I'm short of one group leader from Friday to Sunday up to Tarn Ridge Hut.see http://vuwtc.org.nz/cs/forums/thread/6514.aspx It is either it is a Medium/Medium Easy group from Friday to Sunday ora Medium/Medium Fit group which might also start on Saturday early morning ora fit group doing whatever you want :-)There are 14 people signed up, a ...

The tramp was more on the cloudy side and windy.

Interested in the Three Kings (Tararua Ranges) trip?Come to the meeting on Tuesday 7:30PM (Kelburn Campus, AM103).Please use the web form to sign up till Wednesday.Weather is on track, it looks like a beautiful weekend!

Hi there! On bush-craft I was asked how many aircraft wrecks were in the Tararuas... Quoting the Tararua footprints:A number of plane crashes have occurred in the Tararua Ranges, generally in the frequent poor visibility. Indeed pioneer aviators, Hood and Moncrieff were thought by some to have crashed in the Tararuas. During World War II ...

Please sign up using the form here and indicate (e.g via fitness level), which trip you prefer.I'll come up with more infos and more definite plans on the meeting on Tuesday, April 9th. A online Map is here - that will answer your questions on altitude and distance (map reading will be a big topic on bush craft.) Tarn Ridge Hut (1 ticket each): ...

Hi there! Can't imaging staying in Wellington with this forecast... Maungahuka Loop is a bit like the big brother of the Holdsworth-Jumbo Circuit - which Manoel does from Friday to Saturday. The actual cover photo of the VUWTC facebook page gives you an impression what the landscape is like. (Track and tramp are by no means comparable to ...

Done - was a good day - especially the swim at the end before we jumped into the car.The mud holes are all dried out , sadly the trig on top of Kapakapanui is lying on its side .  

Hi all! I'll be going to Kapakapanui (about 60km from Wellington) on Saturday, leaving 10AM.The plan is to run the Kapakapanui loop (yes, run, this hill is a nice little cardio-trainer). So, we might do the loop in a bit under 4 hours. Have a look at the map (link here) or DOC website (link here) and let me know if you are interested. Achim

By the way: many other exciting trips can be found in the Tararua Footprints from Merv Rodgers (1996) Available online at http://www.ttc.org.nz/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TararuaFootprints/HomePage

This weekend the Dundas Loop is on! Friday:Putara Roadend (@350m) to Roaring Stag (@430m) 7 km via 770m Saturday:Roaring Stag to Dundas Hut (@1220m) 6km via 1200m at Cattle Ridge and Rumanahanga River at 700m(Mt Dundas is about an hour from the hut  )Sunday:Dundas Hut to Herepai Hut 8 km: funny ups and downs with tussock and a minor amount ...