still some paces free... anyone else joining?

Weather looks promising! (I know it is naive to say that on Tuesday night, but I look forward to the weekend!) We'll leave on Friday (17th) early evening (5PM) from Hunter car park, Kelburn Campus, walking up to Field Hut. These details depend a bit on the weather, which day is the best for walking on the tops. We'll be back on Sunday (19th) ...

Have a look to http://tramping.typepad.com/tramping_report/2005/11/carkeek_with_th.html A winter trip to Carkeek in 2003.

(heating in summer is cheating)

We'll leave on Friday (17th) early evening (5PM) from Hunter car park, Kelburn Campus, walking up to Field Hut. These details depend a bit on the weather, which day is the best for walking on the tops. We'll be back on Sunday (19th) evening. Maungahuka loop route:Otaki Forks, Field Hut (Fri night), Bridge Peak, Tararua Peaks, ...

In general I like the idea of cycling to a tramp, but the 90km Renwick-St Arnaud are a horribly boring exercise for a 3 day weekend. I'd prefer to hire a car.

I like the idea. Thought to do the Tararua Northern Crossing, maybe I should come to Nelson Lakes as well.What are your plans? Cheers, Achim

Sorry that one is cancelled as well :-(

short update: till now two people, early start on Saturday, it is the better day for the tops.

Weather looks perfect! Why not doing the Jumbo-Holdsworth (or Holdsworth-Jumbo) Circuit as over-night trip? For sure, it is a classical Tararua trip! Ask google and you will get hundreds of descriptions...Track on the DOC websiteTrack on NZ trampera link to the mapsTrip start: Saturday (Jan 28th) 9ish, end: Sunday (Jan 29th) afternoon. I tend to ...