Richmond Saddle Hut

Richmond Saddle Hut – Mount Richmond Forest Park

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Date: 12-14 March 2023.
Trip type: Tramp(EM).
Location: Mt Richmond Forest Park.
Author: Jane.
Trampers: Jane (leader), Georgia, Karen.

Disembarking from the Friday afternoon ferry to Picton, we drove to Onamalutu Scenic Reserve campsite along with the Medium group and had a cool, but peaceful, night’s sleep under the trees (campsite fee $10 cash per person). The Medium group had a much longer day ahead of them, so we packed up and left Onamalutu … Read more

Mount Richmond with penguins and snails – Mt Richmond Forest Park

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Date: 12-14 May 2023.
Trip type: Tramp(M).
Location: Mount Richmond Forest Park.
Author: Emily S.
Trampers: Emily S (leader), Sarah F, Lynsey, Jo, Megan B, Sara H.

Mt Richmond is on my aging list of ‘50 Best Tramping Peaks’ from the Wilderness magazine, way back, hence why I suggested it for the WTMC trip schedule. And on this weekend, it did indeed turn out to be a spectacular tramping peak. There were six of us, plus three from the EM group, on … Read more

We’re not climbing that, are we? A Mt Richmond trip – South Island

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Date: 28-30 March 2014.
Trip type: Medium Tramp.
Location: Richmond Ranges.
Author: Sarah Fisher.
Trampers: Katy Glenia (leader), Raymond, Ed & Sarah Fisher.

At 7am the next morning I was wide awake and started making a little noise figuring we should get on the move relatively soon since we had a long day ahead to Mt Richmond. Poor Katy woke up and enquired as to what I was doing up so early because it was still dark. On … Read more