Poutaki Hut, Ruahine FP, Wednesday 25 October 2023 Banner Photo: Elly and Denise climbing over the windfall After a failed attempt a month ago, the club finally managed to get to Poutaki Hut. We left the Wakarara car park at 9.15am, most of us on sandals to cross the Makaroro, so we could keep our… [Read More]
Back to Kiwi Saddle
Kiwi Saddle Hut, Kaweka FP, Wednesday 24 May 2023 Banner Photo: Heading down to Kiwi Saddle Hut from the Cameron Hut junction This was the club’s first tramp to Kiwi Saddle Hut after the cyclone. After an earlier-than-normal start, to avoid most of the queuing on the expressway, we arrived at the Lakes car park… [Read More]
Plan C works out on our maiden 2023 tramp
Sentry Box, Parks Peak Track to Golden Crown Ridge Track, Saturday 14 January 2023. Ruahine FP, Map: BK37 Banner Photo: A whitehead. We saw and heard a flock of them near the Parks Peak track junction. (Mohoua albicilla; Māori: pōpokotea) Plan A was to go to Daphne Hut. This was cancelled due to the likelihood… [Read More]
The summer trickles were rivers
Mackintosh Hut, low-level track to Lakes car park, Kaweka FP, Wednesday 5 October 2022 Banner Photo: The end of a successful tramp on the low level Lakes to Mackintosh Hut track Because of the forecast of a wintry blast coming through later in the day, our trip organiser Geoff had wisely decided to abandon the… [Read More]
Hard work getting to Dead Dog Hut
Dead Dog Hut, Ruahine FP, Wednesday 19 January 2022 Banner Photo: Dead Dog Hut, in a splendid location above Big Hill Stream According to the reports on our website, the last time the club went to Dead Dog Hut was in November 2016. I came on that trip, and I remembered a relatively easy bush… [Read More]
Great views and slippery slopes
A-Frame Hut, Stanfield Hut, Ruahine FP, Wednesday 26 May 2021. Map: BL36 Banner Photo: The new look A-Frame Hut. Thirteen of us, including four Johns, turned up for a tramp in the Tamaki West Road area. The weather forecast was better the further south we went, so this was just the place to go. With… [Read More]
Lost (in a winter wonderland) and Found (the Black Stag Hut)
Longview Hut and Awatere Hut, Ruahine FP, Wednesday 26 August, 2020. Map: BL36 Five cars with four trampers in each arrived at the car park at the end of Kashmir Road. The road was in excellent condition, which was a pleasant surprise as earlier indications had a sea of mud at the Moorcock end of… [Read More]
The clouds disappeared, just for us
Kiwi Saddle Hut, Kaweka FP, Saturday 30 May 2020 Banner Pix: The views to the west along the Smith Russell Track The weather forecast for Pentecost Saturday had been grim all week, but on the day it was fine, albeit chilly, when we left the Lakes car park for our tramp to Kiwi Saddle. Soon… [Read More]
Bird’s-eye views galore across the Sparrowhawk Range
Sparrowhawk Range, Wednesday, 6 July 2016 It was frosty driving up the Napier-Taihape road, over Gentle Annie, past the Comet Road turn-off and the entrance to Timahanga Station and on to the bridge over the Taruarau River. We parked the van and the car just across the bridge and began our walk at about 9am…. [Read More]
