Gordons Pyramid via Hodge Creek, Kahurangi NP, 11 Jun 2023

A beautiful Winters day up in the hills, what a treat. The Mount Arthur carpark was already brimming on our early arrival, the last day before closure for three weeks. My somewhat lackadaisical approach to planning may have listed this as Medium and...

Lodestone-Mt Hodder-Flora circuit, Kahurangi National Park, 23 April 2023

By Saturday there were 15 registrants and a further 3 late-comers were turned away. The excellent weather forecast for Sunday had brought everybody out from under their shells (speaking of which we saw some large Powelliphanta snail shells in the...

Mount Hope, Kahurangi National Park, 16 Apr 2023

Ten happy trampers made light of the amble up Mt Hope. Actually, the highlight being the unusual landscape with big rocks peppering the open tops of Granite and Mountain beech. The summit itself doesn't stand proud, congruent to Chris remarking "I...

Pearse Resurgence and Nettlebed Cave, Kahurangi NP, 12 Feb 2023

After a bit of car shuffling, seven of us assembled by the first river crossing at the end of the Pearse River road at about 9.15 on Sunday morning. The weather was warm, partly overcast with no sign of rain and the river was quite low. The first...

Mt Lodestone & Mt Arthur Hut, Kahurangi NP, 15 Jan 2023

Loop one – Flora Saddle carpark via Lodestone to Flora Hut (scribe - Jane): Thanks to the careful organisation by Michele, we managed to take off as planned at 9:30am from the Flora carpark. We were lucky to get one of the last parking places. We took...