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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
Small correction... From the Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, which is different from the Ministry and much ...
Good to see some backup service in this day and age. Will definitely be a factor when my current 15 ...
Thank you for this! We are definitely not looking at taking chances and are heading up there with an expectation ...
more details about the search operation in general
https://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/121719880/the-puff-of-smoke-that-led-to-the-discovery-of-missing-trampers
first time i even came close to being lost i was pretty young.. still at primary school or intermediate
was on ...
...but the DOC track positions, in the DOC web site or in Koordinates web site, are good enough for trip ...
i've been swept down a river once...
i wasnt crossing it,,, i was walking down it to avoid bush bashing thick ...
The club I used to belong to had 5 plbs and would rent one out if it wasnt required that ...
I'm loving this - have found 45 bears and friends out of 45 clues so far! :)
Thanks for all the useful information folks. Not sure that I'll make it up there this long weekend after all ...
We're finding it hard to get to stay in some huts these days anyway. We have to wait for deep ...
I used to give a mate at work a hard time about how he was always going in to Black ...
when the actor took a big slide, it looked like he was holding onto something between his legs that you ...
Stepping back about 15 side-tracks. I notice that Redcliff Hut appeared on DOC's maps at some point during lockdown (so ...
@Bozeman: Thanks for the update.
I wasn't asked for ID when i drank some of the water from Snowy Ck, on my way to Lochnagar. ...
And partly due to huddling behaviour.
The link cites that ""None of the temperatures in badly affected cities dipped ...
Geotechnical report still to complete but plans are for Routeburn (end-to-end) & Milford Tracks to be open for Summer.
https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/great-walks-recovery-track-summer
In the end, I was comfortably warm with the quilt in the huts on the Kepler Track in early February ...
Looks like mainly wilding pine work. Which is good & worthwhile. But note that as pine control is funded through ...
Just checked Moir’s and Zora canyon is descended on the true left though it is quite an in-depth route description ...
You start sliding on that mountain there isnt much terrain that will stop you. Coroners reports have quoted falls of ...
How many active members does this forum have?
The Cropp has the highest recorded rainfall because it has a recorder there but other valleys without recorders might get ...
not bad, but not as accurate as NZ topos. they look like hte contours have been computer generated and dont ...
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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.
Faded gold miners' trails into the remains of the Big River gold town, past old stamper batteries, rails, mines and ...
Following the line of the old road from Waiuta to Big River, this is an easy forest walk between goldmining ...
The more direct route from Mid Taipo to Dunns Creek, the alternative to heading all the way up Dunns Ck ...
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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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