Wooded Peak, Nelson, 10 Sept 2017

Leader: Barry James Although the day dawned fair, there were two of us for this excellent, but energetic, day walk. Thence by car to the Brook and we started walking at 8:45am through the Redwood grove and onto the old, classic 4WD road which now runs...

Mount Stanley (971m), Tennyson Inlet, Marlborough Sounds, 23 JUly 2017

Leader: Silvano Lorandi Promises, promises. We return to this trip with the NTC after four years. It was June 2013 when four of us ventured on this hill and discovered a reasonably well-marked track past the Nydia Saddle and a DOC research hut on the...

Mount Malita via Roding River, Nelson, 21 May 2017

Leader: Chris Louth When the overnight temperature drops to zero in Nelson you know it’s going to be colder up the valleys. So it was as we left the car at the frosty Aniseed Valley road end and began the trek up the Roding towards mineral belt...

Red Hills, Mt Richmond Forest Park, 2 May 2017

Leader: Pat Holland (private trip) I wanted to do a recce of the area and the forecast was excellent so three of us headed off on a mid-week adventure. We reached the Red Hills carpark off SH63 (just past the Rainbow turnoff) just after 8am. This was...

Mt Arthur Dawn Service, Kahurangi National Park, 25 Apr 2017

Leader: Andrea Cockerton Anzac Day dawned clear and calm and a gorgeous day to be in the Hills. What usually would take five minutes to cross the middle of town to pick up a fellow tramper, took more like 20 minutes with roads closed, policemen and...