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Trip: Powell, Totara Flats and Sayers
Saturday night sunset on Totara Flats. This is meant to be a tramping club trip, though really it’s just Éamonn and me. We’re the “social” trip, but I think people bailed on the social idea when it became clearer that … Continue reading
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Daywalk: Holdsworth Jumbo Circuit
Megan B on Mt Holdsworth. I think the Holdsworth Jumbo Circuit (AKA the Powell Jumbo Loop, the Jumbo Powell Loop, the Jumbo Holdsworth Loop, and so on), is by far the most popular tramp in the Tararuas. The circuit is … Continue reading
Trip: Snowy walk from Holdsworth to Mitre Flats
Queen’s Birthday Weekend in the Tararuas didn’t quite work out. There was snow back home in central Wellington, nearly to sea-level for the first time since about 1995, and there was easily snow down to 200 metres in the Tararuas. … Continue reading
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Trip: Kiriwhakapapa to Cow Creek, Mitre Flats and Holdsworth Lodge
There’s a certain feeling one can sometimes get when looking at a weather forecast the day before going tramping, to realise the entire country is be converged on by unavoidable freezing heavy rainfall from all directions. It’s a feeling that … Continue reading
Trip: Holdsworth Lodge to Mitre Flats and back
I had a free weekend and I realised that I hadn’t been to the Tararuas for about six months! Don’t ask me how this happened because it’s my favourite mountain range. Since I had the time, I made up my … Continue reading
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Trip: High Ridge, Totara Flats
Beneath the forest canopy of High Ridge is an emerald green, full of luscious moss, and sparkly glints of delightful photographic happiness. According to our experience, it also rains lots on weekends. Dates: 16th – 18th March, 2007 Location: Tararua … Continue reading
Trip: Jumbo / Holdsworth Loop
Who would have thought that a mountain range named after a brand of spreadable butter could be so pointy? Dates: 1st – 3rd December, 2006 Location: Tararua Forest Park Huts visited: Holdsworth Lodge (1 night), Atiwhakatu Hut (0 nights), Jumbo … Continue reading
