Mt Luna, Kahurangi National Park

Earlier on in the year Tom had discussed the idea of doing a multi day tramp with welshman
Simon Baldwin (Findlays teachers husband). We had thought about the Heaphy Track but time off and logistics didn't work out, so over a beer and a few maps we opted for a three day trip trip to bag the 1630m. summit of Mt Luna in the souther part of Kahurangi National Park.

On Friday lunchtime we headed off to the start of the tramp at the Rolling Riving junction (also the eastern start point of the Wangapeka Track). We had read in the local paper the previous day that the Nelson tramping club were also planning to do a similar trip starting on the Saturday morning so we opted for a 5 hour walk on the Friday afternoon / evening to get a day ahead of them and avoid some poor weather forecasted for Saturday evening.

After the first 2 hours we crossed Kiwi Creek and headed uphill on a well benched track to the 6 bunk Kiwi Saddle Hut arriving around 8.00pm.
The next morning the mist soon cleared and we headed west up to the bushedge then on to the southern top of Mt Luna before heading to the summit and reaching the top about 11.30.
After a leisurly lunch we descended down Stone Creek to join the Wangapeka track at Stone Hut. Another leisurly stop and a cup of tea, then off for a few hours down the track to the historic Cecil Kings hut for the night.
Sunday started off wet as we headed back along the track to our start point at the Rolling River junction.

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