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  • Mt Izard & Mt Cloudsley: Winter Alpine Tramping Guides | Craigieburn

    Mt Izard & Mt Cloudsley: Winter Alpine Tramping Guides | Craigieburn

    Craigieburn Forest Park offers some of Canterbury’s finest winter alpine day trips. If you want the joys of snow and strapping on crampons to summit peaks over 2,000 meters—all while returning to a hot shower and a warm bed by nightfall—these two classic routes climbing up Mt Izard & Mt Cloudsley are for you.  While…

  • Tramping Gunsight Pass, Ruataniwha Conservation Park

    Tramping Gunsight Pass, Ruataniwha Conservation Park

    Gunsight Pass had been a trip at the top of the list for Matt and I ever since our trip over Maitland Pass and past the “Banana Tarns” in Ruataniwha Conservation Park. Finally, everything aligned perfectly. I was in the South Island, Matt had time off work and we had good weather. Matt picked me…

  • Hiking the Benmore-Annavale Loop & Sugarloaf Summit

    Hiking the Benmore-Annavale Loop & Sugarloaf Summit

    Looking for a fantastic Canterbury day walk that packs in native beech forest, a tidy backcountry hut, and expansive alpine views without requiring a full weekend? The Benmore – Annavale Loop in Thirteen Mile Bush, capped off with a detour up Sugarloaf Summit (Pt 1203), ticks every box. Nearby to this are other fantastic day…

  • Avalanche-Lyell-Bealey Peak Loop – The ‘Triple Crown’

    Avalanche-Lyell-Bealey Peak Loop – The ‘Triple Crown’

    The Avalanche-Lyell-Bealey Loop in Arthur’s Pass had been on my tramping list for ages. There was even once a race over Avalanche Peak, though unfortunately, it stopped running before I got the chance to compete. While researching the route, I stumbled across the nickname “The Triple Crown” for this loop—it stuck with me immediately and…