Across
- Place to pitch tent (8)
- Fixed surveying station on hilltop (4)
- Shelter built from blocks of ice (5)
- Booming noise of large waterfall (7)
- Turn oar while rowing so it passes through air edgeways (7)
- Small rounded hill (5)
- Noxious algal growth now found in NZ waterways (6)
- Scenes of pastoral or wilderness peace and beauty (6)
- U-shaped curve in stream (5)
- Citrus fruit that are juicy, refreshing and source of vitamin C (7)
- More environmentally friendly (7)
- Track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country (5)
- ____ on – accept challenge of strenuous outdoor activity (4)
- Carry these for sleeping on at end of day’s tramp (8)
Down
- Steep high face of rock (5)
- Wild dabbling duck seen in NZ (7)
- Lazy sluggishness – not behaviour of active wilderness enthusiasts! (5)
- Large NZ coniferous tree with reddish timber (6)
- Means of communication often used by boaties (5)
- Noises made by water in small rippling creek (7)
- _____ down – settled for night in cabin, eg (6)
- Prolonged shortage of rainfall that parches wilderness (7)
- _____ the lawn – activity to keep wilderness at bay! (6)
- Four-sided boat sail hoisted from yard that is oblique to mast (7)
- Route taken on land or sea (6)
- _____ in – wear new tramping boots until supple and comfortable (5)
- Change details of planned wilderness adventure, eg (5)
- Electrolyte drinks help replace these lost in body during tough activity (5)
Hidden Solution: Safe place in wilderness (9)
March’s hidden solution: Mountain range