Lewis Pass

The Zampa Not Tops Trip – Is this what a MF Trip is really about?

Date: 3-6 June 2011.
Trip type: Medium Fit.
Location: Lewis Pass.
Author: Kate Cushing.
Trampers: Kate Cushing, Amanda Wells, Richard Lardner, Megan Banks, Illona Keenan and Kevin Cole.

No wonder the Medium Fit trampers make their trips sound so mysterious!  I have been aspiring to be an MF for months, no maybe years, and I finally thought I dared to join one of the mysterious MF trips. Well, actually I was thinking that they might not tolerate me as a punter so I … Read more

Christmas Tramp: Lewis Pass to Nelson Lakes

Date: Christmas 2009/2010.
Trip type: Christmas Tramp.
Location: Lewis Pass.
Author: Bernie Smithyman.
Trampers: Tony Gazley (leader), Rita, Marie, Melissa, Bernie.

New Years Day 2010 a bunch of keen yet slightly crazy trampers jump onto the interislander on a 9 day excursion taking them deep into the heart of the Southern Alps going from Lewis Pass up to Nelson Lakes. The initial plan is to head over three alpine passes Three tarns pass, Thomson Saddle and … Read more