Tracks, routes, and huts

• Garston ski hut

  Started by madpom • 16 replies — latest 15 June 201715 June 2017 by Honora
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  I often have a little sponge down before bedtime. Sometimes you can heat the water up on top of the stove in those steel ash buckets. I'm too much of ...

• Hapūakohe Range: Hapuakohe walkway

  Started by Berend de Boer • 1 reply 12 June 201712 June 2017 by waynowski
  It does, of waikato farmland. and some very slippery up and down sections with mud at this time of year.

• Holdsworth to Totora Flats

  Started by geeves • 5 replies — latest 5 June 20175 June 2017 by Kreig
  Fair enough.

• Southlanders, I have arrived!

  Started by Kreig 3 June 20173 June 2017 • No replies
  Ok, so here's the thing; I've made the conscious decision to give up my trip to Nepal (including losing all costs) in order to get all my crap in one ...

• COroners report on death on Mt Taranaki climb

  Started by waynowski • 19 replies — latest 28 May 201728 May 2017 by zoneblue
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  The reason ive always encouraged people to do a snowcraft course, is that based on my observations of people I see on the slopes, neither ice axe or crampons are ...

• Lake Quill

  Started by roysta • 4 replies — latest 23 May 201723 May 2017 by Honora
  From a book I got through Freecycle referring to Quill's climb of the falls : "Quill had to be a human fly to inch his way 1,094 feet up the ...

• Kahurangi NP in Winter

  Started by DonaldDuck • 1 reply 22 May 201722 May 2017 by glennj
  I've met a guy in NW Nelson, surname Young?, who told me he's been all through that country in winter and climbed nearly every peak in Kahurangi and Nelson Lakes. ...

• Pouakai Crossing $3.4m upgrade

  Started by waynowski • 18 replies — latest 21 May 201721 May 2017 by waynowski
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  i have nothing else to say about teh current govt than expletives, theres little good about what they are doing with conservation, any other political party is unlikely to do ...

• Cattle ridge hut

  Started by Gaiters • 30 replies — latest 15 May 201715 May 2017 by Gaiters
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  Just the info I was looking for stunted thanks a lot.

• Camping on the Kaweka tops

  Started by Pageix • 3 replies — latest 26 April 201726 April 2017 by hutchk
  @gaiters is spot on. I avoid the Kawekas during the roar, way too many idiots with guns around. Having said that, if you head north towards Kaweka North there's a ...

• old Wangamomona Road

  Started by geeves 24 April 201724 April 2017 • No replies
  This has just come from the NZ4WD association. There is more information at http://www.stratford.govt.nz/images/Agendas/Annual-Plan-2017-18---Website-DRAFT.pdf and http://www.stratford.govt.nz/images/District_Plan/Stratford-2035-Future-of-Whangamomona.pdf It affects trampers and mountain bikers as much as 4wders. None of us can afford ...

• Camp Creek Bivvy

  Started by FrankB 23 April 201723 April 2017 • No replies
  Came across a reference to Camp Creek Bivvy. Camp Creek apparently runs into the Te Hoe River. Can't find any reference to Camp Creek on topo map. However it is ...

• the Te Araroa Trail

  Started by waynowski • 23 replies — latest 23 April 201723 April 2017 by Pro-active
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  "North Bound" ?

• rescue from five passes

  Started by waynowski • 9 replies — latest 20 April 201720 April 2017 by bernieq
  Sounds like the heli-pilot had a tough job, then, to pick up on Sunday in what sounds like an unpleasant clag. Good thing they had a PLB. Hopefully, we will hear ...

• Lake Waikaremoana track closed

  Started by Forest823 • 5 replies — latest 20 April 201720 April 2017 by Forest823
  The track is now partially open - great news! Last year I walked from Onepoto to Korokoro on day 1, it's a good climb up and down but quite easy ...

• Coast to Coast: Christchurch (Waikuku) to Hokitika

  Started by madpom • 15 replies — latest 15 April 201715 April 2017 by PhilipW
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  Just back from a long winter working in the Canadian Arctic. While it was an exotic and interesting adventure, I missed my home a lot. NZ Tramper has really filled ...

• Anatoki - Boulder Lake route

  Started by bernieq • 7 replies — latest 15 April 201715 April 2017 by bernieq
  .... and, yes, rest is the recommendation for shingles - he didn't get a lot of that !

• Birthday trip

  Started by Mosley59 • 7 replies — latest 13 April 201713 April 2017 by Mosley59
  Mount Arthur was my New Years trip but might be worth a geez and exploring a bit wider. I think the hot pool suggestion sounds the best option thus far.

• Sudden Valley

  Started by Clint • 5 replies — latest 5 April 20175 April 2017 by Honora
  @Clint: cheers, and just to reassure you, it wouldn't take 4 hours in the dark but there might be some dark for the last hour or so if you leave ...

• Looking for a less-beaten path

  Started by andopotato • 19 replies — latest 5 April 20175 April 2017 by glennj
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  Above Welcome Flat Hut the Copland gets much less use. I'd guess that 20% or less than that of those that go to Welcome Flat carry on to Douglas Rock ...

• Suggestion of huts with nice day hikes?

  Started by skijump • 10 replies — latest 30 March 201730 March 2017 by Gaiters
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  Let's not dis rail this person thread

• Dulux hut.

  Started by Wanderwild • 1 reply 27 March 201727 March 2017 by Honora
  That was a hilarious thread on Permolat to read. So much conjecture and accusations of photoshopping.

• Mt Richardson to Lees

  Started by madpom • 6 replies — latest 24 March 201724 March 2017 by Honora
  I did hear back from Sarah Ensor in DoC. She confirmed the Lees Valley address as being the replacement for the Grasslands one and asked me to try and ensure ...

• Dogs

  Started by Craigo. • 13 replies — latest 21 March 201721 March 2017 by Honora
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  @gaiters: I feel your pain. My muttly did a bit of tramping with us and she was trained to ignore birds. We were rounding up the chooks once and she ...

• Kauaeranga Valley tramping tracks damaged by storm

  Started by waynowski 21 March 201721 March 2017 • No replies
  http://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/90636691/popular-kauaeranga-valley-tramping-tracks-devastated-by-storm