The day was still dim through the Landcruiser windows when we pulled into Wakefield. A quick breakfast stop at the “Wakey Bakey” (Wakefield Bakery, famous across Nelson, New Zealand for its pies) gave us warmth and fuel for the day ahead. Rosie usually joins me on these wilderness trips, but this time I was heading […]
Nelson Lakes National Park
Rainbow Ski Field to Parachute Rocks: Our Nelson Lakes Alpine Transport :Rainbow Ski field to Saint Arnaud via Parachute rocks Day Hike
It always starts the same way here at Scottish Express — a topo map spread on the kitchen table, tea going cold, eyes tracing those lines just beyond the familiar tracks. A few years back, the Rainbow Ski Area road kept catching my attention. Everyone heads for Robert Ridge (and it’s a cracker), but what […]
Mole Tops, Tutaki Conservation area, 3 day Winter Trip
We’re always looking for an opportunity around this time of the year to head up into the Alpine and into the white powder. For this trip the Mole tops weren’t on our radar to start with, we were planning to head further up the Matakitaki valley and to try to get to the Summit of […]
