Caren
Hello fellow stompers! I'm keen to meet up with others for adventures - weekends are best as I'm based in Christchurch. Ice axe and crampons trips are very endorphinesque for me too - I love that crisp clear perspective you get from the tops and the attention to detail (i.e. the edge!)
My tramping has mostly been in the south is. where my faves are anywhere in Aspiring NP, Ohau, Fiordland (Darrens - yum!), Takitimu, etc etc. But also a bit in the north - up a white Mt Taranaki, and Ngauruhoe, and tripping around Ruapehu.
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Mt Richardson loop
1 day. Easy. Loop track.
Climb up steadily on a well-made track through tawhai forest and up to Mt Richardson (1047 metres). At the top you get great views of the Puketeraki and Torlesse ranges one side, and across the Canterbury Plains on the other.
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Waitakere Dam, tunnels and Anawhata Stream Loop
½ – 1 day. Easy. Loop track with a road section.
Waitakere Dam, tunnels and Anawhata Stream Loop
This 4.5 hour walk takes you through kauri forest, ferny-edged streams, up and along ridges with fantastic views and past spots of interest to engineery types (water supply) and history buffs (kauri felling).
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Resilience
Ok so we went off track and had to come up with something to redeem ourselves (!?)
Just some reflections on the value of tramping really...
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Te Henga Walkway - from Bethells Beach, Waitakere
½ day. Easy. Return via same track.
Ok. Are you ready to be blown away?
Maybe literally - choose your day!
Take this one as seriously as you like (run or tramp), with generous portions of ocean and beach.
A great one for trampy newcomers.
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Montana Heritage Trail- Waitakere Ranges
½ day. Easy. Loop track.
A beaut walk in kauri forest, from the Cascades carpark. A good introductory tramp in a half day. Take your niece or nephew. Hug a kauri tree, ogle a dam. There's some interpretation info along the way
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Huia loop walk - Waitakere Ranges
½ – 1 day. Easy/medium. Loop track.
Ok this is another goodie, 3-4 hours walk in young kauri forest with a view of the Manukau Harbour mouth and a great waterfall on the way - take your togs! A good introduction to tramping for your beginner friends ...
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Parau Track, Waitakere Ranges
½ – 1 day. Easy. Loop track.
This is a neat walk that offers lots of loop options and views from the ridge to the sea. It takes you through young kauri forest, to dams, and over some lovely streams. This describes one option for a 4 ...
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Pirongia summit loop via Tirohanga / Mahaukura tracks
1 day. Easy/medium. Loop track.
Walk up one ridge and down the other, great views the whole way and rare plants too. Varible track that keeps you thinking.
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Good news for families! Hut and camping fees to be abolished on Great Walks for under 18s
Hut and campsite fees for children and young people aged under 18 will be free from July next year on New Zealand’s nine Great Walks, including the Whanganui Journey.
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Mavora Lakes Walkways
½ day. Easy/medium.
A magic place. Think glorious glassy (cold)lake. Reflecting snow covred mountains. Blue sky. Yes I know, all cliches.
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Okura Bush Walkway- Auckland
½ day. Easy. Return via same track.
Walk or run...lovely Kauri Forest - a great one for introducing a friend or mother/auntie to tramping. And, restore your own sanity in a jiffy!
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Pirongia - Bell/ Tahuanui Loop 1.5 days
1 – 2 days. Medium. Loop track.
This is a beaut! Fresh air, lush veg and precious plants only 1.5h drive from Auckland.
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