New Zealand mountains

"With permission I walked the hydro access road and pipeline track to the weir and water intake on the TL branch of Rubieslaw Creek. From there I walked upstream to the un-named small lake then climbed steeply to the ridge on the TL of the creek. Point 1087m was summited and then it was an easy walk along the ridge to Ruberslaw which has a surviving iron pipe trig on the summit. There are great views from the tops once above the bush and scrub. [This was accomplished as a day trip but be aware there is a lot of untracked bush and scrub country to traverse which can be slow going especially for those not used to untracked country.] " — glennj • Feb 28, 2019

"On the afternoon of the first day I walked up the Eastern Hohonu River and set up camp about 30 minutes beyond the end of the track. Next day I climbed Taff Tor by heading up a creek and then a ridge to access the Hohonu Peaks main ridge and then traversed south to Taff Tor. Descending I dropped off Taff Tor to a tributary of the Eastern Hohonu River and followed it back to my campsite. (a few bluffs had to be bypassed by sidling to the TR above the drop offs before returning to the water course) There are no tracks except for those made by chamois and parts of the forest and scrub are slow going. It took 9 hours excluding a lunch break on the summit to do the round trip from my campsite to Taff Tor and return. On the morning of day three I packed up camp and walked out." — glennj • Feb 3, 2019

"Walked the loop from the Glentui picnic area. Mt Richardson track up and then part of the Blowhard track and the Bypass track on way down. Started early to beat the heat and was on the summit before 8am. I see a couple of neighbouring bumps that the Blowhard track passes over are on Peakery but I won't bother to bag them as they are fairly insignificant." — glennj • Jan 31, 2019

"I didn't initially intend to climb this high point but got so close to the summit when travelling between Silverstream Bivvy and the headwaters of Silverstream above Mid Silverstream Hut that I checked out the rocky top." — glennj • Jan 5, 2019

"Returned from Smart Creek rock biv over Mt Smart and descended to the overgrowing forestry roads in Hohonu Forest then walked out to the Taramakau Settlement Road. The weather was fine, clear and with little wind which was a big contrast to the journey in the opposite direction two days earlier." — glennj • Dec 28, 2018