Parachute Rocks traverse – Nelson Lakes NP, 29 Sept 2013

Leader: Andrea Cockerton This trip was postponed from the previous week and the weather was again looking indeterminable. The plan was to rock on up to the Lakes and make a decision from there to head up to the ridge or to potter around the circular...

Mt Stanley – Marlborough Sounds, 29 June 2013

Leader: Silvano Lorandi In the puzzle of sea and land that is the Marlborough Sounds some fortunate mountains are high enough to promise a spectacular view. Mt. Stanley (971m) on the map appears as a distinctive peak possibly high enough to conquer the...

Lodestone & Hodder – Kahurangi NP, 10 Mar 2013

Leader: Chris Louth It was yet another glorious morning as we left Flora carpark for the first section of what would end up being a fairly long day. At the summit of Mt Lodestone we stopped to regroup and recover and bask in the sunshine. From here we...

Mt Patriarch-3 from Wangapeka – Kahurangi NP, 10 Feb 2013

Leader: Pat Holland The infamous early start saw us starting up the Wangapeka Track from Rolling River before 9am on a beautifully calm, clear morning. Mt Patriarch came into view – very majestic and the forested ridge leading to it looked a breeze...

Mt Arthur - Kahurangi NP, 23 Dec 2012

Leader: Chris Louth The recently accessible Flora carpark was quite full as five of us assembled on a glorious morning for the hike up Mt Arthur. The huge scar on the side of the hill on the road up, and the heaps of rock laying in the nearby fields...