All dates are provisional until confirmed in the preceding month's FTORC Bulletin Walking gradesE = Up to 4 hours/day, easy gradient, graded track Please make a fair contribution to vehicle running costs in agreement with trip drivers - consider the consumable expenses of running a vehicle in addition to fuel. 12-13 December 2020 Ben Lomond & Queenstown cycle trails Queenstown Grade M 05 or 06 December 2020 Excelsior Peak Takitimu Mountains Grade F 28-29 November 2020 Ailsa Mountains Grade M 14 or 15 November 2020 Gertrude Valley & Hollyford Valley stoat traps Darran Mountains Grade M 07-08 November 2020 Mount Saint Bathans Saint Bathans Range Grade M 24-26 October 2020 (Labour Weekend) Deep Cove Doubtful Sound Grade E, M October 2020 Milford Track Wick Mountains Grade M 10-11 October 2020 Kaherekoau Mountains Grade F 26-27 September 2020 Borland Burn North Branch - Garnock Burn Hunter Mountains Grade M 12 or 13 September 2020 Mid Dome Mataura Range Grade M 05 or 06 September 2020 Mount Prospect Grade E 22-23 August 2020 Welcome Rock Slate Range Grade E, M August 2020 Middle Fiord Lake Te Anau & Lake Hankinson Grade M-F August 2020 West Coast Wilderness Trail Grade M 26-27 July 2020 Hope Arm & The Monument Lake Manapouri Grade M 11-12 July 2020 Port Craig Te Waewae Bay Grade M 20 or 21 June 2020 Lake Hauroko Lookout Kaherekoau Mountains Grade M 30-31 May 2020 (Queens Birthday) Green Lake Hunter Mountains Grade M 23 May 2020 Manapouri - Rakatu Wetlands Waiau Valley Grade E 10-14 April 2020 (Easter) Dusky Track Merrie Range Grade M-F 28 or 29 March 2020 Percy Saddle Hunter Mountains Grade M-F 28 March 2020 Navigation Instruction Course Invercargill Grade E 21-22 March 2020 Mistake Creek - U Pass - Hut Creek Eyre Mountains Grade M-F 14-15 March 2020 Skippers Creek Shotover Valley Grade M Weekend tramp, Wakatipu Tramping Club, contact Peter De La Mare 29 February - 01 March 2020 Ailsa Mountains Grade M 15-16 February 2020 Rat & Stoat Trap Check Gertrude & Hollyford Valleys + Gertrude Saddle Darran Mountains Grade E, M 05-07 March 2020 Jackson Peaks Kepler Mountains Grade F 25-26 January 2019 Learn to Pack Raft Location TBC Grade E 13-16 December 2019 Rees-Dart Track Forbes Mountains Grade M 08 December 2019 Lake Marian Darran Mountains Grade E 23-24 November 2019 Alabaster Hut Hollyford Track Hollyford Valley Grade M 16-17 November 2019 Rat & Stoat Trap Check Gertrude & Hollyford Valleys Darran Mountains Grade E, M 10 November 2019 Mount Prospect Mount Prospect Station Grade E 26-28 October 2019 (Labour Weekend) Brewster Track & Hut Haast Valley Grade M-F 21-24 October 2019 Milford Track Wick Mountains Grade M 12-13 October 2019 Lake Rakatu Hunter Mountains Grade M 06 October 2019 Kiwi Burn Circuit Livingstone Mountains Grade M 21 or 22 September 2019 Mavora Walkway Livingstone Mountains Grade M August/September 2019 date TBC Meadow Hut Snow Farm Pisa Range Grade E,M,F 24-25 August 2019 Port Craig Grade M 09-10 August 2019 Titan Rocks & Blue Lake Garvie Mountains Grade F 27 or 28 July 2019 Lake Marian Darran Mountains Grade E 13 or 14 July 2019 Lake Te Anau Grade E 29 or 30 June 2019 Wilderness Road & Lake Thomas Grade E 15-16 June 2019 Luxmore Hut Kepler Track Kepler Mountains Grade M 08 or 09 June 2019 East Dome Garvie Mountains Grade F 01 June-03 July 2019 Greenstone-Caples Track Livingstone Mountains Grade M 25 or 26 May 2019 Lake Manapouri & The Monument Grade E May 2019 (date flexible) Kepler Track Kepler Mountains Grade M 05-12 May 2019 Masons Bay Stewart Island Grade M-F 04 May 2019 Longwood Forest Grade M 19-25 April 2019 (Easter) Cascade Valley - Hollyford Valley Grade M 06 or 07 April 2019 Corner Peak Takitimu Mountains Grade E 23-24 February 2019 Rat & Stoat Trap Check Gertrude & Hollyford Valleys