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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Wilderness

Letter of the month

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

Aspiring Hut's $1.3 million dollar refurbishment

DOC hut fees increase

PLBs still trump cellphones despite SpaceX satellite coverage

HOKITIKA TRAMPING CLUB: THE COUNTRY'S NEWEST HIKING GROUP

Local operators concerned over Tongariro Alpine Crossing changes

AROUND THE MOUNTAIN CIRCUIT CLOSED FOR SIX MONTHS

NEW TRAILS, VEHICLE PLANS FOR MILFORD SOUND • A $15 million project, due for completion mid-next year, is examining access and use of existing and new trails and huts in Fiordland National Park.

STARTING THEM YOUNG • Age, at either end, needn't be a barrier to outdoor adventuring. Here's a family with three young children that not only walk together but help others to enjoy doing so, too.

I'm doing it! • Two Walk1200km participants share their reasons and experiences.

Interpretive walking • Dancers do it. The law is all about it. Applied to a recipe or poem – interpretation is everything. So when we asked Walk1200km participants how they interpreted the challenge, we got a response as varied as the walks people are doing.

#microchallenge 19-21 winners! • Want to win gear and vouchers from Walk1200km partners? Complete the #microchallenges as these Walk1200km participants have done and receive a Walk1200km badge. The best efforts receive a special prize from our partners!

WHAT I LEARNED TRAMPING IN PATAGONIA • IT TOOK TWO WEEKS’ TRAMPING IN PATAGONIA TO REALISE NEW ZEALAND HAS IT BETTER.

Midnight danger pees

SEE MORE… GRANITE WONDERLANDS • Some of the most remarkable landscapes in the country contain granite forms and features.

IN THE SHADOW OF MT SEALY • Annette Plateau, Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park

MOUNT GRIFFIN WEST COAST • Expand your horizons and knowledge of New Zealand's mining history by exploring the historic serpentine mine near the summit of Mt Griffin.

GREEN LAKE TRACK FIORDLAND NATIONAL PARK • An eventful overnighter, this track goes through forest and alpine terrain, ending at the spectacular and remote Green Lake Hut.

TE REREATUKAHIA HUT VIA TUAHU TRACK KAIMAI MAMAKU CONSERVATION PARK • Giant kauri and a serviced hut bookend this trip, which can be walked starting from the eastern or western side of the Kaimai Range.

WAIORONGOMAI HUT, REMUTAKA FOREST PARK • The perfect trip for families wanting to give overnighting a try.

Once is never enough • WHANGAEHU HUT IS MT RUAPEHU'S HIGHEST AND OFFERS SUCH DIVERSITY OF TERRAIN THAT NO TWO TRIPS THERE ARE EVER THE SAME.

A MOUNTAIN BIKING PARADISE • A CORONET PEAK LIFT PASS PROVIDES ACCESS TO THE BEST DOWNHILL TRAILS IN THE COUNTRY.

WALKING in two WORLDS • DAVE ROGERS HAS SPENT A LIFETIME WORKING ON TARANAKI MAUNGA AND, AS AN IWI LEADER, WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN NEGOTIATING THE TARANAKI MAUNGA REDRESS DEED WHICH HAS FINALLY ADDRESSED MASSIVE GRIEVANCES.

WHAT polar travel can teach us about WINTER TRAMPING • Three Antarctic explorers spoke to Wilderness to pass on their tips for winter tramping.

Winter gear • Clothing and equipment that will help you better enjoy your winter tramping.

Finding the SWEET SPOT • People with diabetes face extra challenges when they go tramping but with a few considerations, no trip is beyond reach.

ONE-POT BACKCOUNTRY TUNA BOLOGNESE • A fiLLing meaL that's Light on the walLet and in the pack.

ARE YOU READY FOR WINTER? • You can stiLL get outdoors in winter, but planning trips takes a Little...