Programme
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[Note: Use Trip list for overview of trips, and to add trips.]
19 - 20 May
Mt Starveal via Lucy Cr
Medium
$10
Marijke Boers 548 4396
Day 1: From Lee Valley top forestry carpark. Gentle,scenic ridgewalk to Mt Starveal Hut. (2 hours) Optional afternoon return walk to Mt Starveal (3 hrs) or carry on to overnight at Slaty Hut. (3 hrs). Day 2: Return same route
Very Suitable for those returning to over night tramping or who will enjoy a social time in the stunning Richmond Ranges . Great views, comfy huts. Tents may be required for some.
20 May
Parachute Rocks
Medium (Scale: 2.5)
$20
Katie Cloughley 539 1336
From Kerr Bay, St Arnaud. 10km and 770m climb. 5hrs. Great views.
26 - 27 May
Rocks Hut
Medium (Scale: 2.8)
$3
Uta Purcell 545 0280
From the Maitai Dam, over Dun Saddle to the hut and return same route.
26 May
Grade TBD
Available
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2 - 4 June
Mt Owen from Courthouse F
Fit (Scale: 3.1)
$21
Andy Clark 540 3006
Queen's birthday w/e. From Courthouse Flat, Wangapeka. Day1- to Granity Pass Hut. Day2- summit and return to hut. Day3- out same route.
3 June
Lodestone
Medium (Scale: 2)
$16
Brenda Griffin 5451611
From the Flora car park, a steady climb to the top of Lodestone. Then a decent to Flora Hut and an easy return to the start over Flora Saddle. 500m climb over 7km. Approx 5hrs.
9 June
Goat Hill
Easy (Scale: 1.8)
$13
Robyn Walsh 547 3231
Okiwi Bay. Up the spur from beyond the jetty on Wharf Road to the summit and return the same route. 4.5km and 400m climb. Good views from the top.
10 June
Frogs End Olive Pick Nik
$5
Pat Holland 539 1340
A great day for socialising and helping Peter and Rae Coubrough with their olive harvest. Not quite the same of course without Ruth. The format will be similar but rather than a provided lunch, it will be pot luck.
11 June
Club Night
7.30pm, Nelson Intermediate School, Tipahi St. Gold coin entry.
Education in safety and leadership. What to carry in the pack on a day trip and on an overnight trip.
16 June
Shedwood Bush
Easy
$12
Uta Purcell 545 0280
A short walk on the outskirts of Tapawera. This DOC maintained track winds it's way uphill through native bush to an observation point giving spectacular views over Tapawera and the mountains beyond. 2.5hrs approx.
17 June
Booth's Hut
Medium (Scale: 2.2)
$22
Jo Kay 544 9666
In the Howard Valley off the road between Kawatiri Junction and St Arnaud. A walk up the Louis Creek leads to the historic Booth's Hut. From there a moderate climb on an old bush track continues up to Porika Road for some views. 9km, 500m climb.
23 June
Grade TBD
Available
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24 June
Cable Bay Walkway
Easy (Scale: 1.9)
$3
Barry James 546 6153
From Glenduan to Sentinel Hill (250m) and return. Across farm land, through some pine forest and a patch of native bush. Good sea views.
30 June
Grade TBD
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30 June - 2 July
Craig Peak
Fit (Scale: 3.3)
$94
Mike Drake 522 4458
[Note: Date may change]
See the sun set over the West Coast and the moon rise above Mt Cook. If the weather looks less than perfect an alternative trip will be arranged.
[Note: The transport cost will be less than $94 if we get full vehicles.]
Day 1: Drive, tramp and establish camp just beyond Fox Peak by tarns.
Day 2: Climb Craig Peak and return to camp. [Alternative: Tramp out and travel to the Alpine Club Hut at Fox Glacier township.]
Day 3: Return to vehicles and drive home.
7 - 8 July
NEW Lyell Saddle Hut
Fit (Scale: 3.1)
$36
Ray & Lynette Salisbury Ph: 546 8060
TRIP TO BE CONFIRMED.Part of the NZ Cycleway project, the Old Ghost Road has recently been cleared as far as the new hut on the saddle. Access: Walk up from DOC’s Lyell camp-ground adjacent SH6 on the Buller Gorge. It’s over 17km up to the hut on an excellent track at an easy gradient. This route was once a dray road as far as Eight Mile Creek, then a pack track onward to the saddle. Altitude: 865m. Capacity: 12. Facilities: Water supply, toilet, enclosed wood burner. Time: 4 hours. Note: While not open to the public, the Lyell Backcountry Trust has graciously allowed our club to visit
7 July
Lake Rotoiti circuit
Medium
Ross Price 538 0064
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14 - 15 July
Mole Tops
Grade TBD
Andy Clark 540 3006
M30 /
14 July
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21 July
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21 July
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28 July
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28 July
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4 August
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4 August
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11 August
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11 August
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18 August
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18 August
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25 August
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25 August
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1 September
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1 September
Grade TBD
29 - 30 September
TBA
Easy
Ray Salisbury & Shaun Barnett? 546 8060
Hut-bagging weekend trip for our visiting speaker, Shaun Barnett. Let's show him around our backyard! Destination: Could be Lake Chalice-Goulter valley, or maybe Myttons & Balloon Huts circuit from the Cobb valley.