Trip List

All dates are provisional until confirmed in the preceding month's FTORC Bulletin

Walking grades

E = Up to 4 hours/day, easy gradient, graded track

M = 5-6 hours/day, moderate gradient, possibly rougher track

F = 7 hours+/day, steep gradient, rough or off 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.

All trip participants are advised to read the FTORC safety guidelines; gear lists and other useful resources are linked from this page.

12-13 December 2020 Ben Lomond & Queenstown cycle trails Queenstown Grade M

Weekend tramp & bike, contact Alina Suchanski

05 or 06 December 2020 Excelsior Peak Takitimu Mountains Grade F

Day tramp, contact Stephen Martin

28-29 November 2020 Ailsa Mountains Grade M

Weekend tramp, contact Lynley King

14 or 15 November 2020 Gertrude Valley & Hollyford Valley stoat traps Darran Mountains Grade M

Day tramp, contact Liz Scott

07-08 November 2020 Mount Saint Bathans Saint Bathans Range Grade M

Day or weekend tramp, contact Stephen Martin

24-26 October 2020 (Labour Weekend) Deep Cove Doubtful Sound Grade E, M

Day tramps, contact Alina Suchanski & Bev Thorne

October 2020 Milford Track Wick Mountains Grade M

Multi-day tramp, contact Bob Anderson

10-11 October 2020 Kaherekoau Mountains Grade F

Weekend tramp, contact Crystal Brindle

26-27 September 2020 Borland Burn North Branch - Garnock Burn Hunter Mountains Grade M

Weekend tramp, contact Liz Scott

12 or 13 September 2020 Mid Dome Mataura Range Grade M

Day tramp, contact Stephen Martin

05 or 06 September 2020 Mount Prospect Grade E

Day bike or tramp, contact Sue Marwick

22-23 August 2020 Welcome Rock Slate Range Grade E, M

Weekend ski/snow shoe, contact Cathy Lewsley

August 2020 Middle Fiord Lake Te Anau & Lake Hankinson Grade M-F

Multi-day kayak, contact Bob Anderson

August 2020 West Coast Wilderness Trail Grade M

Multi-day bike, contact Sue Bennett

26-27 July 2020 Hope Arm & The Monument Lake Manapouri Grade M

Weekend kayak, contact Alina Suchanski

11-12 July 2020 Port Craig Te Waewae Bay Grade M

Weekend tramp, contact Liz Scott

20 or 21 June 2020 Lake Hauroko Lookout Kaherekoau Mountains Grade M

Day tramp, contact Alina Suchanski

30-31 May 2020 (Queens Birthday) Green Lake Hunter Mountains Grade M

Weekend or long weekend tramp, contact Alina Suchanski

23 May 2020 Manapouri - Rakatu Wetlands Waiau Valley Grade E

Day bike and walk, contact Cathy Lewsley

10-14 April 2020 (Easter) Dusky Track Merrie Range Grade M-F

Multi-day fly/tramp/boat, contact Alina Suchanski

28 or 29 March 2020 Percy Saddle Hunter Mountains Grade M-F

Day bike or tramp, contact Cathy Lewsley

28 March 2020 Navigation Instruction Course Invercargill Grade E

Day course, Southland Tramping Club, contact Barry Smith

21-22 March 2020 Mistake Creek - U Pass - Hut Creek Eyre Mountains Grade M-F

Long day or weekend tramp (TBC), contact Bev Thorne

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

Multi-day tramp, contact Lynley & Paul King

15-16 February 2020 Rat & Stoat Trap Check Gertrude & Hollyford Valleys + Gertrude Saddle Darran Mountains Grade E, M

Weekend tramp, contact Alina Suchanski

05-07 March 2020 Jackson Peaks Kepler Mountains Grade F

Multi-day tramp, contact Liz Scott

25-26 January 2019 Learn to Pack Raft Location TBC Grade E

Pack rafting instruction, contact Crystal Brindle

13-16 December 2019 Rees-Dart Track Forbes Mountains Grade M

Multi-day tramp, contact Neville Thorne

08 December 2019 Lake Marian Darran Mountains Grade E

Day tramp, contact Isla Marwick

23-24 November 2019 Alabaster Hut Hollyford Track Hollyford Valley Grade M

Overnight tramp, contact Cathy Lewsley

16-17 November 2019 Rat & Stoat Trap Check Gertrude & Hollyford Valleys Darran Mountains Grade E, M

