Description
Table of contents, January 2019
Features
16 The peak of pick-me-ups
When it comes to backcountry coffee, you deserve the full flavour of fresh grounds
28 Getting a grip on the Heaphy
It’s the most logistically demanding Great Walk, so how do you organise your end-to-end transport?
50 The 2019 tramper’s diary
The best trips for every month of the year
66 The touch of the wild
Stories of determination, change and hope – in the outdoors
Trips
22 A winning combination
Hinerua Hut, Ruahine Forest Park
24 Land of the long blue lake
Mt Campbell, Mavora Lakes Conservation Park
26 See more
The alpine areas where you can find the cut-leaved mountain buttercup
30 Extraordinary alpine garden
Mt Stokes Track, Marlborough Sounds
32 A hidden alpine valley
Canyon Creek Route, Ahuriri Conservation Park
34 Coromandel weekender
Tararu Track to Crosbies Hut, Coromandel Forest Park
35 Steepest in the Tararuas
Cattle Ridge Hut, Tararua Forest Park
38 Historic Track at Mt Taranaki
Waimoku and Sefton Ridge tracks, Egmont National Park
39 A magnificent hummock
Mt Mason via Mt Rosa Track, Central Otago
40 Classic track
A three-day circuit exploring the Kawekas – one of the North Island’s highest ranges
40 Off the beaten track
Is Lochnagar the perfect lakeside getaway in Mt Aspiring National Park?
Skills
70 Driving across a river
71 Photo school: A guide to architectural photography in the backcountry
72 Effective breathing for tramping endurance
72 How to provide a grid reference
73 Wild cuisine: Fried banana splits with coconut caramel
74 Bird spotting: Yellowhead
Regulars
4 Editorial
6 Pigeon post
Letters to the editor
8 Last weekend
What did you get up to last weekend?
10 Walkshorts
News from the wild
12 Wilderness word
Enter our crossword competition to win great prizes
12 Trail life
Cartoons from the track
18 Emily Miazga’s top West Coast walks
The three-time Coast to Coast winner shares her favourite tramps
18 The edge of so much more
A Tuatapere local’s new tramping guidebook aims to get people to stay
90 Track chat
Tim Leatherman discusses his iconic multi-tool
Gear
76 What’s in my pack
Long-distance tramper Stefan Fairweather
Gear guides
80 Hiking poles
82 Backcountry stoves
84 Water filters and purifiers
