Bluff Hill Winter Solstice walk, Wed 17 June 2020 Banner Pix: Looking north-west to the Kaweka and Maungaharuru ranges And so it was up and over and down and around Napier Hill for three and a half hours on a warm, sunny winter’s morning to celebrate the winter solstice. We started in Battery Road opposite… [Read More]
Day walks up and around Mt Ruapehu
Mt Ruapehu 2020, 28 February to 3 March This year we changed accommodation from the Alpine Sports Club A-frame Ski Lodge, which had difficult access, to the Havelock North Ski Lodge adjacent to the loop road and Bruce Road car parks. Access was excellent. The 13 members who went on this annual trip to Ruapehu… [Read More]
The Great Southern Trek (aka a walk from Mangakuri Beach to Pourerere)
Wednesday, 3 July 2019. Local. Banner Pix: Pourerere Beach (pourerere-beach.info/gallery) Depending on which device you read, this walk was between 15 and 21km, or in one case 30,800 paces on a Fitbit record. If a pace averaged out at 60cm for the wearer, then the walk was 18.5km. Enough of the maths; it was a… [Read More]
Sun, sun and more sun, day after day
Ruapehu, Tongariro NP, 1-6 March 2019 Banner Pix: Wakapapaiti Hut The 14 club members who went on the annual trip to Ruapehu were treated to the best possible weather one could ask for. Sunny, little wind, warm and with views (continuously clear of clouds) of not only the three mountains in the Tongariro National Park… [Read More]
Our last Ruapehu trip using the ATC Lodge
Tongariro National Park, 2-8 March 2018 The annual visit by club members to the Tongariro National Park went very well. The weather was kind and the facilities at the Auckland Tramping Club Ski Lodge at Whakapapa were excellent as usual. Once again, many thanks for the use of this lodge. Sadly, this was to be… [Read More]
Twentyfive NTC trampers cross Eland Farm
Eland to Trellinoe, Wednesday 22 November 2017 Local One, two, three… no, missed one, start again… 10, 11, 12… was that a double count? Not sure, start again: 21, 22, 23, 24, 25. That’s the number, must be right. All accounted for. That’s how it was for part of the trip as we followed the… [Read More]
Peace and solitude enjoyed by Burtton and the NTC
Burttons Track, Wednesday 8 November 2017 Tararua FP. Photos: Marie Deroles, Pam Dransfield and Julia Mackie We set off on Tuesday evening with 11 on board and a lot of gear, as we were staying overnight. We stopped off at Aokautere for take-aways ranging from pizza to fish and chips. Our hosts were only five… [Read More]
Shining on and on
Boundary Stream from Shine Falls, Wednesday 10 May 2017 Banner Photos: Kelvin Shaw Shine Falls on this day needed to be renamed Rainbow Falls. Because that is what we found upon arrival at this local picnic spot. Eighteen trampers set off in good weather despite the forecast for showers. We were going up the track… [Read More]
Big turnout for annual Ruapehu bash
Tongariro National Park, 3 to 9 March 2017 The annual visit by club members to the Tongariro National Park went very well. The weather was kind and the facilities at the Auckland Tramping Club Ski Lodge at Whakapapa were excellent as usual. Many thanks to Auckland Tramping Club for the use of this lodge. There… [Read More]
Kaweka J? Oh no, not today…
Makahu Saddle car park to Iron Whare, Wednesday 15 March 2017. Map: BK37 Banner pix: The group at Iron Whare The forecast was for showers in the morning and clearing by the afternoon with a southerly abating. The forecast temp for Napier was 19˚. In reality for us, it was cold, wet and windy as… [Read More]
December 2016 News
Christmas BBQ at Omatua, 4 December 2016 The weather was organised (so said the President), the food was organised and the members were organised – but alas, the barbecue wasn’t: it lacked a gas bottle. Many thanks to Dave Hills who went home and returned with his own bottle. In the meantime, intrepid chefs John… [Read More]
Going the long way (and perhaps the wrong way)…
Mackintosh Hut, Kaweka FP, Map: BJ37 Wednesday July 20, 2016 The forecast was for “showers clearing in the morning with a S/W change”. The forecast temp for Napier was 14˚. Originally we had 23 on the list, but four pulled out because of winter colds, or visitors who stayed too long,, etc. So in the… [Read More]
