A Frame Hut – Standfield Hut – West Branch Tamaki River. Wednesday 29th February 2012 Would you believe it? It’s tramp day and there’s not a cloud in the sky! Quite a change from recent tramping trips. The Ruahine Range stood out against the blue sky as we travelled south down highway 50, turning off… [Read More]
Archives for February 2012
The views from Cattle Ridge, Northern Tararuas
Roaring Stag Hut, Cattle Ridge Hut, Saturday/Sunday, February 25-26 – Map: BN34 Shannon Two old fellas and two girls (young at heart) set off from Putara road-end. The first thing we noticed was new signage for the tracks in the Tararua Range: ‘Welcome to the Mangatainoka Valley’. The bird’s eye map and layout is much… [Read More]
Fresh pastures
Apiti Track/Mangatewainui River, Saturday February 25 – Map BL36 Two carloads of trampers headed south for unknown pastures (or so we thought) inland from Norsewood, accompanied by two Rotary exchange students from Canada and Switzerland. The further south we travelled, the less murky the hills and the higher the spirits became. John Marshall headed off… [Read More]
A great Plan B, to Top Maropea Hut
Saturday February 11 2012 Sunrise, Top Maropea – Map BK36 The La Nina weather pattern this summer affected our tramp this Saturday. The scheduled trip along the tops from Sunrise to Sparrowhawk Bivvy is not going to happen due to the complete clag in the Ruahine ranges. So to Plan B, which is up to… [Read More]
Tolkein’s forest near Manuoha Hut
Saturday-Monday 4-6 February 2012 Five of us planned to complete a three-day circuit in the Urewera National Park. Geoff and I had not done the Mt Manuoha Track, while the three others had done it some time ago (10 years, perhaps). This is a bush walk extraordinaire. Our Waitangi weekend began with the drive up… [Read More]