Hidden Hut & Boulder Forks Hut, Raglan Ranges, 30 Apr 2022

Super couple of days exploring this area on a joint venture with our friends in the MTC club, thanks Guys. Access to this area is the Leatham road off SH63. There is one ford over Enchanted Stream to cross which does need a 4WD about 3K from track...

Camp Lake, Kahurangi NP, 9 Apr 2022

This report describes an overnight tramping expedition to the Cobb Valley at Lake Camp in the Kahurangi National Park. Route Plan Saturday 9th April After meeting at Richmond Badminton Hall at 8am we travelled to the Cobb Valley starting our walk at...

Lodestone, Kahurangi NP, 2 Apr 2022

Weather forecasts notwithstanding, it was a cloudy day supplemented with the odd spot of drizzle as three carloads disgorged into the Flora car park. Aiming for a simple circuit of Loadstone, after the obligatory pep talk from the Obergruppenführer, we...

Cullens Creek Walkway, Mt Richmond FP, 28 Nov 2021

Club trip reports suggest that this tramp was last done in 2006. So the trip was offered as an easier day walk to offset the cancelled Mt Stokes tramp (road closed) and the Mt Owen multi-day tramp. The tramp had 5 starters which was a comfortable car...

Gordons Pyramid, Kahurangi NP, 12 Sep 2021

A group of 10 registered for this trip and we proceeded in convoy to Flora Saddle, picking up David en-route. The Graham Valley road was in good order and without snow. In fact there was none visible anywhere from the carpark so we decided not to carry...