Author: Canterbury University Tramping Club

3/4 March 2018: George, Ellen, and a varying number of other CUTC-ers. Route: Sharplin Falls car-park to Woolshed Creek Hut via Pinnacles Hut; Return via the summit of Mt. Somers. The trip began at the Clyde Road carpark, with a large number of people and packs attempting to fit into a van (with no trailer). … Continue reading Freshers: The advanced crew

25 February 2018: Sabrina, Maxime, Isaura, Edoardo, Bettina, Angus, Jozef & Steven Club Environmental Officer Sabrina, along with seven other CUTC-ers headed out near Oxford to help plant over 250 native shrubs in a wetland area—an important spawning habitat for the threatened Canterbury mudfish. Check out the time-lapse below! Environmental trips are often free to … Continue reading CUTC helps the Middelmost Mudfish Project

Philistine-Rolleston Traverse Hamish Cumming and Caroline Bellamy Friday evening Hamish and I made our way to Arthurs Pass, time passing quickly with good chat soon arriving at the cmc lodge. Roasting by the fire in lodge we organised our gear for the early morning start of 3.30am! I was pretty pumped to reach the summit … Continue reading Philistine-Rolleston Traverse

7 May 2016: George (CUTC Environmental Officer), Kerry, Annie, Michael, Alex and Ann One fine sunny day in May, six intrepid CUTC members went off to delicately place eggs in wooden boxes and throw dead animals through the forest. Traps checked: 73 Kills noted: 1 hedgehog (in trap #1) Wildlife seen: Pīwakawaka, kakaruwai and korimako. … Continue reading Trapping in the Andrews Valley