Crow Hut

Randonée in the Ruahines

Many trampers choose to take on a challenge to give their tramping adventures a purpose. Te Araroa trail hikers are one example, Kuldeep Nandurkar, who is bagging 900 huts in 900 days, is another. Even amongst our own club members we have some ambitious hut-baggers and long-distance adventurers. Maarten Ruiter is one of them. Earlier … Read more

Kawhatau Base

Date: 19-21 August 2011.
Trip type: Medium tramp.
Location: Ruahines.
Author: Gareth Morton.
Trampers: Jo Boyle (leader), Gareth Morton (co-trip leader), Pete Gent (navigationally-challenged punter).

 The last time it snowed in downtown Wellington I was too young to dress or feed myself. In the intervening years this ability had only slightly improved, yet I had learnt the basic use of an ice axe and crampons. So off we went all tooled up for the slow drive to the Ruahine’s only … Read more