Dodgy forecasts

There's an art to planning tramping trips for long weekends. But Honora and I have got it sorted. We don't plan further than the weather forecasts can see.

We did have an idea pencilled in just in case we were blessed with the perfect giant stationary high over the whole country. But of course that's not happening this Canterbury Show Weekend.

It's looking like nor'west wind, with rain and fog on the western tops Friday and Saturday. A sou'west change late Saturday could bring showers in the east.

After checking the forecast tonight it took us 15 minutes to decide the Kaikoura ranges might be the place to be.

Snowflake is one of the few peaks we haven't climbed on the Seaward Kaikouras. So that's the plan. We'll drive to Kaikoura Friday morning and walk up the Kowhai River, to climb Snowflake on Saturday.

I'm guessing others might see that's the place to be too. And if we have company, all the better.