Waitere Station, 18 February 2015 Fifteen arrived at Waitere Station on a clear, still and warm morning. Ken R, Vic B and John M took the two vehicles to the airstrip where they began their day’s adventure, exploring below Kingma’s peak, an amazing valley protected between two gigantic limestone walls towering above like cathedrals. The… [Read More]
A great Plan B, down the shingle slide
Waipawa River North Arm, Ruahine FP. Saturday February 14, 2015. Map BK36 When we arrived at Sunrise Hut, it was clear that the trip over to Sparrowhawk Bivvy would have to be changed. What was the point in going across the tops when you could not see anything? One look above Sunrise Hut, where we… [Read More]
We’ve knocked the b******d off
Howletts Hut, Sawtooth Ridge, Tarn Bivvy, Daphne Hut, Kashmir Road Sat-Mon, 7-9 February 2015 Ruahine Forest Park.Map BL36 We checked the weather forecast and decided to put back our trip one day, as the pattern indicated that Sunday would be perfect for crossing the Sawtooth Ridge. Alison and I had had this tramp on our… [Read More]
Down Dicks Spur to get out of the wind
Kaweka J – Whetu, Wednesday February 4 2015 Map: BJ37 The forecast westerly wind had not come to much as we pulled into the Makahu car park, so the planned trip along the Kaweka tops was go! A group of five made it to the tops in good time, and headed north along the range…. [Read More]
No fish for Gossie today
Cameron Hut via Ngaururoro River, January 31 2015 Map: BJ37 For more pix, please see our Facebook page. Only five people were on the trip, so we all went in Murray Goss’s car. We headed down the track past the water gauge. At the first river crossing, there was plenty of gravel on the bottom;… [Read More]
Like a motorway (they said)
Waikamaka Hut via Waipawa Saddle, Wednesday 21 January 2015 Map: BK36 That’s referring to the track alongside the upper reaches of the Waipawa River. It was cut (or recut) last year and makes such a big difference to the ease and travelling time along those sections of the river. We were probably travelling faster than… [Read More]
A “top” hut in the Ruahine Forest Park
Top Gorge Hut, Ruahine FP, Saturday January 17 2015 Map BL36. For some more pix, please see our Facebook page. The first tramp for 2015 was new hut to visit for me, and a long time since the last visit for some of our older club members. We had put this tramp on the list… [Read More]
Still unexplored … the Waipawa River North Arm
Sunrise Hut, North Arm of Waipawa River, Saturday December 13, 2014 Ruahine FP, Map BK36 The north arm of the Waipawa River is not an area that I have tramped, so this was on my to-do list. Unfortunately, it still is, due to my own indecision. We made it up to Sunrise Hut, and checked… [Read More]
Ten good men go up the Makaroro
Barlow Hut, Ruahine FP, Map BK36 Wednesday 3 Dec, 2014 Barlow Hut is up the Makaroro River in the Northern Ruahine Ranges. We left our transport on a farm which is in the area of the proposed Ruataniwha dam and set off across the farmland before dropping down to the river at the Gold Creek… [Read More]
Rosvall’s track
Saturday, November 29 2014 Rosvalls Track, Ruahine FP Map: BK36 Hawke’s Bay has been experiencing the normal two months of equinox winds, which happen in October/November; but this year, they seem to have been going on for ages. This did not deter us from going back to a track which we did a few years… [Read More]
And Jimjam came too
Middle Hill Hut and Whetu, Wednesday Nov 19 2014 We set off from Church Road Winery at the earlier start time of 7.00 am to complete the tramp from Pinks car park to Middle Hill Hut in the Kaweka Range and – for the keen ones – a climb up to Whetu. The forecast could… [Read More]
We beat the gale force winds
Sparrowhawk Spur and Colenso Spur, Ruahine Forest Park, Map BK37 and BK36. Sunday/Monday November 16/17, 2014 We started early, as the plan was to walk up Colenso Spur and across the tops to overnight in Sparrowhawk Bivvy. The 100kmh winds put paid to that plan, but the weather forecast was for the winds to be… [Read More]
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