Mt Fishtail, Mt Richmond Forest Park - 22-23 Sept 2018

Leader: Michele Cunningham The forecast looked perfect for a weekend jaunt up Mount Fishtail in the Richmond Ranges near Blenheim. Leah, Peter and Michele were joined by Yee from Blenheim, on her first NTC trip. She had a long wait for us at the road...

Mt Richmond climb, Mt Richmond Forest Park - 14 July 2018

Leader: Debbie Hogan In June I climbed to Richmond Saddle Hut for the first time. The cloud was down, and while we enjoyed the climb, we had no views. The hut was cute, warm and the company was great for the night. The weather was worse the next day,...

Mount Fell Hut, Working Bee - 26-27 May 2018

Builder: Bob Janssen The final part of our efforts in the Mt Fell Hut restoration was to have a woodshed built. After working out a plan, pre-cutting and bundling up all of the required materials, we then dropped these off for the helicopter to collect...

Lake Chalice – Mt Patriarch, Mount Richmond Forest Park, 11–12 November 2017

Leader: Ian Morris Departing from Bishopdale, we headed east in two vehicles, for a meet-up and morning tea in Havelock. Just before Blenheim, we headed up the Wairau valley until we got to Mount Richmond Forest Park. There we followed the steadily...

Mt Fell Hut, Mt Richmond Forest Park, 24-25 Feb 2017

Leader: Lawrie Halkett Two vehicles and seven hardy souls set out from Nelson on Friday morning. Given that Brett and Darren were the speedsters, they dropped off us plodders at the Timms Creek track head, then drove on around to Top Valley and left a...