Pearse Resurgence and Nettlebed Cave, Kahurangi NP, 12 Feb 2023

After a bit of car shuffling, seven of us assembled by the first river crossing at the end of the Pearse River road at about 9.15 on Sunday morning. The weather was warm, partly overcast with no sign of rain and the river was quite low. The first...

Mole Tops, Nelson Lakes NP, 28 Jan 2023

Mt Watson from near bottom of Watsons Creek The Mole Tops near Murchison have been a popular destination for NTC. This trip was planned as a variation on the previous trips that involved a loopwalk up Watson Creek and out Jameson Ridge. This was up...

Mt Lodestone & Mt Arthur Hut, Kahurangi NP, 15 Jan 2023

Loop one – Flora Saddle carpark via Lodestone to Flora Hut (scribe - Jane): Thanks to the careful organisation by Michele, we managed to take off as planned at 9:30am from the Flora carpark. We were lucky to get one of the last parking places. We took...

Lockett & Peel Ranges, Kahurangi NP, 29 Dec 2022

Exploring the Lockett and Peel Ranges 29th Dec - 3rd Jan 2023. Day 1: Quarry carpark to Lake Lockett NTC members have explored parts of the Lockett and Peel Ranges on overnight or two-day tramps, but when you look at a map of the Cobb Valley, the...

Mt Luna, Kahurangi NP, 21 Dec 2022

The Wangapeka river was high so we decided to go reverse the trip and go to Stone Hut first and come down Chummies track and hope the river was lower in a few days. So we set off on a sunny morning and walked 21km on flat easy ground to Stone Hut,...