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Classic walks
Easy, sunny coastal track with golden sands and excellent swimming. The busiest track in the country, following the length of ...
This journey explores the glacial valleys and mountains of Fiordland from Lake Hauroko to Lake Manapouri, visiting Dusky Sound along ...
A classic crossing of the geologically and biologically diverse northwest corner of the South Island.
The track is also open to ...
A spectacular coastal walk in the Waitakere Ranges west of Auckland.
ALOT OF THIS TRAIL IS CLOSED FOR KAURI DIE BACK ...
The Hollyford Track is a classic lowland Fiordland route from the Hollyford Road out to the coast at Martins Bay.
The Hump Ridge Track links the Waitutu coastline west of Invercargill with the subalpine landscape of the Hump Ridge. Historic ...
An overnight trip past old kauri dams to The Pinnacles, on Coromandel Peninsula.
"The Lake Track." Busy track in summer with swimming and fishing along the lake-side.
The Milford Track is an alpine journey through Fiordland National Park, and New Zealand's most renowned walking track, visited by ...
The classic Stewart Island coastal journey known widely for its mud. Links with the Rakiura Track.
New track located in Paparoa National Park, exploring the Paparoa Range, gold trails and limestone gorges.
Paparoa Track is a dual-use ...
A long but easy walk along Queen Charlotte Sound. This track offers hostel and resort accommodation as well as basic ...
An internationally renowned and popular alpine crossing between Fiordland and Lake Wakatipu.
A long and easy walk on St James Station near Lewis Pass. Beech forest, mountain scenery, farmland, wild horses, mud.
Te Araroa is a walking trail running the entire length of the North and South Islands. The trail opened 3 ...
This circuit on the Volcanic Plateau passes close to the summit of Tongariro in a spectacular, active volcanic landscape of ...
In the forums
honestly the milford isnt that great, theres plenty of other tracks as good or better, i dont know why so ...
You might remember Don Millard from HVTC. Losing a leg didnt slow him down much.
I just love that the cost is "plus the maps"!
snow down to 900m forecast for the weekend
Keen boots are much wider than other brands.
Same company as behind Ross in the SI. Sounding like a habit!
do you have a battery test function on your PLB? if so have you tested it recently?
in theory if it ...
Thanks guys, all seems good. Have modified the plan a bit and the current plan is to go to Kiwihut ...
Was a good trip. Patchy snow from half a kilometre up the Tarn hut side track pretty much complete coverage ...
I have been editing the Hiwiroa trip that I posted many years ago to update the route description.
I notice a ...
Just noticed that the Check in feature for tracks doesn't seem to be working. The dialog comes up but when ...
theres great walks and then theres great walks
the routeburn and milford have more money coming in from Ultimate hikes to ...
I know of 3 silent caps that are sold via ebay. The original was the BD dragon tamer next was ...
Bunnings sell lamp oil under the diggers brand but dont know price. Best bet is look up lubricant wholesalers in ...
Rees side between Shelter Rock and Dart Hut could be a bit hairy this month with avo debris, more coming ...
FYI - Outdoors Intention Form provided by AdventureSmart (managed by the New Zealand Search and Rescue Council (NZSAR)).
They DO ...
It’s always embarrassing to wake in the morning and find others have moved out and be the recipient of deadly ...
its made of reflex, a cheaper waterproof technology, not as stormproof and not very breathable compared to gore tex, especially ...
Erick Brenstrum put out a weather book that I studied intently and found very helpful. It's called the NZ weather ...
@Ian_H cheers bro. That's what I figured. My pack won't be that heavy, but still, it won't be a speedboat! ...
i heard back from the person who complained online about the club
he said the club definitely didnt book. they knew ...
Thanks very much!
Reality is all wilding pines have commercially planted siblings. No biological weapon will kill one without killing the other. I ...
Yes I've done it and walked most of the ridge lines before the new bits went in. My favourite section ...
outdoor shops make their money selling high tech gear , theres more markup on it... people with more disposable income ...
What's new?
An energetic return day trip. The first half follows relatively easy tracks but the second half is overgrown and more ...
From a very muddy Thompson's Track to an rough North South Track, this can't be described as the greatest of ...
With a couple of spare days in South Canterbury the forecast gale nor'westerlies and heavy rain on the main divide ...
Tramping the North and South Temple Valleys connecting the two over Gunsight Pass.
As we head into Alert Level 3, Government advice supports day works on easy trails. Alrighty then! Here's some iso ...
A classic tramp north of the Routeburn. Rather than exit via the Rockburn, we extended the trip through Lake Nerine ...
A guide to / summary of my progress on one possible route from East Cape to West Cape, the length ...
New track located in Paparoa National Park, exploring the Paparoa Range, gold trails and limestone gorges.
Paparoa Track is a dual-use ...
Weekend trip in recent snow with the Okuku River running too high for people to cross it and stay at ...
Mostly 4WD drive track along the DOC East-West route, with some off-track travel up over the ridge to the biv. ...
Steep track dropping through bluffs to Governors Bay in the Christchurch Port Hills.
Short route from the Big River goldmining town site up to the old dam in open tussock flats.
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Out in the hills
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Water supply currently dried up. Not even a tadpole to be had! This happens occasionally in summer. Only had 6mm of rain since the 21st of December (6 weeks) but another 6mm on the 4/5th February, 2020 now. Not sure of the state of streams further down both sides of the ridge.
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There’s six bunks but only 4 mattresses, so you might want to byo.
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Flew into hut with a group that were going to walk out. Hut looked good from outside.
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Very muddy, 33 streams crossed. Hut had 17 people in it
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