Carrington Hut

Three Passes

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Date: Easter (April 21-25) 2011.
Trip type: Medium Fit Tramp.
Location: Arthurs Pass.
Author: Nicole Miller.
Trampers: Mike (Leader), Sharron, Antone and Nicole.

The closer it gets to a long weekend the more often the weather forecast pages are up on my Internet browsers. No different for this years Easter weekend. The weather patterns coming up over the West Coast of the South Island and over Arthur’s Pass were changing every time new data was uploaded, but had … Read more

Mt Rolleston – Arthur’s Pass NP

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Date: 22-25 January 2010 (Anniversary Weekend)..
Trip type: Alpine 2 Fit.
Location: Arthur's Pass National Park.
Author: John Marney.
Trampers: David Jewell, Sharron Came, Steve Austin, Adrian Smith, Jenny Beaumont, Mark Henson. Ant Mulick, John Marney .

Holy shit! I am so knackered. I am lying on one of the top bunks of a small mountain hut in Arthur’s Pass national park. It is cramped. There are barely nine inches between my nose and the slope of the ceiling. It doesn’t matter, though, because I am too tired to sit up. I … Read more