
Oldest Trail in the Park – Pass Creek Track
“On a Mish” #229 Oldest Trail in the Park. Pass Creek Track. Fiordland National Park. 4.5.2014. Going overseas to places like Japan and Nepal has
An accident at the start of 2020 turned out to be a good thing… Thanks to a fridge door I was sidelined for all of 2020 and what seemed like a death sentence turned into NzHikes.co.nz! If I have been forced to sit around, then I’m not going to sit around and do nothing!! One story became 20… 50… and now over 300 tales from the mountains of New Zealand and around the world….

“On a Mish” #229 Oldest Trail in the Park. Pass Creek Track. Fiordland National Park. 4.5.2014. Going overseas to places like Japan and Nepal has

“On a Mish” #66 Frozen Feet (Part Three). Cameron Range(1936m). Hakatere Conservation Area. 2.5.2014. The first time I really felt what frozen feet could feel

“On a Mish” #66 Frozen Feet (Part Two). Cameron Range(1936m). Hakatere Conservation Area. 2.5.2014. A description of a winter camping trip can easily turn someone

“On a Mish” #281 Frozen Feet (Part One). Cameron Valley. Hakatere Conservation Area. 1.5.2014. Not many would go through hell and then return for more.

“On a Mish’ #409 Potential Danger (Part Two). Gertrude Saddle. Fiordland National Park. 18.4.2014. I once went up Gertrude Saddle with some of the bros

“On a Mish’ #409 Potential Danger (Part One). Gertrude Saddle. Fiordland National Park. 18.4.2014. The Gertrude Saddle was the site of New Zealand first ‘mountain

“On a Mish” #6 Tough Trails of the Past (Part Four). Mt Larkins(2300m). Whakaari Conservation Area. Richardson Mountains. 23.3.2014. There have been tough times when

“On a Mish” #6 Tough Trails of the Past (Part Three). Mt Larkins(2300m). Whakaari Conservation Area. Richardson Mountains. 22.3.2014. Human beings need challenges to remind

“On a Mish” #6 Tough Trails of the Past (Part Two). Mt Larkins(2300m). Whakaari Conservation Area. Richardson Mountains. 21.3.2014. Being high up in the mountains

“On a Mish” #6 Tough Trails of the Past (Part One). Mt Larkins(2300m). Whakaari Conservation Area. Richardson Mountains. 20.3.2014. It is safe to say that

“On a Mish” #304 Follow the Poop (Part Three). Waterloo Peak(1077m). Takitimu Conservation Area. 7.10.2021. It is said that around 80% of mountaineering accidents happen

“On a Mish” #231 U-Pass & Beyond (Part 1). Hut Creek. Fiordland National Park. 26.4.2017. The size, mountainous nature, and heavy rain in Fiordland National

“On a Mish” #27 Going to a Remote Place (Part Three). Tent Flat back to the Hollyford River. Moraine Creek. Fiordland National Park. 2.12.2009. There

“On a Mish” #194 Your Very Own Mountain (Part One). Mahaanui/Mt Harper(1829m). Hakatere Conservation Area. 12.8.2014. Not many outside of Aotearoa can say they have

“On a Mish” #57 A Close Call (Part One). Mt Philistine Bluffs. Upper Otira Valley. Arthurs Pass National Park. 28.5.2015. A fact that most try

“On a Mish” #387 St Awesome (Part Two). St Arnaud / Lake Rotoiti. Nelson Lakes National Park. 12.8.2023. This country may be small on a