Round the Mountain

Around the Mountain Circuit – Egmont National Park

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Date: 1-2 April 2023.
Trip type: Tramp(F).
Location: Egmont National Park.
Author: Mathew.
Trampers: Emily (leader), Mathew, Hugo.

Timings Dawson falls to Waiaua Gorge Hut: 3 hours 50 minutes Waiaua Gorge Hut to Kahui Hut: 3 hours 15 minutes Kahui Hut to Holly Hut: 3 hours 40 minutes Holly Hut to Dawson Falls: 5 hours Day one We spent Friday night at Konini Lodge, by Dawson Falls. MetService had been warning of “severe … Read more

Objective – Ringatoto East Ridge from Rangipo Hut

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Date: 12-14th August 2022.
Trip type: Alp 1.
Location: Ringatoto East Ridge from Rangipo Hut.
Author: James Johnston.
Trampers: Henry Fisher, Tereza Bublikova, Paul McCredie, Sophie Aitchison.

Friday – Wellington to Rangipo Hut Excitement was in the air as we left Platform 9 at 5pm on Friday – we had a great group, a promising forecast and a full moon to look forward to. 4.5 hours later we turned on to the Tukino Access Road. It’s a bumpy ride at the start … Read more

Ruapehu Round-the-Mountain

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Date: Easter (April 21-25) 2011.
Trip type: Easy-Medium Tramp.
Location: Mt Ruapehu.
Author: Amelia White.
Trampers: : Amelia White, Mark White, Mike Travers, Annie van Herck, Lieselot Whitbeck, Jonathan Karp, Tim McGurk, Vincent Grealish, Jo Boyle (part time at least).

Thursday Thursday 5.30pm found Amanda and I corralling punters into our respective vans at a very busy platform 9 on a warm and overcast evening. We were headed for the club lodge for the night; the other van was headed for somewhere north of Taupo. Unusually, we encountered no traffic issues; we were all the … Read more