Kaweka FP, Saturday/Sunday 22/23 August 2015 Map: BJ37 The weather was perfect on the Saturday, so I set out for a solo Kaweka tops tramp. My original destination was Ballard Hut, but getting up to the tops was dodgy with patches of ice. I did not have crampons or ice axe, so took it very… [Read More]
Te Waka (Te where?)
Te Waka, Wednesday 19 Aug 2015 The forecast was “wind changing to the North-west and rain in the afternoon”. (There was no mention of the showers in the morning and severe gales from mid-morning.) The forecast temperature for Napier was 18˚. Te Waka is a high point (1020 metres) overlooking SH5 at Te Pohue. The… [Read More]
Rain stopped the tramp
Saturday August 15, 2015 Our proposed trip in the Kaweka FP, from the quarry to Iron Whare and out via Kaweka Flats, was not possible due to Kaweka Road closure after heavy snow earlier in the week. An alternate tramp to Black Birch Bivvy from Lotkow Road was proposed. This then changed to Parks Peak… [Read More]
Te Puia Lodge and the hot springs on a cold winter’s day
Makino Hut, Te Puia Lodge and Mangatainoka Hot Springs, Kaweka FP, Wednesday August 5, 2015. Map: BJ37 With 11 on board the van and five in Bruce’s car, we set off from Church Road at 7.30, picking up Kelvin the Scribe at Julia’s on Puketitiri Road. The forecast was for rain from the north-west in… [Read More]
The answer was blowin’ in the wind
Top Maropea Hut, Ruahine FP, Saturday August 1, 2015 Map: BK36 The wind was atrocious. We could hear it raging from the car park at North Block Road, so the chances of us getting to Top Maropea Hut would be nigh-on impossible if the sound was our yardstick. So we enjoyed the walk up to… [Read More]
A walk in the snow, sunny and easy
Hinerua Hut, Ruahine FP, Wednesday 22 July 2015 Map: BL36 A big group was out, which called for hiring an extra van. Fresh snow reasonably low down on the Ruahine Range was a beautiful sight as we made our way south on Highway 50. Turning first into Wakarara Road then Lookout Road, we came to… [Read More]
A good day’s walk, ending in a rainy afternoon
Golden Crown – Sentry Box Circuit, Saturday July 18 2015 Map: BK37 Saturday tramp day rolled around and once again the weather forecast was for heavy rain, although not perhaps until the afternoon. Six hardy souls ventured out anyway, determined to get a walk in. As we had two vehicles, one was driven to the… [Read More]
And then a bell appeared out of the mist and drizzle…
Bell Rock, Taraponui, Saturday, July 4 2015 Local The planned route: Pohokura Road, up to Boundary Stream and the Mainland Island Opouahi. Beyond is a loop walk to Bell Rock. Beyond this, heading south, is Taraponui, and then over farmland (permission required) to link to Titiokura Saddle on the Napier Taupo Road. Given the poor… [Read More]
Spirits undampened by drizzle
Day tramp to Kiwi Saddle Hut, Kaweka FP, Saturday June 20, 2015 Map: BJ37 Only six of us decided to go to Kiwi Saddle Hut. We set off about 8.30am from the Lakes car park. It was just starting to drizzle so some of us put on jackets and headed up Mt Kuripapango which was… [Read More]
Dodging the downpours was the icing on our cake
Solstice tramp to Kiwi Saddle, Kaweka FP, Saturday/Sunday June 20/21 Map: BJ37 At the club meeting on Thursday night (before the Solstice tramp), it was suggested that as there were only four of us going on the weekend tramp, and all capable, we tramp to Kiwi Mouth Hut. The reasoning was that we would have… [Read More]
How not to go tramping
The A-Frame (Travers Hut), Ruahine FP, Wednesday June 10 2015 With eight on board the van and four in a car, we set off from Church Road at 7.30, picking up Rosemary and Vic along the way and arriving at the road end at 9.15. The forecast was for gale-force nor’westerlies and rain towards evening…. [Read More]
Are we all early-morning nutcases?
Te Puia Hot Springs, Kaweka Forest Park, Saturday June 6 2015. Map BJ37 It seems insane to get out of a nice warm bed at 7am in winter to head for the wilderness, but that’s what we did. There were so many lunatics up early that morning, we needed the van and a car (which… [Read More]
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