South Saddle

Corner Creek to Mt Matthews in photos

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Date: 29 -30 June 2019.
Trip type: Weekend Tramp.
Location: Remutaka Forest Park.
Author: Tony Gazley.
Trampers: Megan S, Tony G.

Corner Creek to Mt Matthews

Leave the Catchpool Carpark at a leisurely 10:00 am Saturday morning. Wander through to the Orongorongo River – always pleasant no matter how often you go. Climb up to South Saddle and try to avoid being blown off the ridge in the north-west gale. Scurry down into the Mukamuka to find a sheltered spot for … Read more

Mt Matthews – make haste slowly

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Date: 21 May 2017.
Trip type: Day - Alpine fitness training.
Location: Rimutaka Forest Park.
Author: Heather.
Trampers: Toby, Tony, Heather.

Mukamuka

As we climbed up to Mt Matthews’ South Saddle, I found myself thinking of Aesop’s fable The Hare and the Tortoise.  ‘Slow and steady; slow and steady’.   I did my best to keep an even—but what seemed like sedate—pace.  It was a change to how I would normally climb a hill with just a day … Read more