Saddle Hill (The Doubles), Mt Richmond Forest Park - 28 July 2018

Leader: Silvano Lorandi The original plan was to climb Mt Royal in the Richmond Ranges, but there had been a recent dump of snow on the tops which would have meant an even longer day. So, with the amount of daylight available, Silvano decided to go for...

Dun Mountain, Mt Richmond Forest Park - 22 July 2018

Leader & Scribe: Kate Krawczyk We climbed up from the car park at the gate, past the dam onto the Maitai Valley track, then climbed to the turn off to Dun Saddle. We arrived at Dun Mountain Shelter for lunch. It was a bit cold so most of us huddled...

Mt Richmond climb, Mt Richmond Forest Park - 14 July 2018

Leader: Debbie Hogan In June I climbed to Richmond Saddle Hut for the first time. The cloud was down, and while we enjoyed the climb, we had no views. The hut was cute, warm and the company was great for the night. The weather was worse the next day,...

Cloustons Mine, Gordons Pyramid loop, Kahurangi NP - 17 June 2018

Leader: Pat Holland A large group of 14 registered for this trip, but by some miracle we managed to assemble at Richmond just after the scheduled time of 7:30am. We proceeded in convoy to Flora Saddle, picking up new chum Polina en-route. The Graham...

Ben Nevis, Mt Richmond Forest Park - 10 June 2018

Leader: Andrea Smithe With the hint of a good day and no organised trip, a spontaneous call went out to muster keen participants for a blast ‘somewhere grunty.’ This turned out to be a gander up Ben Nevis. Seven made their way up the well-signposted...