Cattle Creek Hut, Ruahine FP, Sat/Sun 25/26 July 2020. Map: BL36 Banner Pix: The views from the Cattle Creek ridge track The walk via the Holmes Track to Stanfield Hut, and then on to Cattle Creek, takes about four hours. To make the day more interesting, I wanted to revisit the A-Frame Hut, to check… [Read More]
Drizzle followed by rainbows
Holmes Ridge Track to Stanfield Hut, Ruahine FP, Saturday July 25 2020. Map: BL36 Banner Pix: Heading towards Stanfield Hut along the Tamaki River West Branch by John Russell We set off from Taradale on a beautiful wintry day, heading south towards the Ruahine Ranges. We saw new-born lambs, including many twins and triplets –… [Read More]
Happy trampers, mission accomplished
A Frame Hut – Standfield Hut – West Branch Tamaki River. Wednesday 29th February 2012 Would you believe it? It’s tramp day and there’s not a cloud in the sky! Quite a change from recent tramping trips. The Ruahine Range stood out against the blue sky as we travelled south down highway 50, turning off… [Read More]
Up to Travers Hut and down to Stanfield Hut on a fine day, and weekend at Cattle Creek Hut
Tamaki River car park to A-frame Hut and Stanfield Hut, Saturday July 31 2010. Map: BL36 Trampers: Murray Goss, John Marshall, Colin McNatty, Sue Martin, Marc Marchal, Jude Paton, Simon Hill, Geoff Donkin, Isobel Holdaway, Les O’Shea, Gillian Dalton, with Julia Mackie and reporter Gordon Tapp We saw a heavy coating of snow on the… [Read More]
Several masterpieces of navigation and timing…
Stanfield Hut – Cattle Creek, Wednesday, April 15 2009. Map: T23 and U23 Trampers: Kelvin Shaw, Ken Ross, Robyn Smith, Julia Mackie, Ron Morison, Vic Bullock, Peter Uren, Murray Goss, Rosemary Jeffery, Manfred Hausler, Jeanne Van Den Hout, Graham Bell and Murray White Eleven travelled by van down State Highway 50 towards Dannevirke. The weather… [Read More]
