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Peak 47: Red Hill

Posted on December 5, 2013 by Matthew Dickinson — No Comments ↓
Checking the route through the scree

What a great feeling on a mid-week peak. After driving out from Christchurch at 7am in the pouring rain to finishing the run in the scorching sunlight of a blue sky day. Canterbury outdoes itself yet again.

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Tagged with: 52 peaks, Canterbury, Craigieburns, Peak 47, Red Hill
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Peaks 31 & 32: Mt Cheeseman & Mt Cockayne

Posted on August 30, 2013 by Matthew Dickinson — No Comments ↓
The view to Cheeseman Ski Field

Another week, another peak in the Craigieburns! Some great (ish) conditions led me to head out with a group of mates & Caralyn across the top of the ski fields towards Mt Cheeseman (2031m) and join them for some ski touring.

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Tagged with: 52 peaks, Canterbury, Craigieburns, Mt Cheeseman, Mt Cockayne, Peak 31, Peak 32
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Peak 30: Nervous Knob (Yes Really!)

Posted on August 23, 2013 by Matthew Dickinson — No Comments ↓
The three musketeers

What were they thinking, naming a peak Nervous Knob? a quick Google search on the subject might not be the best idea… but I decided a Winter ascent of the peak was in order this weekend, standing at 1820m, it’s a peak of a pretty high order too. Having run across the ridgeline earlier in the year for Peak 7 & 8, I decided to go bag it on a far from fine Winter’s day.

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Tagged with: 52 peaks, Canterbury, Craigieburns, Nervous Knob, Peak 30
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Peaks 24, 25 and 26: Hogs Back, Bridge Hill and Helicopter Hill

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Matthew Dickinson — No Comments ↓
Running past the Hogs Back Trig Point

Getting my act together over Winter has been an interesting challenge. In the height of Summer I didn’t even regard Winter as a challenge (as we’d had a good 5 weeks of blue skies in January) so thought that I’d be able to manage it all the way through with no issues. How wrong I was… into July and a good 5 weeks behind schedule after a few failed attempts, things started to look ominous for the whole 52.

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Tagged with: 52 peaks, Bridge Hill, Canterbury, Craigieburns, Helicopter Hill, Hogs Back, Peak 24, Peak 25, Peak 26
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Peaks 14 & 15: Mt Lyndon and Cloudy Hill

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Matthew Dickinson — 1 Comment ↓
View back down the ridge to Lake Lyndon 52 Peaks

Winter is coming. That’s what all ‘Game of Thrones’ fans are shouting at the moment – but it’s also true of New Zealand’s seasons for the 52 Peaks Challenge. This weekend we had the first dump of snow in the Torlesse and Craigieburn Ranges, not a lot but enough to sugar coat the peaks above 1200m, two of which I was climbing.

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Tagged with: 52 peaks, Canterbury, Cloudy Hill, Craigieburns, Mt Lyndon, Peak 14, Peak 15
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Peak 13: Mt Cloudsley

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Matthew Dickinson — No Comments ↓
Looking Down at Castle Hill Village

So a trip to Castle Hill Village for the weekend. The ideal break from the city life and a great time for… a spot of mountain biking along the Hogs Back and of course some 52 peaks running time (!) all next to the world famous Kura Tawhiti (Castle Hill).

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Tagged with: 52 peaks, Canterbury, Craigieburns, Mt Cloudsley, Peak 13
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Peaks 7 & 8: Hamilton Peak, (Nervous Knob) & Sunny Peak

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Matthew Dickinson — 1 Comment ↓
Back down from unnamed peak 1550

So something slightly more epic this week; running from Broken River camp ground all the way up to the top of the Craigieburn & Broken River skifields, along the ridge and down again for both the 7th and 8th out of 52 Peaks.

This was a little bit more adventurous, off the trails and purely on scree slopes and rocky ridges. From the car start at 800m we (myself and Karati, a friend) ventured towards Helicopter Hill and took a sharp (and steep) left up the ridge that leads towards Mt Hamilton.

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Tagged with: 52 peaks, Craigieburns, Hamilton Peak, Nervous Knob, Peak 7, Peak 8, Sunny Peak
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