I’ve been trying to write trip reports each time I go out so I can remember where I’ve been. Most of the early reports (before 2007) are quite brief because I wasn’t making much effort to record the detail at that time, but after that date they’ll tend to be more comprehensive.
If you can’t find what you want on this page, check out my list of local tramping resources, which includes other places where you might find trip reports that are useful.
24th January, 2010
20th September, 2009
9th May, 2009
29th March, 2008
17th November, 2007
22nd September, 2007
17th March, 2007
Tararua Range
2025
- 16th November: Waiohine Gorge, Reeves, Tutuwai and Cone Hut
2019
- 11th to 13th January: High Ridge and nav to Mountain House
2018
- 30th March: Holdsworth Jumbo Circuit (Daywalk)
2017
- 7th October: Dobson Loop and Lower Marchant Ridge (Daywalk)
2015
- 28th – 30th August: Blue Range Nav to Ruamahanga, Cow Saddle, Cow Creek
2014
- 21st – 23rd March: Tararua Southern Main Range
- 31st January – 2nd February: Blackwater, Twin Peak, Butchers Creek, South Ohau
2013
- 28th October: The Kapakapanui Triangle (Daywalk)
- 25th – 26th October: Up Hector. Down Hector.
2012
- 2nd March: Up Mount Reeves (Daywalk)
2010
- 10th – 12th December: Powell, Totara Flats and Sayers
- 24th – 26th September: Arete Forks via Cow Saddle and Waingawa
- 24th – 25th July: Tararua Moonlight Southern Crossing
- 12th – 13th June: Walls Whare to Totara Flats, and Cone Peak
- 15th May: Holdsworth Jumbo Circuit (Daywalk)
- 7th – 9th May: Blue Range Nav to Mid-King Biv
- 18th April: Dobson Loop via Smith Creek Shelter (Daywalk)
- 22nd – 25th January: Waitewaewae to Ohau via the Main Range
2009
- 18th – 20th September: Cattle Ridge, Dundas and Herepai
- 11th – 13th September: Ruamahanga, Blue Range, Te Mara and Kiriwhakapapa
- 21st – 23rd August: Ohau, Deception Spur and Mangahao
- 29th – 31st May: Snowy walk from Holdsworth to Mitre Flats
- 8th – 10th May: Kiriwhakapapa to Cow Creek, Mitre Flats and Holdsworth Lodge
- 2nd – 3rd May: Holdsworth Lodge to Mitre Flats and back
2008
- 12th – 14th September: Cone Peak, towards Neill and back
- 1st – 3rd August: Penn Creek Hut on a rainy day
- 9th – 11th May: Cattle Ridge
- 28th – 30th March: Fenceline, Kapakapanui and Renata Hut
- 8th – 10th February: Waikawa and Waitewaewae
2007
- 30th November – 1st December: Ohau, Dundas, Ruapae, Puketurua
- 16th – 18th November: Cone, Alpha, Quoin, Eastern Hutt
- 10th November: Racing around Kapakapanui (Daywalk)
- 28th October: Kapakapanui (Daywalk)
- 21st – 23rd September: Otaki Forks, Tregear Spur
- 7th – 9th September: Te Matawai Hut via Deception Spur
- 19th – 22nd April: Blue Range, Mitre Flats, Bruce Hill
- 16th – 18th March: High Ridge, Totara Flats
2006
- 10th December: Towards Kime Hut (Daywalk)
- 1st – 3rd December: Jumbo / Holdsworth Loop
- 9th – 11th September: Waitewaewae Hut
28th December, 2008
30th December, 2006
Taranaki / Egmont
2018
- 29th – 31st December: Dawson Falls, Waiaua Gorge and Lake Dive Loop
2014
- 29th – 31st December: Waiaua Gorge to North Egmont
2012
- 28th February: Hovering around Pouakai Hut, Henry Peak and the Pouakai Summit (Daywalk)
2010
- 26th December: Climbing Mount Taranaki from North Egmont (Daywalk)
- 19th – 21st November: Pouakai Circuit (slightly modified)
2009
- 1st January: Pouakai Hut from Mangorei Road (Daywalk)
2008
- 28th – 30th December: Lake Dive to North Egmont
2006
- 29th – 30th December: North Egmont Overnight
15th November, 2014
24th March, 2007
Remutaka Range
2015
- 23rd – 25th January: Tapokopoko Kotumu Loop
2014
- 14th – 16th November: Rimutaka Mukamuka Runaway
- 14th January: A Short Rimutaka Jaunt (Daywalk)
2009
- 5th – 6th November: Exploring the Orongorongo Valley
- 29th August: Mt McKerrow Loop (Daywalk)
