St Arnaud Range (North End), Nelson Lakes NP, 13 May 2023

The Nelson/Tasman weather yet again disrupted the NTC scheduled trips. Debbie’s walk to “Peanter Peak without the snow” had to be cancelled because unusually there was too much snow. So the north end of the St Arnaud Range was proposed as an...

Beebys Hut, Mt Richmond FP, 30 April 2023

Three of us set off from Beebys carpark up the steady climb through beech and an amazing number of young horoeka and good birdsong. Needless to say, we got too warm so off came the layers. The track was noticeably more travelled once the Unhinged mtb...

Lodestone-Mt Hodder-Flora circuit, Kahurangi National Park, 23 April 2023

By Saturday there were 15 registrants and a further 3 late-comers were turned away. The excellent weather forecast for Sunday had brought everybody out from under their shells (speaking of which we saw some large Powelliphanta snail shells in the...

Mount Hope, Kahurangi National Park, 16 Apr 2023

Ten happy trampers made light of the amble up Mt Hope. Actually, the highlight being the unusual landscape with big rocks peppering the open tops of Granite and Mountain beech. The summit itself doesn't stand proud, congruent to Chris remarking "I...

Arthur’s Pass day trips, Arthurs Pass National Park, 7 April 2023

Day 1 - Yumi Six people heading off to Arthur's Pass for the Easter holiday with good weather. There was bumper to bumper traffic going towards Greymouth. We started walking the Otira Valley Track after lunch. The DoC sign says 1 hour to footbridge but...