Totara College's Year 10-13 students headed off on a three and a half hour tramp to Sunrise Hut on November 21.
They were going to be staying for two days.
They started off evenly distributing the food into their packs then headed by car to their destination.
Once at the base of the mountain at the start of the track, the students donned their packs and set off for on the hike.
It was fun to start with but after about 30 minutes in, it started to get hard!