- 9th August: Rimutaka Rail Trail, Wellington Side (Daywalk)
2007
- 11th November: Orongorongo, McKerrow, Clay Ridge (Daywalk)
- 2nd – 4th November: Paua Hut (and juggling)
- 23rd – 25th March: Paua Hut, Turere Stream
31st August, 2013
22nd March, 2009
30th August, 2008
7th October, 2007
23rd September, 2006
Ruahine Range
2013
- 30th August – 1st September: Heritage to Tunupo (and back)
- 28th March – 1st April: Sparrowhawk, Maropea Forks, Colenso and Upper Makaroro
2011
- 21st – 24th October: Ruahine Corner and Ikawetea Forks Hut
2010
- 26th – 28th November: Stanfield, Cattle Creek, and Mid Pohangina
- 3rd – 4th September: Heritage towards Tunupo
- 6th – 8th August: Purity, Pourangaki, Kelly Knight (in Winter)
- 25th – 27th June: Crow Hut, McKinnon Hut and general confusion
- 30th April – 2nd May: Rangiwahia Ruahine Womble over the Tops
2009
- 20th – 22nd March: Waterfall Hut via Tussock Creek, and Te Atuaoparapara
2008
- 5th – 7th December: Rangiwahia, Te Hekenga, Howletts and Heritage
- 24th – 26th October: Rangiwahia to Heritage via Triangle and Iron Gates
- 29th – 31st August: Howletts Hut via Longview and Taumatataua
- 11th – 13th April: Rangiwahia, Sawtooth and Pourangaki
- 29th February – 2nd March: Rangiwahia, Maungamahue, Te Hekenga, Triangle
2007
- 5th – 7th October: Purity, Pourangaki, Kelly Knight
- 17th – 19th August: Cattle Creek Hut
- 2nd – 4th March: Parks Peak / Upper Makaroro
2006
- 17th – 19th November: Longview / Awatere Huts
- 22nd – 24th September: Rangiwahia Hut
20th January, 2008
Kaimanawa Range and Kaweka Range
2010
- 22nd – 25th October: Kiwi Saddle, Studholme Saddle, Mackintosh Hut
2008
- 18th – 21st January: Urchin, Waipakihi River, Te Hiwiokaituri Ridge
11th November, 2006
Tongariro National Park
2010
- 7th February: Ruapehu Crater Lake (Daywalk)
2006
- 11th November: The Tongariro Crossing (Daywalk)
5th January, 2010
Kahurangi National Park
2010
- 31st December 2009 – 5th January 2010: Walking the Mokihinui River, Southern Branch (south-west of KNP)
Miscellaneous places of a nature not describable in terms of conservation parks
2009
- 13th December: Honeycomb Rock, Wairarapa Coast (Daywalk)
12th October, 2008
Nelson Lakes
2009
- 9th – 13th April: Four days of D’Urville, Moss Pass, Sabine, and an ice axe
2008
- 10th – 13th October: Climbing Mt Travers
2nd June, 2008
Richmond Range
2008
- 30th May – 2nd June: Hackett, Rocks, Dun Mountain
31st March, 2007
Aorangi Range
2008
- 7th – 9th March: Aorangi Crossing, Pinnacles to Cape Palliser
2007
- 30th March – 1st April: Pinnacles, Washpool
7th April, 2007
Lake Sumner Conservation Park
2007
- 6th – 9th April: Doubtful Hut, Lake Man Biv, Top Hope, Hope Halfway Shelter
Local Wellington Region
2016
- 10th April: The Complete Paekakariki Escarpment Track (Daywalk)
2013
- 5th October: Johnsonville, Spicer Forest, Colonial Knob to Porirua (Daywalk)
2010
- 29th August: Colonial Knob to Kaukau (Daywalk)
2009
- 15th August: Makara Peak and Skyline Walkway (Daywalk)
- 27th July: East Harbour Lakes Block (Daywalk)
- 19th July: Belmont Trig via Bridleway and Stratton Street (Daywalk)
- 14th June: Makara Beach Loop (Daywalk)
- 14th March: Point Dorset and Wellington’s Eastern Walkway (Daywalk)
- 17th February: Pencarrow Head and Lake Kohangapiripiri (Daywalk)
2008
- 22nd November: Walking the length of the Kaiwharawhara Stream (Daywalk)
- 2nd November: Kapiti Island, from Rangatira Point to Tuteremoana Trig (Daywalk)
- 17th August: Walking the Skyline Walkway (Daywalk)
- 6th July: Wellington to Plimmerton (via suburbia) (Daywalk)
- 19th April: Korokoro to Dry Creek, Belmont Regional Park (Daywalk)
- 1st January: Belmont Crossing – Porirua, Belmont Trig, Korokoro Stream, Petone (Daywalk)
2007
- 21st October: Te Kopahou Reserve Radar Dome to Seatoun (Daywalk)