Winter conditions make Angelus Hut a difficult proposition – but that doesn’t deter the unwary or ill-equipped Angelus Hut has long been on my hut bucket list. A friend told me it was the highlight of Nelson Lakes National Park and he wasn’t wrong. And seeing that in recent winters I’d done a snowcraft course […]
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Hazel Phillips
Hazel Phillips is an alpine adventurer and the author of Fire & Ice, Solo, and Great Hearts. A firm believer that ‘you can’t be what you can’t see’, she’s passionate about representation in the outdoors. She is a self-confessed Ruapehu addict, and she’s never met a topo map she didn’t get along with.
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Bucket list at all costs
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