Takaka Hill Walkway - 22 Sept 2019

A bright, warm day made for a good start. Eleven trampers, old and new, some with extensive experience, gathered punctually, showing eager attitude. To walk on a marble mountain promises something special. Though this was once farmland, it’s now a...

Snow Skills Trip at Mount Robert Lodge - 7-8 Sept 2019

6.40am on Saturday: Ian is picking me up AT THE DOOR and the adventure begins. 29 people of three different clubs of the area (Nelson, Marlborough and Golden Bay clubs) will meet to train their snow skills around Mount Robert Lodge. I feel a bit...

Kirwans Hut, Victoria Forest Park - 29 Aug/1 Sept. 2019

Trip Leader: Madeleine Rohrer An early 7 am start got us going to Murchison where we enjoyed morning tea and then drove on to Capleston car park, close to Reefton. What a lovely and mild end of winter day. We followed the nice track along Topffer Creek...

Conical Hill, Hope Range, 18 Aug 2019

Kate did a great job of organising a day trip up Conical Hill in the Hope Range including arranging perfect weather, and then ended up with a nasty cold and sadly couldn’t join us. Fortunately there were enough experienced members in the group that the...

Mt Starveall, Mt Richmond FP, 29 June 2019

Human wind vane on ridge approaching Mt Starveall. Wouldn't it be a great idea (I thought) to have a tramp and stretch my legs just before embarking on a 38 hour door to door trip to the UK - an exercise in patience, and sitting down... I'd been up the...