Mt Cassidy to Blimit (Arthur’s Pass)
Mt Cassidy Track starts at Devil’s Punchbowl Falls at the northern end of Arthur’s Pass. The track first crosses the Bealey River, then climbs steeply through a pretty beech forest. On the NZ Topo Map,…
CTC 2026 leading
Tūpari Reserve Packhorse Hut Track + the Eye of the Needle
The new track to Packhorse Hut via Tūpari Reserve starts at the Kaituna Valley car park. It’s well signposted from the car park, and there’s a big map as well if you’re still in doubt….
The Gap and Ghost Creek
A big group of 22 trampers left Christchurch at about 7 am. After dropping off all passengers at Porter’s Pass car park, we repositioned most cars at Ghost Creek car park. It’s a wee car…
Mt Grey and the Grey River
Mt Grey is a pretty popular hill to climb for Cantabrians. It’s a reasonably easy and straightforward walk. As trampers are always looking for a challenge, our ancestral trampers came up with a twist –…
Mt Izard tarns
Two car loads of CTC trampers set off on a journey to check out four tiny-looking tarns that drain the basin between Mt Cheeseman and Mt Izard. From Texas Flat car park, we followed the…