Monster Mine-Blue Knob, 21 Dec 2025, Nelson

Even though we had the benefit of tramping on a day with maximum daylight, we found ourselves driving home in the dark. With Astrid at the wheel, we had just set off from the upper Aniseed valley carpark when a young deer shot out of the vegetation,...

Parachute Rocks, Nelson Lakes NP, Sunday 30th Nov 2025

8 Trampers decided the weather forecast would not put them off and set off for Parachute Rocks at 9.40 from Kerr Bay, St Arnaud. It was warm and muggy initially and a steady pace was set. About midway up the climb we were rewarded by seeing Kaka in the...

Maitland Ridge Circuit, Mt Richmond FP, 22 Nov 2025

Ten of us set off from the carpark at the bottom of the Red Hills hut track just before 9.30am. Within an hour and a half we were at the Red Hills hut for a snack break. This is also a good water top-up point. We set off again just before 11.30am to go...

Wooded Peak, Nelson, 15 Nov 2025

With an All Blacks test on Sunday, and only a couple of registered attendees, the leader wisely teamed up with Waimea Tramping Club who had organised the exact same tramp for the previous day. And so it was, on the Saturday morning, 11 persons pooled...

FMC Love Our Huts, Sylvester Hut, Kahurangi NP, 8 Nov 2025

On Saturday 8 November, eight keen hut lovers met at 8 am at Mrs Smith cafe in Riwaka to head up to Sylvester hut in the Cobb Valley, which our club was able to register for, to do the annual hut cleaning. After the longish drive, we all started...