(This would be the trip I'd love to run for this weekend... but I decided to stay in Wellington, after several weekends of tramping) Loosely following Anita's instructions for planning a trip, I wrote up what is required: We need you! and a car, driver and some more participants! This is a medium overnight trip to the eastern Tararuas, ...

By now (Sunday) the weather is right on track, bringing southerlies and snow in the beginning of this week.Maungahuka Hut is a well built hut at 1300m with a beautiful view north towards Arete, Mitre and Holdsworth - but without heating! (DOC web page) The hut is located next to the (infamous) Tararua Peaks (steel ladder!), which become pretty ...

Hi there! The weather is .... this weekend (July 14th), so I did the research for the 'Snowy Tararuas' trip (27 to 29th of July) today.Maungahuka Hut is a well built hut at 1300m with a beautiful view north towards Arete, Mitre and Holdsworth - but without heating! (DOC web page) The hut is located next to the (infamous) Tararua Peaks (steel ...

Want to go to my first snow this year! (As usual) Metservice is pretty undecided about this weekend - so it is not clear what we can do over the bush line/snow line - so here is my dream: Take a car to Pak&Save on Friday (June 15th) and start walking from The Pines/Masterton at 8PM. - We should make it to Mitre Flats Hut before ...

for the notorious topic, which is always discussed between Field and Kime hut see here: (Copied text over from stuff website) Lost: how tramp turned to tragedy BY NIKKI MACDONALD Winter 2009. The frozen bodies of Te Papa boss Seddon Bennington and his friend Rosie Jackson are found on an exposed ridge. ...

Just about at Kime hut, perfect calm conditions and moonlight on the snow meant we didn't even need our torches!