Mt Cockayne via Wall Creek
Nineteen trampers started off at the crossroads of the Dracophyllum Flat Track and the Broken River ski field road. The initial lovely walk along the track was swiftly interrupted by a plunge into Wall Creek….
Nineteen trampers started off at the crossroads of the Dracophyllum Flat Track and the Broken River ski field road. The initial lovely walk along the track was swiftly interrupted by a plunge into Wall Creek….
It’s been a while since I led a club trip on the Port Hills. It was organised quite last minute, but still, six of us showed up at the Gondola carpark. I was there a…
Day 1 After the weather put a pin in our West Coast adventure, we had a few passionate discussions before settling on Plan E (or Z? I’m not sure anymore): the Raglan Range / Leatham…
In 2022, I climbed Mt Philistine for the first time. We took the route that goes directly through Warnocks Bluff, a well-trodden and even vaguely marked path heading straight up through the bluffs. This section…
The task was simple yet not easy: walk in to Lower Arahura Hut on 31st December, leave our backpacks there, cut a steep track from the hut to Newton Range until we ran out of…
I’ve been trying to organise a CTC group for a track-cutting mission to Pell Stream Hut for a while now. The weather finally lined up with a free weekend, so off I went with a…
Mt Williams (1718 m) is an impressive-looking mountain perched on the southern lip of a range that boasts stunning peaks like Mt Oates (2041 m) and Mt Franklin (2145 m). Its eastern and southern ridges…
My first trip ever that I led for the CTC was to Mt Oxford. This was my third trip leading up there. We started off at Coopers Creek carpark, from where we tackled the usual…
CTC tramps with kids continue! This time, there were 8 adults and 7 children aged from 1 to 6 years, along with one 11-year-old young lady. It’s truly amazing when there’s just one older child…
“I didn’t expect such a big group,” I mentioned as 12 trampers attempted to tackle the pipeline. I only put the trip up less than 48 hours ago. “Eh, that’s because Christchurch is full of…