Club Night Report March 2017
Trip Reports
After trying to get to the North Temple basin for several Wednesdays but being put off by wet weather the Wednesday Walkers finally made it near the end of February. A lovely easily accessible alpine basin at the top of Lake Ohau.
24 headed over to Queenstown and Cromwell to bike the trails there in ideal weather, and last week was a walk up Deep Stream beside Lake Aviemore.
The tramping Club had a weekend trip to Dunedin, walking up and along the Maungatuas, followed the next day by a climb up Harbour Cone on the Otago Peninsula and then a walk out to the Pyramids and Victory Beach. Last week was a day walk to Gentle Annie hut in the Horse Range.
Coming Trips
A weekend trip to Aspiring Flats, Glacier Burn and Junction Flat.
A mountain bike ride in the McRaes area with a visit to the Redbank skink enclosure.
The Club is again holding a guided walks day on the three Herbert Forest tracks on the 9 April starting at 10am. Cancelation because of wet weather will be on the NOTMC website on evening of the 7 April.
The Club is starting preparation for the celebration of its 40th Anniversary.
Guest Speakers
Club Members Gail and Tricia shared their Federated Mountain Clubs trip to the West USA National Parks last September October.
They started in the Sequoia National Park with massive Sequoia trees and the odd nosey grizzly bear.
Large areas of trees are dying because of the bark beetle.
Yosemite NP was the highest at 15000 ft. and they did a lot of walks above 9000ft, with a drive through Death Valley at 280ft below sea level, being the lowest.
They had 3 days walking the rim of Grand Canyon, but the amazing shaped rocks of Monument Valley, Arches NP and Goblin Valley with self-explanatory names, were one of the highlights.
Yellowstone NP was the last stop, where they joined some of the 350 million tourists to visit the US National Parks each year, the park being a decidedly larger version of Rotorua’s hot pools and guysers!
Their travels took them from the heat of summer in the south through the autumn colours to an early sprinkling of snow at Yellowstone.