Red Hills Hut, Mt Richmond Forest Park - 4 Mar 2018

Leader: Leah Parker There are several club members who like to take their children or grandchildren tramping. It is a great way to develop an appreciation of nature, well away from the highly-commended David Attenborough programmes. Or the...

Aorere Peak, Kahurangi National Park - 17-19 Feb 2018

This trip was carried over from the previous weekend due to bad weather. We were hopeful of fitting in three days of fine weather before the arrival of Hurricane Gita. The journey over Takaka Hill and up the Cobb Valley on Saturday was uneventful. The...

John Reid Hut Working Bee, Kahurangi NP - 27-29 Jan 2018

Having mostly completed the Mount Fell Hut relocation & renovation (with just a woodshed left to build), the keen builder-types of the Nelson Tramping Club couldn’t wait to get their hands on another project. John Reid Hut in Kahurangi National Park...

Thousand Acre Plateau, Kahurangi National Park. 26-29 Jan 2018

Leader: Kath Ballantine Five intrepid trampers set off in the heat from the car park in the Matiri Valley at 3pm, heading for Lake Matiri Hut, our firsts night’s destination. (The temperature was 33 degrees celsius according to our vehicle’s reading.)...

Walk Sail, Abel Tasman National Park. 21 Jan 2018

Leaders: Brian Renwick & Debbie Hogan The morning was a balmy 18-degrees when the six set off from Nelson at 7am. Considering it is a Great Walk, the track was relatively quiet. We stopped at Stillwater Bay for morning tea. Lucy and Debbie went for a...