Plan B: Bryant Range Cross-over, 3-5 April 2026

The weather in Murchison looked marginal for the planned 1000 acre plateau Easter tramp, so the Leader made the call to do something more local and less exposed to the incoming weather. The Bryant Range runs behind Nelson- literally it’s our back yard....

Bryant Range Traverse, Mt Richmond FP, 1 Apr 2026

BRYANT RANGE TRAVERSE I 1-4 April 2026 (ALTERNATIVE EASTER TRIP) An ageing gentlemen from a tramping club in Auckland had moved to Nelson and impressed us with his ambitious ‘day trips’ over the remote Hacket Peaks and the untracked ridge along to Mt...

Mt Ellis via Hunters Hut and out via the Wairoa, Mt Richmond Forest Park, 25 Apr 2024

Fireside Top Wairoa Hut Day 1 5 days prior to departure we learned that our planned access to Richmond Forest Park at Inwoods Lookout was closed due to forestry operations. Thankfully Graeme was able to negotiate with the manager of One-Forty-One and...

Mt Richmond Forest Park Alpine Route, Mt Richmond FP, 23 April 2023

Day 1 – Hacket carpark to Starveall Hut We set off from the Hacket carpark just after 9am on Sunday, having delayed the start of the trip a few days waiting for the rain to stop and river levels to go down. We stopped at Hacket Hut for morning tea,...

Mt Luna, Kahurangi NP, 21 Dec 2022

The Wangapeka river was high so we decided to go reverse the trip and go to Stone Hut first and come down Chummies track and hope the river was lower in a few days. So we set off on a sunny morning and walked 21km on flat easy ground to Stone Hut,...