Hopeless and Cupola Tracks The Hopeless Track and Cupola Track and their respective huts lie just a couple of hours off the Travers Valley Track and the popular Travers-Sabine Circuit (and Te Araroa Trail) in…
Hopeless and Cupola Tracks
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Moss Pass
Moss Pass Route The Moss Pass Route is a stunning and challenging crossing on the Mahanga Range, linking the Sabine and D’Urville River valleys in Nelson Lakes National Park. At 1780 metres, the pass is…
Leslie Karamea Track
Leslie Karamea Track - Wangapeka to Flora The Leslie Karamea Track is a wonderful 91km tramping track in the Kahurangi National Park. DOC rates it as an Advanced track suitable for experienced trampers and recommends…
Paske Hut
Paske Hut from the Rainbow Road A trip to Paske hut from the Rainbow Road is a great summer overnight adventure. Close enough to Nelson for a weekend and remote enough to feel like a…
Bull Paddock Creek Hut
Bull Paddock Creek Hut A trip to Bull Paddock Creek in the Raglan Range to the east of Nelson Lakes makes a good overnighter or, if you're feeling sporty, day return. We walked it as…
Cold Water Swimming
Cold Water Swimming - A Beginners Diary Day 1, Tahuna Beach Nelson The sky was peach-grey at 6.30 am in early September, on the sixth day of spring. The lights of the port flickered in…
Ellis Basin Route
Ellis Basin Route We took a detour off the popular Mt Arthur summit track in the Kahurangi National Park, to spend a long weekend (two nights three days) freezing our bits off tramping the beautiful…
Gordons Knob
Gordons Knob Today's adventure was a local mission, with the aim of heading up to Gordons Knob from Inwood lookout South of Belgrove. It turned out to be an absolute cracker! Around 13 km there…
Sea Kayaking the Abel Tasman National Park
Sea Kayaking the Abel Tasman National Park On a fine summer weekend we're spoilt for choice for adventures, so we decided to head North for some sea kayaking in the Abel Tasman National Park. The…
Beginners Kayaking Course – Nelson Canoe Club
The Beginners Kayaking Course with the Nelson Canoe Club Over the past few weeks I was lucky enough to be a part of the latest intrepid intake attending the Beginners Whitewater Kayaking course with the…