I am moving out of my big warm quiet room at 23 Bruce Ave the end of this month, and it needs a new person! Flat is awesome, warm, sunny, with fantastic views, a good kitchen, and awesome well-trained tramping flatties :) If you are outdoorsy, enjoy cooking, don't smoke, and are awesome enough for the coolest flat in brooklyn, then give us ...

Mesopotamia Station is a long way from nearest petrol station.  A long and winding gravel road through the high country.  Stop for sheep, wait for cows, careful on the fords.    Finally we park and get out of the car, and attempt to get changed while being buffeted by the wind screeching down from the Alps.  Around us a ...

Work/study/life getting you down? Wanna become part of a team achieving something amazing? Got an itch to bag a Tararua hut or two? Only going to do one tramp this year? THIS IS IT When: 24-26 September 2010 Where: Everywhere in the Tararuas What: The club will try and get someone to every hut in the Tararuas that weekend It was done ...

Hey guys, come along to the meeting tomorrow night (Tuesday) to hear me rant a bit about winter tramping and why it is cool. In particular there will be some information on the mid-winter trip going to the South Island for a week in July, and the preceding Alpine Instruction Course held at the end of June on Mt Ruapehu to get people up to speed ...

Ok the plan for this is to head into the Rimutaka FP for a day loop walk down to the Orongorongo valley and back out.  It will be whichever of Saturday or Sunday is best weatherwise.  At this stage this is likely to be Sunday but I’ll make a call on Friday.  An easier option could be East Harbour FP. You will need to bring: - ...

South Westland is many things.  Steep, green, wet, bluffy, gorged, tangled, wild, bouldery….  The list goes on.  But it is not always hot.  After our trip in February this year though, I think I will associate South Westland with hot for quite some time.  It was like Bikram yoga with less attractive companions.  The ...

Quentin, Hannah and I headed into the Victoria range just after Christmas.  This is an interesting block of mountains north of Reefton that gets very low use.  A shame, as they are fascinating and rugged country.  As with every trip over the Christmas period - ever - the forecast was average.  We started by cruising ...

Hey everyone, Easter is upon us and that means four days off and roaming about in the hills somewhere! (or two weeks for all you students out there!) This easter we shall not go to Whirinaki Forest as per the calendar, because it has been decided it is rather too far to drive just to thrash round in the bush. Instead we shall head to the ...

Hey all, our first tramping trip, 'Freshers', is coming up this weekend 12-14 March. This is an introductory level trip to Totara Flats in the Tararuas and is a great chance to come along, see what tramping is all about and meet lots of people! There will be plenty of (hopefully) good weather, campfires, swimming, the odd drink or two and, well, ...

Williamson flat is remote with access in all directions requiring difficult gorge travel and surrounded by fantastic, rarely climbed mountains.  A shangri-la