Te Araroa Trail – Glenthorne Station to Cass Village Friday 18th November – Saturday 19th November 2016 Northbound Party: Jim Pearce, Stephen Keach. Southbound Party: Rob Birks, Leo Garmonsway, John Hyland. Report By: Stephen. Jim knows all the good spots … Continue reading
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Te Araroa Trail – Glenthorne Station to Cass Village
Mt Cook October 28-30th 2016
Mt Cook October 28-30th 2016 We left Timaru Friday night to travel up to Mt Cook National Park to arrive in the dark with it lightly snowing. Saturday morning greeted us to a cool morning with about 1cm of snow … Continue reading
Edwards Valley – Tarn Col – Hawdon Valley, 22 – 24 October 2016
Edwards Valley – Tarn Col – Hawdon Valley, 22 – 24 October 2016 Five of us set out on this trip with an unusual addition, a push bike. Driving up to Arthurs Pass we stopped off at the Hawdon Shelter, … Continue reading
Killermont Conservation Land 5th November
Killermont Conservation Land 5th November Five members met at the Kimbell Pub for a day in the hills. John, Ross, Hazel, Louise and a new little lady, Sherry. John drove us up to Omarama, we turned off onto Short Cut … Continue reading
Peak Hill Rakaia Sunday 13th December
Peak Hill Rakaia Sunday 13th December David, Robert, Barry, Ross and Christine departed Timaru at 7am. The day’s forecast looked fine with a predicted southerly change in the afternoon. I think we were lucky as we enjoyed our day in … Continue reading
Wills Valley (Wills – Stafford – Motatapu) December 2015
Wills Valley (Wills – Stafford – Motatapu) December 2015 Trip Wills Valley. Dates Saturday 28th November through Wednesday 2nd December. Participants Wayne, Jim, Stephen. Description Originally planned as a grand traverse from the Wills Valley to the upper Makarora Valley … Continue reading
Te Araroa Trail-The Motutapu December 2015
Te Araroa Trail-The Motutapu December 2015 One car was driven to Glendhu Bay, the four of us piled into another vehicle, and a very pleasant drive over the Cardrona Range took us down into Arrowtown. Here we started walking up … Continue reading
Cameron Hut Hakatere 7th – 8th November
Cameron Hut Hakatere 7th – 8th November Cameron valley is past Mt Arrowsmith Station towards the head of Lake Heron. Cameron Hut (basic, 9 bunks), which is owned by the Canterbury Mountaineering Club, sits amongst piles of moraine from the … Continue reading
Oteake Conservation Area 10th – 11th October
Oteake Conservation Area 10th – 11th October When I saw Catherine was organising a trip to this area I thought it would be great to have a weekend tramping after a winter tied up indoors, but the destination would be … Continue reading
THE DAY OF THE GALE
“THE DAY OF THE GALE” Sunday October 4th 2015 dawned fine and warm. Eight enthusiastic cyclists assembled in Nelson Terrace. Not even a faulty bike rack could dampen the optimism as Christine quickly found a solution and our convoy motored … Continue reading