After making myself a promise that I would be better at getting all my trips on this site instead of missing posts, I now realize that trips like Mount Fyffe in New Zealand's Kaikoura range make posting on Hike2Hike difficult. When there is little to say, it is hard to sit down and write something impactful.

The hike up Mount Fyffe is quite popular in the hiking community here in New Zealand, and so it would have a lot to offer. But from the start, it was a touch underwhelming. The Kaikoura range is beautiful to look at, and the view out to the ocean is phenomenal. But the entire hike to Mount Fyffe hut is up a road—yuck.

I took my time hiking the never-ending dirt road and took many photos. Again, the view is fantastic, but the walk could be more impressive.

The view from Mount Fyffe hut out over the Kaikoura range was one of the highlights of the trip.

The hut is situated a few hundred meters below the summit of Mount Fyffe, with a clear view of the Pacific Ocean and a panoramic view of the Kaikoura range in the other direction. While I was excited to see the sunset from this perch on the side of the peak, we unfortunately selected a day when a storm was rolling in over the mountains, obscuring much of the view west.

If you are heading up here in decent weather, leave the parking lot early or bring a backup place to sleep.

or the second day, we wanted to climb Mount Fyffe to see the view from the summit. The climb is around 300 meters from the hut. All of us managed to make it in around an hour.

The trail connecting the hut to the summit is a standard hiking trail, well-marked and easy to follow. The best part of it is the view of the Kaikoura range to the west. On such a sunny day, I was able to daydream away the walk up, thinking about all the mountains available to climb in the area.

To make the day a bit more interesting, I wanted to head to the next peak down the ridge, a href="https://peakery.com/gable-new-zealand/" target="_blank" class="in-text-link">Gable. The walk down the ridge was more technical, with a few areas of some very light (class 2) scrambling. It made the walk to the top of Mount Fyffe more worthwhile.

It's not the most impressive peak I've ever bagged, but for many backpackers in Canterbury, it is quite a popular one-night trip to enjoy some views.