Photo: Mt Fyffe – Hapuku Hut traverse (Seaward Kaikoura Range – Marlborough)
Inland Marlborough is dry, open country: the Leatham Conservation Area and the Raglan Range, the Waihopai and Awatere valleys, and further south the Molesworth and the upper Clarence.
The club's trips here include the Bounds Peak circuit, Greigs Hut and Turkeys Nest Biv in the Leatham, Mt Keey on a Labour Weekend trip, and crossings of the Molesworth via the Rainbow Road and Lake Tennyson.
Highlight trips
Bounds Circuit – 6 days in the Leatham Conservation Area2020 · Fit
Turkey’s Nest Biv2026 · Medium-Fit
No teeth required in the Raglan Range2025 · Fit
Mt Patriarch2017
Leatham Conservation Area – North Raglan Range2013 · Easy-Medium
MTB’ing with Paul and Clarencec. 2012
Greigs Hut – Leatham Conservation Area2023 · Easy-Medium- Trip reportA Tramper in the Red HillsChristmas 1975 saw 10 club members meet near Jackson Bay and head up the Arawhata River fired up with Christmas cake and propelled by all the little beasties that the area abounds with. Following a crossing of Northern Olivine Range via McArthur Creek…
- Trip reportAn Anzac Trip to the Raglan RangeTrevor Bissell Paul Richardson, Brian Charles, Tony ounded by bushclad slopes. Bush edges Gazley and Trevor Bissell were conveyed were neatly manicured and one had the by the Friday night ferry and Tony's van impression of being in a city park. to a picnic…