Medium Fit Tramp

Renata Hut via Pukeatua

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Date: 4-6 May 2012.
Trip type: Medium Fit tramp.
Location: Tararua Forest Park.
Author: Marie Henderson.
Trampers: Illona Keenan, Kevin Cole, Megan Banks, Marie Henderson.

Renata Hut has loads of ambience. Ambience of a basic tin shed with some paint slapped on about 100 years ago with a collection of critters and the special indoor garden found in all continually damp locations. But I have never yet been sad to see it. All routes in I have taken so far … Read more

The second best mountain range for tramping

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Date: 21-24 October 2011.
Trip type: Medium Fit Tramp.
Location: Ruahine Corner, Ruahines.
Author: Mike McGavin .
Trampers: Mike McGavin, Illona Keenan (leader), and others.

What better way to spend the long Labour weekend of the 2011 Rugby World Cup Final than isolated in the second best mountain range for tramping in the world? I certainly couldn’t think of a better way: it was easy to wing my way back to New Zealand and head into the Ruahines! I stapled … Read more

Syme Hut

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Date: 19-21 November 2010.
Trip type: Medium Fit ALP1.
Location: Egmont National Park.
Author: Spencer Chubb.
Trampers: Steve (leader), Spencer, Dimitri .

We left Syme Hut at 10.30am and stepped straight into a howling gale and horizontal hail. Visibility suddenly vanished and we were forced to quickly don sunglasses to avoid squinting into a near white-out. I looked back at the hut into the teeth of the storm and was rewarded with a painful pelting of hail, … Read more

50 Metres Visibility on the Tararua Main Range

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Date: 22-25 January 2010 (Anniversary Weekend).
Trip type: Medium Fit Tramp.
Location: Tararuas.
Author: Mike McGavin.
Trampers: Amanda Wells, Mike McGavin, Richard Lardner and Tim Frank.

Wellington Anniversary Weekend meant an opportunity to have a slightly longer trip in the Tararuas than the usual weekend, and we used it to visit the middle part of the main range, beginning from Otaki Forks and ending at Poads Road near Levin. The forecast leading up to the weekend was uninspiring, suggesting several large … Read more

Strawberries and Cream with the Men in Black

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Date: 26-29 November 2009.
Trip type: Fit Tramp.
Location: Kahurangi National Park.
Author: Jenny Cossey.
Trampers: Jenny Cossey, Steve Austin, Tony Gazley.

We all finally met in the vehicle line-up at the ferry car park. The trip leader had waited the previous half hour sunbathing and enjoying the perfect still evening air, watching the ironing board flat sea and the growing number of various shades of pink in the sky. An idyllic ferry crossing passed with pleasant … Read more

Vosseler – Penn Creek Hut

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Date: 12-14 June 2009.
Trip type: Medium-Fit Tramp.
Location: Otaki Forks.
Author: Hans Wiskerke.
Trampers: Gareth, Simon, Bernie and Hans.

It’s winter, the Tararuas lie waiting to be visited, the WTMC trip list indicates several tramps for the weekend but the rain gods might have something up their sleeve. In fact, one of the club’s best known rain gods earlier declined an offer to lead the trip because of the lousy forecast. Thinking back after … Read more

Tararua Magic!

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Date: March 2003.
Trip type: Medium-Fit Tramp.
Location: Otaki Forks.
Author: Emily & Raymond.
Trampers: Emily, Raymond.

Fri (evening): Otaki Forks – Kime Sat: Kime – Mangahuka via Tararua Peaks & Ladder – Anderson’s Sun: Andersons – Waitewaiwai – Otaki Forks FRIDAY: After negotiating a tedious traffic jam we finally arrived at Otaki Forks at dusk. We were lucky to have a clear starry night. We marched up to Field in a … Read more