Hey! It looks like I'll meet up with a friend in national park and walk the Northern Circuit - or what is remaining. As it is still off-season, the huts are reasonably priced (i.e. included in the hut pass). Keen to join? The more the merrier! I'll have 3 seats free, will leave Friday afternoon, back Monday noon (morning-ish). - as usual depends ...

Hi everyone, Next weekend Francis and I will be taking a trip up North near to Mt Ruapehu.  The plan at the moment is to drive up on Friday night leaving from Hunter carpark and camp at the road end on Friday and stay at a hut in the park on the Saturday night.  Depending on weather Saturday we will climb Ngauruhoe ...

On the 2-3rd April i'm leading a trip up to Tongariro National Park to link up all the major summits in a weekend. I'l figure out logistics before we go but basically, somehow, we'l aim to get up all 3 active volcanoes: Ruapehu, Ngarahoe and Tongariro,in that order, traveling in as direct a route as possible (this means no tracks until the base of ...