New Zealand mountains

"Walked up via Packhorse Hut from the carpark at Kaituna valley. It was just an afternoon walk taking a bit under 4hrs return including a stop of 20 mins at the hut chatting with other walkers and having a snack." - Mount Bradley, glennj, Oct 23, 2018

"JH & I left the car at lunch time and walked up to the summit on a good track and had a look round the tops area. Saw one powelliphanta snail shell. Good views in all directions. On the descent we dropped over the side to look for a hut we had heard about. We found the hut then sidled north back to the track and descended to the car. The round trip took 4hrs. We saw two other parties descending as we went up the hill." - Mount Stokes, glennj, Oct 8, 2018

"Walked up Deep Creek from the road bridge 1.4 km's then headed NE up a steepish ridge face to the top. There was quite thick undergrowth in places. On the summit (839m) there is an historical survey trig beacon with a more modern one beneath it. I returned much the same way down to Deep Creek but for the last stretch back to the road I detoured a bit looking at old gold mining workings." - Bell Hill, glennj, Aug 23, 2018

"Returning from a couple of nights in the Mikonui/Totara area I went over Mt Greenland to get back to the car at Jones Creek. Wx had clouded over after a frost so it was a bit cold. Saw one billy goat on the 4x4 track." - Mount Greenland, glennj, Jun 22, 2018

"Left Christchurch around 4 pm arrived at the lake heron car park by 6, took us roughly 1 1/2 hours to double hut (1 river crossing). dinner, bedtime. we left the hut at 4 am the next morning making good progress up the river as there is very little snow yet. we followed the right/ southern branch of the swim river when we reached the ridge up to a big boulder on the true right of the river. there we hid our trail runners and warmed our feet before putting the boots on. gaining the ridge is pretty straightforward and a bit slippery, after about 200m the veggie patches lighten up and we had mor" - Mount Taylor, ThomasDames, Jun 18, 2018