Takaka Hill Walkway & Harwood’s Hole, Abel Tasman N.P, 1 May 2016

Leader: Kate Krawczyk We set out from Nelson in three vehicles and reached the Takaka Hill Walkway Carpark at the top of the Takaka Hill around 9am. This area is noted for its unusual elevated landscape including spectacular marble karst rock...

Lockett Range Traverse, Kahurangi N.P, 23-25 Apr 2016

Leader: Steve McGlone ANZAC weekend saw me leading a club trip for three days over the Lockett Range in the Northwest Nelson area. The forecast for Saturday was for rain in the afternoon becoming heavy by evening, so to make the use of a clear morning...

Julius Summit, Nelson Lakes National Park, 10 Apr 2016

Leader: Kate Krawczyk We set off from Nelson with five keen trampers on a beautiful April morning. The goal was to walk along the Robert Ridge to Julius Summit ascending the Pinchgut Track, then descending Paddy’s Track to compete a circuit of Mount...

Gordons Knob, Mt Richmond Forest Park, 28 Mar 2016

Leader: Pat Holland The team of 10 were very keen to do Plan A, the proposed day trip to Ben Nevis. Despite some prior intelligence that the access road was closed for forestry operations, we believed the DOC website notice that this applied to work...

Nina Valley, Lake Sumner Forest Park, 25-27 Mar 2016

Leader: Ray Salisbury PLAN B : THE LONG & SHORT OF IT Some wise soul once said: “Long weekends were created cos you can’t fit that much bad weather into two days.” Thankfully, the bad weather was restricted to the West Coast region, and we had a backup...