Sylvester Hut – Kahurangi NP, 7-8 Jan 2012

Leader: Uta Purcell It must’ve been good weather that allowed this trip to become a two-in-one-tramp; easy, relaxed, sociable and interesting. Four members, Marie Lenting, Roger and Maureen Cotton and myself, reached the hut for an early lunch on the...

Parapara Peak - 14-15 May 2005

Parapara Peak. Organiser: Jim Maxwell A party of five set out on the Saturday morning with a gloomy forecast to find weather on the other side of the Takaka Hill impeccably clear. Just nice and cool enough at this season to make the longish ascent...

Fenella Hut/Cobb Valley - 7-8 May 2005

Fenella Hut/Cobb Valley - Organiser: Grahame Harris. On Saturday we started walking just after 10am and reached Fenella Hut mid-afternoon. Two people pitched tents because there were others at the Hut, then six of us set off for the saddle above the...

Lake Henderson - 19-20 March 2005

Lake Henderson. Organiser: Nora Flight Six of us departed the Richmond rendezvous at 7am (before sunrise), and started walking from Trilobite in the Cobb Valley at 9.45am. Lunch was in stages between the tent camp and Lake Cobb. A refreshing cup of tea...

Bulmer Tarn - 11-12 December 2004

Bulmer Tarn. Organiser: Tony Haddon Had it not been nearly midsummer we might not have been taken by surprise by the arctic wind and horizontal snow. We left town with visions of sun and balm, and in fact did have sun and balm until we parked in the...