Red Hills Traverse #2 – Mt Richmond FP, Easter 2012

Leaders: Mike Glover & Ray Salisbury This Easter I proposed our club do a moderate trip so as to attract a broader range of participants. My teenage nephew joined our seasoned members, and fitted in with the family of five, two hut-baggers and a...

Hacket–Browning Huts – Mt Richmond FP, 9 Apr 2012

Leader: Gillian Arbuthnott Perfection is a mix of beautiful bush, birdsong, pine forest, the constant sound of the Hacket Stream far below, seven pairs of boot-clad feet, and a warm, sunny Autumn day. Like birds on a wire, we perched on the woodshed at...

Cupola Basin Hut – Nelson Lakes NP, 30 Mar-1 Apr 2012

Leader: Uta Purcell The tramp along Lake Rotoiti, up the Travers Valley to John Tait Hut, and the steeply ascending track to Cupola Basin Hut, can be long, or it would at least appear so on the way back. Kelvin Drew and Lou Kolff were keen to do it....

Rough Creek trip – Nelson Lakes NP, 24 Mar 2012

Leader: Silvano Lorandi We walked up Rough Creek: Mike Drake, Mike Glover, Silvano Lorandi, Pat Holland, Dion Pont, Lee Nixon, Brian Renwick, Mark Stevens and myself...that’s nine. It wasn’t too bad going, although I was slowest up the last tussocky...

Kings Creek Hut-Wangapeka Track - Kahurangi NP, 10 Mar 2012

Leader: Brenda Griffin Weather wasn’t looking great for a Saturday overnight trip to Kings Creek Hut on the Wangapeka Track. We decided to complete the trip in a day instead. Kelvin Drew joined me on the trip. Not a good start as my alarm didn’t ring...