fine weather was forecast. Most club members had ‘already been there, done that,’ so my challenge was finding folks to join me on my inaugural exploration of the St Arnaud Range. Graeme was invaluable in providing a vehicle, reliable navigation, and...

Gordon’s Knob, Richmond FP, 22 Feb 2026

With Tim and Steve coming from near Tapawera and the rest from Nelson/Richmond we all met at the start of the forestry road up to Inwood Lookout (where Stock and Bateup Roads join) at a comfortable 8.30 am. The seven of us consolidated into two...

Cobb Lakes Camping loop, Kahurangi NP, 14 Feb 2026

Day 1: Car park to Diamond Lake via lake Lockett, 11kms, 6hrs The best weather window was chosen so the trip would go from Saturday to Monday. Astrid did a great job organising the carpooling with twelve people from all over the region meeting at Mrs...

Sylvia Tops, Lewis Pass, 31 Jan 2026

After having to postpone the 24th/25th Jan. trip to the following Sunday/Monday and then further adjust the start date back to 31st Jan. due to adverse weather, we finally got underway on Saturday morning. We arrived at the start of the Nina Valley...

Mount Owen Traverse, Kahurangi NP, 7th February 2026

Mount Own Traverse | 7 February 2026 Day 1 Due to the complicated nature of the start and finish of this trip we used Trips and Transfers to move the 8 of us to the start at Owen Valley East. There were already 6 cars at the start so we thought it...