Overnight tramp, contact Liz Scott

10 November 2019 Mount Prospect Mount Prospect Station Grade E

Day tramp, contact Stephen Martin

26-28 October 2019 (Labour Weekend) Brewster Track & Hut Haast Valley Grade M-F

Multi-day tramp, contact Bev Thorne

21-24 October 2019 Milford Track Wick Mountains Grade M

Multi-day tramp, contact Bob Anderson

12-13 October 2019 Lake Rakatu Hunter Mountains Grade M

Overnight tramp, contact Prue Fraser

06 October 2019 Kiwi Burn Circuit Livingstone Mountains Grade M

Day tramp, contact Liz Scott

21 or 22 September 2019 Mavora Walkway Livingstone Mountains Grade M

Day tramp, contact Viv Shaw

August/September 2019 date TBC Meadow Hut Snow Farm Pisa Range Grade E,M,F

Overnight cross country ski, contact Cathy Lewsley

24-25 August 2019 Port Craig Grade M

Overnight tramp, contact Nigel Lee

09-10 August 2019 Titan Rocks & Blue Lake Garvie Mountains Grade F

Overnight tramp & snow shoe, contact Stephen Martin

27 or 28 July 2019 Lake Marian Darran Mountains Grade E

Day tramp, contact Isla Marwick

13 or 14 July 2019 Lake Te Anau Grade E

Day kayak, contact Bob Anderson

29 or 30 June 2019 Wilderness Road & Lake Thomas Grade E

Day cycle, contact Jill McBride

15-16 June 2019 Luxmore Hut Kepler Track Kepler Mountains Grade M

Full Moon overnight tramp including boat crossing on M V Faith, contact Bev Thorne

08 or 09 June 2019 East Dome Garvie Mountains Grade F

Day tramp, contact Stephen Martin

01 June-03 July 2019 Greenstone-Caples Track Livingstone Mountains Grade M

Multi-day tramp, contact Stephen Martin

25 or 26 May 2019 Lake Manapouri & The Monument Grade E

Day kayak and tramp, contact Alina Suchanski

May 2019 (date flexible) Kepler Track Kepler Mountains Grade M

Multi-day tramp, contact Bob Anderson

05-12 May 2019 Masons Bay Stewart Island Grade M-F

Multi-day tramp, contact Liz Scott

04 May 2019 Longwood Forest Grade M

Day tramp, contact George Garden

19-25 April 2019 (Easter) Cascade Valley - Hollyford Valley Grade M

Multi-day tramp, contact Crystal Brindle

06 or 07 April 2019 Corner Peak Takitimu Mountains Grade E

Day tramp, contact Iris Brugman

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

Weekend cycle trail or tramp, contact Jocelyn Hodges

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

Weekend tramp, contact Alina Suchanski

August 2018, date TBC Middle Fiord Lake Te Anau Grade F

Multi-day kayak, contact Stephen Martin

18-19 August 2018 Port Craig Te Waewae Bay Grade M

Weekend tramp, contact Nigel Lee

11-12 August 2018 Hope Arm Lake Manapouri Grade E-M

Weekend kayak, contact Bob Anderson

28 July 2018 Lake2Lake Trail Lake Te Anau - Lake Manapouri Waiau Valley Grade E-M

Day cycle trail, contact Bob Anderson

14-15 July 2018 Hidden Falls Hut Hollyford Track Hollyford Valley Grade E

Multi-day tramp, contact Fay Edwards

30 June-01 July 2018 Luxmore Hut Kepler Track Kepler Mountains Grade M

Full Moon overnight tramp, contact Bev Thorne

16-17 June 2018 Deep Cove Doubtful Sound Mixed Grades

Weekend cycling and walking, contact Bev Thorne

02-04 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 Edwards

05 May 2018 Mansion Hut Irthing Stream Eyre Mountains Grade E

Day tramp, contact Robynne Peacock

21 April 2018 Hidden Lakes Lake Te Anau Grade E

Day kayak and walk, contact Cathy Lewsley

07-08 April 2018 Sunny Creek Ailsa Mountains Grade M-F

Weekend tramp, contact Lynley King

30 March-02 April 2018 Easter Weekend Makarora (Otago) Mixed Grades

Long weekend tramps, contact Christine Pounsford

17-18 March 2018 Queenstown Trail Grade E-M

Weekend trail cycling, contact Cathy Lewsley

03-04 March 2018 Bullendale & Dynamo Tracks Skippers Creek (Otago) Grade E-M

Weekend tramp with historical interest, contact Jude Collett, Wakatipu Tramping Club

17-18 February 2018 Mistake Creek / U-Pass / Hut Creek Earl Mountains Grade M

Weekend tramp, contact Stephen Martin

10-11 February 2018 McPherson cirque & Gertrude Valley Darran Mountains Grade E-M

Weekend predator trap checking, contact Alina Suchanski

03-06 February 2018 Waitangi Day weekend Lake Wilson / North Col / Rock Burn Humboldt Mountains Grade M-F

Long weekend tramp, contact Liz Scott

27-28 January 2018 Whitestone River - Mount Cerberus, Livingstone Mountains Grade F

Weekend tramp, contact Nigel Lee

20-21 January 2018 Boyd Creek Lodge, Countess Range Grade E

Weekend family walking, contact Jacky Holmes

14 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 Suchanski

02 December 2017 Kepler Challenge / Luxmore Grunt Kepler Track, Kepler Mountains Grade VF (confirmed entry only)

Mountain running race https://www.keplerchallenge.co.nz/