Barnicoat Range Traverse, Nelson, 7 Jun 2021

Queen's Birthday arrived. The main club trip had been cancelled due to a dodgy forecast, which we ignored. Grant and Ray organised a car shuttle, and collected various folks in the CRV. We had a briefing at the Brook Sanctuary, where three of us...

Browning Hut, Mt Richmond FP, 16 May 2021

A planned trip to Robert Ridge Bushline hut circuit was changed on Sat evening to a trip into Browning hut because of the predicted bad weather on Robert Ridge. 6 trampers left from the Hackett car park at 9.00. We had the pleasure of being...

Saddle Hill Exploration: 18th April 2021

The Tramping Club has been wanting to assess the condition of the walking tracks around Saddle Hill/The Doubles for some time. The cancelled Starveall tramp provided the opportunity to do exactly that. There were 4 ‘starters”. Chris and Andrea road...

Mt Arthur Peak, Kahurangi NP, 14 Nov 2020

With clear blue skies, but with a possibility of wind, 13 trampers set off from the Badminton Hall in Richmond just after 8. We set off tramping from the Flora car park at 9.25, had the usual morning tea at Mt Arthur Hut before heading off along the...

Browning Hut & Totara Saddle, Mt Richmond FP, 2 Aug 2020

It was a relatively small group of six who set off on this tramp. It was a ‘Goldilock’s Day – not too hot and not too cold, for the tramp, but there were already quite a few cars in the car park. It is a popular walking track, and as we found out a few...