New Zealand mountains

"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

"Went to Mt Brown Hut via the Styx, climbed the hill, descended to the hut and then went out via the Geologists Creek track. Walked along the road back to my car at the Styx carpark. The weather was clearing post rain and quite nice with the sun trying to burn off thin cloud." - Mount Brown, glennj, May 9, 2018

"M. A. and I went up via the track from the Graham's Creek bridge giving the track some maintenance as we went. Once on the tops above the end of the track we traversed the ridge line through to the trig beacon high point. A detour was done down to the 1933 plane crash site then back up to the ridge line on the way to the trig. The wx was mainly good but it was a bit cloudy on the last two knobs." - Turiwhate, glennj, Apr 22, 2018

"Walked up after lunch along with a mates son and partner who were staying with us. The wx was overcast and a little cool on top but quite good. Inland views were restricted by cloud but there were good views to the west. The return visit took 4½ hrs including a few photo stops and a snack break. There were 6 or 7 others who also climbed Tuhua that we met as they were descending. The lower portion of the track has recently been cleared." - Tuhua, glennj, Apr 13, 2018