Friday (Road end to Powell Hut – 2h 45min) As we hopped into the van with the EM group on Friday, the vision for the trip was clear: there would be pizzas. How we would justify it as a club trip and what the tramping would actually involve was not as clear, however… The trip … Read more
Pouakai Circuit – a day walk A nighttime hiking loop trip around the Pouakai Circuit, Egmont National Park
Mt Princess – an Alp1 climb of a pretty little peak with a bath A pleasant climb of a pretty peak named Mt Princess with its own Princess Bath in the St James Conservation Area If you belong to a mountaineering club then maybe every now and then you think about actually climbing to the summit … Read more
Gog, Magog and the Tin Range – Rakiura National Park A tramping trip from Gog and Magog back to Oban via the Tin Range in Rakiura National Park, Stewart Island. For more photos go to www.tararuaphotos.com
Brass Monkey Biv A 2 day hiking loop trip through the Lewis Pass Tops passing by the Brass Monkey Bivouac and over the summit of The Apprentice. If you belong to a mountaineering club then maybe every now and then you think about actually climbing to the summit of a mountain. But one immediate problem … Read more
This weekend was scheduled as an Alp 1 trip to Bounds Peak in the Raglan Ranges. It’s proving a very elusive objective, with a growing number of thwarted attempts over the past few years. The weather was definitely not good enough for alpine climbing, so we settled on an overnighter to Powell Hut, to play … Read more
A relaxed start and some questionable navigation lead us to the Ōrongorongo Station carpark at 9:30am. We left a car there, drove to the Catchpool Valley carpark, and were walking by 10am. In no time at all we were heading up the Ōrongorongo Valley. A vague attempt was made to keep boots dry on the … Read more
Eager Beaver Canyon v4a2IV** A long day hike to Waiorongomai Hut then to Eager Beaver Canyon and return after rappelling the three 40 m waterfalls. In 2021 club member Megan Sety wrote an article for Wilderlife titled, ‘Near Miss – How not to get into canyoning. It was the story of an attempt by a … Read more
Mt Tarahaka – on the Road to Nowhere Mt Tarahaka in the Seaward Kaikoura Range Dino chickens. Stalked by horses. Vigorous totara trees. Electric shocks. Ambiguous routes. Nothing is ever simple in the Seaward Kaikōura Range it seems. Tony and I have a bit of a running record with this area where our trips don’t … Read more
18 months after the trip, we realised that no trip report had been written. Here is one; better late than never. Because our trip was at the Easter long weekend, we had to camp because all indoor accommodation had been booked out well in advance. But I think most of us didn’t mind camping. On … Read more