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...

Hartebreak Ridge, Mt Richmond FP, 20 May 2021

The club had a recce to Hartbreak ridge last year, identifying and re marking an old route. Ian has done 2 further trips in and pushed ahead with finding more of the old track and doing some track clearing. The goal for this trip was to push further...

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...

Lake Alexander Hut-Bragging, Marlborough, 7 May 2021

Lake Alexander | Ferny Gair Conservation Area, Marlborough Forecast rain had the leader looking for alternative destinations. The only dry piece of real estate in Aotearoa was Marlborough, so the destination was changed. Pell Stream Hut will be still...

Kirwans Track Circuit, Victoria FP, 24 Apr 2021

The weather forecast was not promising but not bad enough to cancel the trip. And so it proved – middling good on Saturday and middling bad on days 2 and 3 with squally showers from the South but some sunny patches and no wind. There were 8 starters in...