Tag: Leatham Conservation Area

  • Turkeys Nest Bivvy via the Wye Route – Leatham Conservation Area

    Turkeys Nest Bivvy via the Wye Route – Leatham Conservation Area

    Turkeys Nest Bivvy is a tiny, character-filled backcountry bivvy tucked away in the Leatham Conservation Area in Marlborough. Reaching it via the Wye Route is an adventure in itself involving travel through the ‘Garden of Despair,’ many native birds, beautiful South Island beech forest and spectacular views. We headed into the Leatham Valley in May…

  • Silverstream-Bull Paddock-Lost Stream Traverse: A 3-day trip in Leatham Conservation Area

    Silverstream-Bull Paddock-Lost Stream Traverse: A 3-day trip in Leatham Conservation Area

    “You don’t need your teeth to walk out.” The best adventures sometimes happen when your original plans fall through. Standing at the edge of an uncrossable Dart Ford, our Luna Tops dreams were washed away—but the Raglan Range was calling with a Silverstream-Bull Paddock-Lost Stream Traverse. What followed was a three-day masterclass in New Zealand…

  • Greigs Hut | Meeting Fatso at the hutcraft weekend

    Greigs Hut | Meeting Fatso at the hutcraft weekend

    Greigs Hut – Raglan Range The video of a rainy weekend at Greigs Hut in the Raglan Range made comfortable by Fatso – the woodburner Sarah, Aimee and Tony walked into Greig’s Hut with the intention of climbing Scotts Knob but it started raining so they attempted Mt Morris but they got stuck in the…