Table of contents, June 2017

Features

22 Roaring across the Tin Range
Tramping deep into the land that time forgot – a wild and untouched Stewart Island

28 A winter wonderland
Don’t let the cold weather scare you off – these 21 trips are best done in winter

42 Winter gear checklist
A guide to ice axes, crampons and other essential winter equipment

46 Back to basics II: safety skills for winter  
Advice from Wanaka Search and Rescue on how to stay safe and make the most of your tramping this winter

52 A pedal too far?
As e-bikes gain in popularity, a push is being made to allow them into national parks

Waypoints

18 Dingle Burn scramble
Mt Gladwish via Top Dingle Hut, Hawea Conservation Park

20 See more
Rock outcrops

Regulars

2 Editorial

3 Pigeon post
Letters to the editor

4 Last weekend
What did you get up to last weekend?

6 Walkshorts
News from the wild

8 Wilderness word
Enter our crossword competition to win great prizes

10 Wild people
An Auckland man’s 150km journey through Doubtful Sound – on a stand-up paddleboard

14 Photo school
Tips for how to capture the serenity of frozen landscapes

16 Bird spotting
The friendliest of New Zealand’s birds, the South Island robin

72 Hotshot
A sense of scale at Mt Cook

The manual

58 Wild Range
Tablelands, Kahurangi National Park

62 Wild review
62 Sleeping bags for every budget
63 A first look at The North Face’s Oroshi rain jacket
64 Three new headlamps

65 Fitness and cuisine
Building upper body strength
Creamy coconut and chicken korma

66 Buyer’s guide
2017’s best insulated jackets

Images from the issue 

Traversing the open plateau after climbing both Gog and Magog – pictured in the distance. Photo: Neil Silverwood

Coldwater Hut. Photo: Shellie/Creative Commons

Climbing Wakefield Ridge with Tasman Glacier Lake below. Photo: Peter Laurenson

Therm-a-Rest Questar

Even though e-bikes like the Levo look like a normal mountain bike, they are a motorised vehicle and need special permission to be ridden in national parks. Photo: Supplied

An adult male South Island robin investigates an interesting find. Photo: Matt Winter

Scott Sinton in Hall Arm during his 150km paddle of Doubtful Sound. Photo: Supplied

Gazing at the sublime from the rock outcrop at 1260m, near Makirikiri Trig. Photo: Shaun Barnett/Black Robin Photography