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Gear & Tips
Practical advice on kit, nutrition, navigation, and staying safe in the backcountry.
4 posts
Winter Backcountry: Crampons, Avalanche Risk, Route Finding
Winter tramping in Aotearoa is a different sport — here is the gear, the avalanche reading, and the bail-out logic that keeps us alive.
22 Apr 20263m read
Essential Gear Checklist: What You Actually Need vs What You Think You Need
The shorter, cheaper, more honest tramping kit list — what we actually carry, what we cut, and what is worth spending more on.
4 Mar 20264m read
Trail Nutrition: Lightweight High-Calorie Meals Under 500g
Hitting 4500 kcal at 500 g per person per day — the trail food system we have refined over a few too many cold breakfasts.
25 Feb 20264m read
Reading the Mountain: MetService Forecasts + Personal Observation
Forecasts tell you what is likely. The sky tells you what is happening. The five-minute morning routine that decides our tops days.
17 Feb 20264m read