23rd–31st April 2024. Nine days of tramping and hut bagging in the Central Westland back country. As previous readers of my blog posts about tramping might recall, Easter trips into…
Mark WatsonApril 23, 2024
July 24–26, 2022. Mt Brewster (2516m) is situated high above the Haast Highway and stands prominently between the upper Makarora and Hunter Valleys. A survey of the map shows this…
Mark WatsonAugust 17, 2022
Traditionally, Easter is a time when we go tramping in the West Coast mountains, but this year the appeal of autumn colours, settled weather and good company in Central Otago…
Mark WatsonJune 2, 2022
During February and March I spent two weeks down in Fiordland, climbing and scrambling in the Darran Mountains. My last post covered the first part of that trip, which was…
Mark WatsonMay 24, 2022
With the Tour Te Waipounamu bikepacking race out of the way for 2022, the next outdoor adventure I had lined up was a couple of weeks in one of my…
Mark WatsonMay 3, 2022
Tour Te Waipounamu: Round Two For the 2022 edition of Tour Te Waipounamu, 44 keen racers and a few onlookers and supporters gathered at the stunning cliff edge start line,…
Mark WatsonApril 12, 2022
This excellent little overnighter is the second of a trio of bikepacking trips we made in quick succession back in autumn; that time of the year when the days start…
Mark WatsonDecember 8, 2021
Now that the spring equinox is about to roll around, it seems like a good time to start posting bikepacking routes again. Back in the clear days and cold mornings…
Mark WatsonSeptember 13, 2021
| Ticking off Remote Huts | During the last 15 years or so, Easter is traditionally a time when we try to plan a West Coast tramping trip, when we're…
Mark WatsonJune 19, 2021
