Middle Hill, Whetu, Makino Ridge, Saturday March 23, 2013. Map: BJ37 On a beautiful clear blue-sky day, the planned trip up to Middle Hill Hut and then the three gorges to Makino Spur was changed, for the prospect of better views from the Kaweka tops. Murray Goss took the van to the Gums car park… [Read More]
Archives for March 2013
Two made it up to ‘Route 66’
Sunrise and Route 66, Wednesday March 13 This was to be a re-run of the aborted tramp of February 27 when high winds above Sunrise Hut and generally foul weather drove us down. Today, things were different. We were blessed with a clear blue sky and almost no wind. We were a little more conservative… [Read More]
Searching for Rosvalls track
Rosvalls Track and Tarn Bivouac, Saturday March 9 2013. Map: BL36 Ted took the van with seven trampers to the end of Mill Road. In pleasant weather, the group followed the farm track from the end of the road to the river. We followed the Moorcock Stream for about 100m before crossing over to the… [Read More]