Whirinaki Forest Park, Upper Whirinaki Circuit Saturday February 27 2016 Eight trampers travelled by van halfway up the Napier-Taupo highway, turned into Waipunga Road and followed the logging roads to the Plateau car park. Everyone set off up the Upper Whirinaki Hut track, climbing to the summit then dropping down to the junction of the… [Read More]
Archives for February 2016
February 2016 News
Contents: Additional Tramp Dates Ruahine User Group Meeting Extra tramps We suggested that we put some additional tramps onto the trip list, as we were not able to do the tramps due to high winds last year. They are: February 20th – Sunrise Hut to Sparrowhawk Biv. March 19th – Longivew Hut, Makaretu Hut, Awatere… [Read More]
Colenso spurred us on
Colenso Spur, Sparrowhawk Biv, Gold Creek. Saturday, February 13, 2016. Map: BK36/37 Three-way split report: Jude’s report: The day looked promising, with brilliant blue sky and sunshine. Three fisher folk set out with hopes of landing a trout or two and making it to Barlows for lunch. The more ambitious group of six were intent… [Read More]
Triple-day outing by the the Triple J Team
Manuoha Hut, Sandy Bay Hut, Urewera Forest Park Saturday – Monday, 6-8 Febraury 2016 Map: BG40 Waikaremoana Three of us (all names starting with J and hence the title) headed out of Napier at 7am on Saturday morning in John’s new car. It handled the trip to Lake Waikeremoana with no problems at all. The… [Read More]
Apiti and Downiti
Mangatewainui Stream via the Apiti Track, Wednesday, 3 February 2016 Map: BL36 For more pix, please see our Facebook page. After several scorching Hawke’s Bay summer days, we awoke to find low cloud cover. With a full vanload of 12, we drove southwards from Church Road to Norsewood. In places, the cloud was interspersed with… [Read More]