Winchcombe

Cone to Alpha Huts (via Neill, Winchcombe and Hector)

Date: 2-4 March 2018.
Trip type: Medium-Fit Tramp.
Location: Tararua Forest Park.
Author: Simon.
Trampers: Emily (Leader), Simon (Photos), Fons.

We headed into Cone Hut from the Waiohine roadend on Friday night (after getting Chinese takeaways in Greytown – recommended!), and got to Cone at 9.45 that night. Cone is a great little hut and is renowned in arachnologist circles for having some of the hugest spiders in the Tararuas. We crashed almost as soon … Read more

Bernie’s trip in the Tararuas

Date: 16 - 18 May 2014.
Trip type: Fit tramp.
Location: Tararuas.
Author: Tony Gazley.
Trampers: Bernard, Neill, Winchcombe, Hector, Shay, Jessie, Tony.

For some of the pictures Tony took on the tramp click here. Four friends left Welly Railway Station Friday after work and headed off to the Tararuas. They were to meet Neill, Winchcombe and Hector on the following day—for they had made their own way and were already there. The four bivied on the summit … Read more