Tableland Tour 1, Kahurangi NP, 5 Mar 2021

I am a newbie on the tramping club circuit, this being my very first tramp with the club. This did not disappoint. We hit Flora Hut carpark at about 10.30am and Ray Salisbury took us on a very extensive tour around the Tableland circuit. We arrived at...

Three Passes plus Two, Arthur's Pass NP, 5 Mar 2021

Our planned route was on part of the classic Arthur's Pass Three Passes route over Harman, Whitehorn and Browning passes before leaving the standard route and crossing two extra passes to exit back on Highway 73. The five of us, two from NTC and three...

Mt Owen Mt Bell and Billies Knob, Kahurangi NP, 26 Feb 2021

Mt Owen 26-28 March – Group A trip report I’ve been wanting to do a nice relaxed 3 day trip up to Granity Pass and Mt Owen for several years. Last year’s attempt was cancelled due to it being the first weekend of lockdown, so I rescheduled the trip for...

Kaituna Forks and Mt Stevens, Kahurangi NP, 19 Feb 2021

It was unfinished business and a glorious weather forecast that shooed four of us out the door on Friday evening; we'd last attempted the Kaituna Forks track in September but a swollen river held us back on that occasion. After a night at the perfectly...

Mole Tops, Nelson Lakes NP, 30 Jan 2021

Mole (or is that "Mo-lay") tops. Graeme had gone to great lengths to optimise transport pickups with everyone first coming together at the Wakefield Bakery. So obviously food was high on the agenda. This meant lunch on the first day could be of a...