Kiwi Mouth Hut, Kaweka FP, Sat/Sun July 26/27. Map:BJ37 It promised to be a great winter weekend tramp, with lots of snow on the Kaweka Ranges. Alison and I decided that we needed to get outdoors. A day party of nine was heading up Kuripapango, and we joined them, and then left them to tramp… [Read More]
Archives for July 2014
Sunrise Hut, and not much Beyond
Sunrise Hut, Ruahine FP, Wednesday July 16. Map: BK36 The weather forecast was for gale-force southerlies and snow down to 700 metres. So it was with a sense of excitement and trepidation that we set off from Napier for the Triplex car park. What a waste of emotional energy. The wind never came; the snow… [Read More]
July 2014 News
Contents: Mountain Film Festival NTC 40th Anniversary Tell everybody u TRAMP! Mountain Film Festival Info. 2014 NZ MFF Brochure Hawkes Bay NTC 40th Anniversary Dinner, Saturday October 4. Napier Tramping Club is 40 years old this year. The club’s first tramp was to Kaweka J, in the Kaweka Forest Park on October 5, 1974. NTC… [Read More]
Rogue Ridge gets a make-over from NTC
Rogue Ridge, Kaweka FP Saturday July 12, 2014 Alison, our club captain decided that we needed to improve the Rogue Ridge track, as pinus contorta was growing over it. From the junction on the lower Macintosh Hut track, we split into three groups, one (Marc and myself) tasked to go to the top of Rogue… [Read More]
Local walks are a great winter opportunity
Tangoio, White Pine and Tutira walkways, Wednesday July 2 2014 Mid-winter has seen the Wednesday group exploring our local walks and this week it was the Tutira area. The sun was rising out of the sea as we drove towards Bay View and as we didn’t have far to drive it was a little chilly… [Read More]