Wilderness

Each issue of Wilderness takes its readers to the most beautiful areas in New Zealand, whether by foot, mountain bike, sea kayak, raft, pony or dream.

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LET TER OF THE MONTH

MEMORABLE NIGHTS OUTSIDE • After publishing Nights to Remember in the March issue, we asked readers to share some of their own memorable nights in the backcountry.

Your Trips, YOUR PIX • What did you get up to last weekend?

WALKSHORTS

I’m doing it! • Walk1200km participants share the reasons they are walking 1200km in 12 months.

WALK1200KM GEAR UP FOR GRABS THIS MONTH • Walk1200km participants can win these valuable prizes supplied by our partners. Make sure you’re registered www.wildernessmag.co.nz/walk1200kmthen answer the following questions.

WALKING TOWARDS MINDFULNESS • Some Walk1200km participants are using the challenge as an opportunity to practise walking meditation.

LITTLE THINGS MATTER • For more than 100 years Bridgedale has been making outdoor socks. They share with Wilderness what is that sets them apart.

Walk1200km photo competition • Walk1200km participants have been exploring every nook and cranny of New Zealand over the past few months and have the photos to prove it!

PUTTING A SOCK IN IT • When your tramping wardrobe needs a bit more colour, how about pulling out those knitting needles to make your own clothes.

THE PERFECT HUT FOOTWEAR DOESN’T EXIS… • If you want to rock your socks off at the hut, you may need to brce yourself to wear the ugliest footwear known to humankind.

GOOD NIGHT, SLEEP TIGHT • Taking your baby on an overnight hut trip and ensuring a good night’s sleep for everyone is perfectly feasible.

HOW NOT TO LOSE SLEEP WHEN TAKING YOUR BABY ON AN OVERNIGHT TRIP

HUT HACKS

SEE MORE... COLS • Where you find the word ‘col’ on a map, you can expect steep and difficult terrain. But not all require mountaineering experience to cross.

An Escape from Queenstown • BOUNDARY HUT, Mavora Lakes Conservation Area

WILD TRIPS

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THE SNOUT TRACK, PICTON • An easily accessible day-walk through Picton’s 200ha Victoria Domain.

INVINCIBLE MINE TRACK GLENORCHY • A steep track to the site of an historic gold mine and stunning views of the Rees Valley.

TITIRAUPENGA, PUREORA FOREST PARK • An accessible trip through virgin podocarp forest that rewards trampers with panoramic views of Lake Taupō, the Waikato District, Mt Pirongia and the Kaimai Range.

THREE MILE STREAM HUT, LAKE SUMNER FOREST PARK • A weekend tramp to a seldom-visited hut in a hidden valley, surrounded by high bush-clad mountains in the beautiful Lake Sumner region.

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SLEDGE TRACK, MANAWATŪ • Only twenty minutes’ drive from Palmerston North, the Sledge Track was created from one man’s vision and thousands of hours of volunteer work.

Feeling the Burn • THE CLASSIC FIVE PASSES ROUTE TRAVERSES THE ROCK BURN AND BEANS BURN VALLEYS – A LANDSCAPE AS STUNNING AND BEAUTIFUL AS THE NEARBY ROUTE BURN.

CORO STREET • WITH THE ADDITION OF THE JUST-OPENED CORONET LOOP TRAIL, QUEENSTOWN POSITIONS ITSELF AS ONE OF NEW ZEALAND’S BEST MOUNTAIN BIKING DESTINATIONS.

PARADISE • CLEAR NIGHTS IN THE HILLS WHEN MYRIAD STARS DAZZLE DON’T GET ANY BETTER THAN IN NEW ZEALAND’S THREE INTERNATIONAL DARK SKY REGIONS. WILDERNESS ASKED THE LOCALS FOR THE BEST STAR-GAZING SPOTS FOR THOSE WANTING TO CELEBRATE MATARIKI.

A NEW YEAR CELEBRATION FOR AOTEAROA

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN • There are memorials to fallen trampers, climbers and hunters throughout the backcountry. For surviving family members, they provide solace and an enduring connection to...