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Tramping Reports Wednesday 2009 Mar 25 to Tuesday 2009 Mar 31

The Wed BBB had 13 members. The River Trail was good but the upper track in Jubillee Park was a bit of a challenge for a ramble trip. The E/M trip to Puketiro ...

The weekend Queen Charlotte walkway trip had 7 members and 1 non-member. They had a great time and thoroughly recommend the Mistletoe Bay Eco Village as a great place to stay.

The M/F trip to camp in the headwaters of the Park valley did not run because the weather did not sound favourable for high altitude camping.

16 members went to Turoa for Snow IV. They practiced crevasse extraction but failed to extract any crevasses from the mountain. They thoroughly enjoyed jumping into the crevasses.

The Saturday M/F trip did a daytrip to Field hut and came back down Sheriden Ck. The 7 members found it far more challenging than its benign reputation and their own memory said it should have been. A number of log jams on top of gant boulders required much care. Greasy rocks ensured one dunking and one case of serious bruising. One party members altimeter watch remains somewhere in the gorge.

The Saturday medium trip Ohau gorge to six-disks track had trouble locating the six-disk track and held an impromptu cairn building competition to make it easier to locate in the future. They were 5 members.

The Sunday Wainuiomata reservoir - Lowry - Stanley st had 12 members for a nice day which all went to plan. Some ended the trip by collecting a few blackberries.

Total of 58 members and 1 non-member.