Photo: Old Ghost Road
The West Coast is a long strip of wet forest and wild rivers between the Southern Alps and the Tasman Sea, and it gets a lot of rain.
The club's trips here include the Croesus Track and the Inland Pack Track in the Paparoa Range, the Old Ghost Road, huts in Victoria Forest Park, trips up the Toaroha and the Cedar Flats area, and an alpine traverse to the Gardens of Eden and Allah in the Adams Wilderness. They are mostly easy-medium to medium.
Highlight trips
Old Ghost Road2017
Boo Boo Hut – the Toaroha and Diedrichs Range bear hunt2023 · Easy-Medium
Across the Paparoa Range for Matariki2026 · Medium
Easter Weekend in Victoria Forest Park2016 · Medium
Westland: Served in many different ways2013 · Medium- Trip reportSlothing out at Ivory LakeWe peered down into the clag. Below us, the slope seemed to disappear into an abyss of hideous bluffs and gullies. Above us, the steep snow slopes and rocky bluffs soared upwards, disappearing out of sight into the thick, enveloping clag. Which way should we…
