Bryant Range Traverse, Mt Richmond FP, 1 Apr 2026

BRYANT RANGE TRAVERSE I 1-4 April 2026 (ALTERNATIVE EASTER TRIP) An ageing gentlemen from a tramping club in Auckland had moved to Nelson and impressed us with his ambitious ‘day trips’ over the remote Hacket Peaks and the untracked ridge along to Mt...

Seven Pass trip, Nelson Lakes National Park - 21-29 Feb 2019

Leader: Brian Renwick “This looks a lot easier than I remember!” Two seconds later, the guardian of Moss Pass punished Brian for his rash remark. With perfect Monty Pythonesque timing, he took one step down and promptly arsed over, sliding a few metres...

Mt Tapuae-o-Uenuku, Marlborough, 7 Nov 2015

Leader: Simon Garton “Wake up, Ray!” Pat Holland is knocking on my front door at the insane hour of 3am. There is no response to his wake-up calls, so he checks the time–oops! He’s four hours too early. (I am beginning to wonder if our club captain is...

Mt Paske, Marlborough, 2 Oct 2015

Leader: Mike Drake After poor weather resulted in this trip being aborted a month before, a dubious forecast and other factors resulted in several abstentions for this re-run. So just Mike and Pat flew the flag of optimistic heroism and headed up the...

Sabine, Waiau & D’Urville Valleys – Nelson Lakes NP, 8-14 Feb 2012

Leader & scribe: Brian Renwick This was a trip of short days alternating with long days. >Wednesday: we parked at Mount Robert late in the afternoon and enjoyed a pleasant walk to Speargrass Hut in fine, cool evening conditions. Thursday: we tramped...