Donnelly Flats

Solo Adventurer – to Mid-King Biv and Beyond

Date: 27 May 2017.
Trip type: Navigation.
Location: Mid King Biv, Tararua Ranges.
Author: Andrew.
Trampers: Leader, scribe and party: Andrew.

This is the soggy tail of an overnighter-turned day trip. The plan: Donnelly Flats, Pinnacle Ridge, Baldy, South and Middle Kings, Mid King Biv, South Mitre Stream, the Pines and over the ridge to Holdsworth Lodge. The weather is glum for a 7.25am kick off. I’ve picked a handy looking spur below the first marked … Read more

Turning into popsicles on Baldy…

Date: 27 - 29 June 2014.
Trip type: Medium - Fast (Sarah refuses to call it 'Fit' still).
Location: Tararuas - Holdsworth - Atiwhakatu Hut-Baldy-Broken Axe Pinnacles-Jumbo Hut-Mt Holdsworth .
Author: Sarah Fisher.
Trampers: Maarten (leader), Jessie, Fiona & Sarah Fisher.

See more photos from Sarah Friday night saw our group doing an extremely quick march to Atiwhakatu hut after which I declared there would be a mutiny the next morning if we were walking that fast the rest of the tramp as my pack was stuffed full of an abundance of warm clothes. We arrived … Read more