Lake Monowai Circuit – Fiordland National Park

Paddling down Lake Monowai from Monowai Hut

Lake Monowai Circuit – Fiordland National Park A 4 day tramp/ packraft circuit including Green Lake and Lake Monowai in Fiordland National Park We declared this trip to be one of New Zealand’s ’11 Great Packrafts’ (like the Great Walks). The trip started with my dad dropping us off at the road end by Borland Bivy … Read more

Kepler Track – Fiordland National Park

An overly excited group of eight met at Wellington Airport at 8.15am on a Saturday morning for a flight to Queenstown. Dick and Beverly were already down south and would be meeting us at Queenstown airport. This is one thing I have come to enjoy about WTMC – I knew Noel and Jane, but the … Read more

Westies Hut – with chocolate streams and marshmallows

Westies Hut Fiordland National Park

Westies Hut (with chocolate streams and marshmallows) It started with Tony, Jamie and I jumping into a helicopter to fly to Westies Hut as a bit of a treat. We had decided to make it a bit more epic by flying in and then just walking out since the track was an out and back … Read more

The snows of Mt Titiroa – Fiordland National Park

Balanced rock on Mt Titiroa

The snows of Mt Titiroa A climb to the summit of Mt Titiroa – the snowy appearance is white granite sand. We had just come off the South Coast Track after a trip into Westies Hut in Fiordland National Park, and after a quick stop in Tuatapere to restock we ended up in a caravan at … Read more

U Pass

U Pass Fiordland National Park

U Pass Fiordland National Park A 2 day hiking loop trip through the unusually shaped U Pass between Mistake Creek and Hut Creek in Fordland. While licking ice creams at the Manupouri Café after our successful ascent of Mount Titiroa, Pete suggested we make the most of the next two day weather window by going … Read more

The Five Passes

This was not a WTMC trip, but, with the five passes coming up on the schedule soon, I thought it might be useful to share our experience, times (walked at a leisurely pace) and route finding tips. We had three weeks on South Island to go anywhere and do anything. Plan A was the Tin … Read more