Darran Mountains Grade E, M Weekend tramp, contact Liz Scott 16-17 February 2019 Mistake Creek, U Pass, Hut Creek Earl Mountains Grade M-F Weekend tramp, contact Stephen Martin 02 or 03 February 2019, date TBC Borland Valley Hunter Mountain Grade E Day tramp, contact Viv Shaw 19-20 January 2019 Lake Wilson Serpentine Range Grade M-F Multi-day tramp, contact Liz Scott 15-16 December 2018 Emily Pass Ailsa Mountains Grade F Weekend tramp, contact Nigel Lee 15-16 December 2018 Dome Island Lake Te Anau Grade E Day kayak, contact Cathy Lewsley 08-09 December 2018 Rat & Stoat Trap Check Gertrude & Hollyford Valleys Darran Mountains Grade M Weekend tramp, contact Alina Suchanski 24-25 November 2018 North Mavora Lake & Acheron Lakes Livingstone Mountains Grade F Weekend tramp, contact Alina Suchanski 17-18 November 2018 Steele Creek Ailsa Mountains Grade F Weekend tramp, contact Nigel Lee 03 or 04 November 2018 Lake Marian Darran Mountains Grade E Day tramp, contact Prue Fraser 20-22 October 2018 (Labour Weekend) Deep Cove Doubtful Sound Grade E, M Multi-day tramp, contact Bev Thorne 06-07 October 2018 Welcome Rock Trails Slate Range Grade M October 2018, date TBC Milford Track Wick Mountains Grade M Multi-day tramp, contact Bob Anderson 22-23 September 2018 Spence Hut Spence Burn Takitimu Mountains Grade M Weekend tramp, contact Stephen Martin 08-09 September 2018 McKellar Hut Greenstone Track Greenstone Valley Grade E August 2018, date TBC Middle Fiord Lake Te Anau Grade F 18-19 August 2018 Port Craig Te Waewae Bay Grade M 11-12 August 2018 Hope Arm Lake Manapouri Grade E-M 28 July 2018 Lake2Lake Trail Lake Te Anau - Lake Manapouri Waiau Valley Grade E-M 14-15 July 2018 Hidden Falls Hut Hollyford Track Hollyford Valley Grade E 30 June-01 July 2018 Luxmore Hut Kepler Track Kepler Mountains Grade M 16-17 June 2018 Deep Cove Doubtful Sound Mixed Grades Weekend cycling and walking, contact Bev Thorne02-04 June 2018 Queens Birthday Weekend Kinloch Lake Wakatipu Mixed Grades Long weekend cycling, kayaking and walking, contact Alina Suchanski 19-20 May 2018 Hidden Falls Hut Hollyford Track Grade E Weekend tramp, contact Fay Edwards05 May 2018 Mansion Hut Irthing Stream Eyre Mountains Grade E Day tramp, contact Robynne Peacock21 April 2018 Hidden Lakes Lake Te Anau Grade E Day kayak and walk, contact Cathy Lewsley07-08 April 2018 Sunny Creek Ailsa Mountains Grade M-F Weekend tramp, contact Lynley King30 March-02 April 2018 Easter Weekend Makarora (Otago) Mixed Grades Long weekend tramps, contact Christine Pounsford17-18 March 2018 Queenstown Trail Grade E-M Weekend trail cycling, contact Cathy Lewsley03-04 March 2018 Bullendale & Dynamo Tracks Skippers Creek (Otago) Grade E-M Weekend tramp with historical interest, contact Jude Collett, Wakatipu Tramping Club17-18 February 2018 Mistake Creek / U-Pass / Hut Creek Earl Mountains Grade M Weekend tramp, contact Stephen Martin10-11 February 2018 McPherson cirque & Gertrude Valley Darran Mountains Grade E-M Weekend predator trap checking, contact Alina Suchanski03-06 February 2018 Waitangi Day weekend Lake Wilson / North Col / Rock Burn Humboldt Mountains Grade M-F Long weekend tramp, contact Liz Scott27-28 January 2018 Whitestone River - Mount Cerberus, Livingstone Mountains Grade F Weekend tramp, contact Nigel Lee20-21 January 2018 Boyd Creek Lodge, Countess Range Grade E Weekend family walking, contact Jacky Holmes14 or 15 January 2018 Beers Farm Track, Kepler Mountains Grade M Day tramp, contact Viv Shaw 09-10 December 2017 Acheron Lakes, Livingstone Mountains Grade M-F Weekend tramp, contact Alina Suchanski02 December 2017 Kepler Challenge / Luxmore Grunt Kepler Track, Kepler Mountains Grade VF (confirmed entry only) Mountain running race https://www.keplerchallenge.co.nz/ |