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WTMC Ruapehu Lodge – what goes on when you’re not watching 😆

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Date: 7-9 June 2024.
Trip type: Tramp (E+).
Location: WTMC Lodge Iwikau Village Mt Ruapehu.
Author: Roger B.
Trampers: Nicci (chef extraordinaire); Rene and Jo (food provedoring, windows); Sam (sanding, painting, varnishing); Josh (windows, food provedoring), Geoff (speakers, cladding), AJ (smart door lock, tech assistance, fixing things), Miles (Booking systems, Lodge systems), Roger (Lodge Leaders Manual, general dogsbody) .

WTMC Ruapehu Lodge Working Party June 2023

WTMC Ruapehu Lodge – what goes on when you’re not watching 😆 A report on the WTMC Lodge at Mt Ruapehu working party June 2024 that attended to the outstanding maintenance issues before opening for the 2024 ski season.

WTMC Ruapehu Lodge and the solitary wilding pine 🌲

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Date: 11 May 2024.
Trip type: Working party.
Location: Mt Ruapehu.
Author: Fred Bear.
Trampers: Sarah, Teddy.

Aerial view of the location of thee wilding pine

WTMC Ruapehu Lodge – and the solitary wilding pine  🌲  The wilding pine on the Whakapapa slopes of Mount Ruapehu needed to be removed – so Sarah and her teddy bear set out to do the job Some time ago while passing across the western slopes of Mt Ruapehu around towards the WTMC Lodge Sarah Saurus … Read more

WTMC Ruapehu Lodge – the aurora and the honey mead 🧸

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Date: 11 May 2024.
Trip type: Tramp (E).
Location: Mt Ruapehu.
Author: Fred Bear.
Trampers: Members of the Teddy Bears Tramping Club (TBTC Inc).

Teddy Bears picnic at the WTMC Ruapehu Lodge

WTMC Ruapehu Lodge – the aurora and the honey mead At the WTMC Ruapehu Lodge the Teddy Bears Tramping Club enjoyed viewing the aurora and then also the tasty honey mead Today was an exciting time for us teddy bears at the WTMC Ruapehu Lodge. First there was an activation of the lahar warning system … Read more

Mt Owen – and some thoughts on trundling*

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Date: 25 - 27 November 2023.
Trip type: Tramp MF.
Location: Kahurangi National Park.
Author: Sarah Fisher.
Trampers: Tony G, Sarah.

Tony and Sarah selfie with silly hats at Bulmer Lake on the way to Mt Owen

Mt Owen – and some thoughts on trundling* A 3 day hike to the summit of Mt Owen via Bulmer Lake in Kahurangi National Park. *Ref “The Art, History And Ethics Of Trundling” Below me, Tony jumped as a rock went whizzing past him at head height, missing him by a few inches. He looked up … Read more

Maitland Pass – with a llama and bananas

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Date: 19 February 2024 - 23 February 2024.
Trip type: Tramp (MF).
Location: Ruataniwha Conservation Park.
Author: Sarah Saurus.
Trampers: Matt Conway, Sarah.

Tarn in the Ahuriri Valley, Ruataniwha Conservation Park

Maitland Pass –with a llama and bananas A 4 day hiking loop trip crossing over Maitland Pass in the Ruataniwha Conservation Park passing a llama and bananas Listen: “We thought the llama would be carrying your packs!” I laughed at what seemed like a good joke from some mountain bikers we had bumped into in the … Read more

The Bounds of Hades – Lees, Misery and Hellfire

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Date: Dec 2023.
Trip type: Tramp (MF).
Location: Raglan Range.
Author: Sarah Fisher.
Trampers: Tony G, Sarah.

Lees Hellfire Circuit Featured Image

The Bounds of Hades – Lees, Misery and Hellfire A 5 day hiking loop trip through spectacular mountain scenery from Lees Creek to Misery Stream and Hellfire Stream in the Raglan Range – an area once called The Bounds of Hades Carrying two tents. Spaniards on steroids. Endless tree-fall. Slow bushbash through dense beech forest. … Read more

Cameron to Ashburton circuit – an alpine tramping trip.

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Date: January 2024.
Trip type: Alpine tramping (F).
Location: Hakatere Conservation Area.
Author: Tony G.
Trampers: Emily Shrosbree, Illona Keenan, Sarah Fisher, Mathew Denys, Tony Gazley.

Cameron Ashburton circuit featured image

Cameron to Ashburton circuit – an alpine tramping trip. A 4 day alpine tramping loop trip through spectacular mountain scenery including the Ashburton Glacier For another alpine tramping trip go to Ball Pass – a nice alpine day walk For a further alpine tramping trip go to Stumpy Stream

A WTMC ski trip to Mt Ruapehu Labour Weekend 1948

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Date: Labour Weekend 1948.
Trip type: Skiing.
Location: Mt Ruapehu.
Author: Ione McIntyre.
Trampers: Ian Bain, Inez Bluck, Allan, Den Collins, Dave Cracknell, Ruth Dixon, Horry Dixon, Nancy, Eric, Brian Heath, Ione McIntyre, Max Martin, Mike Reddington, Muriel Sinclair, Ellen Slattery, Bob Williams, Trevor, Stan Kinder, Dennis O’Neal, Colin Horne, Noeline Lowe, Bill Campbell, Kathleen Tunnell, Allan King, Adele, and one unknown.

The fantastical flying bed bus

A WTMC ski trip to Mt Ruapehu Labour Weekend 1948 An entertaining account of a 1948 ski trip to Mt Ruapehu in a broken-down bus, stormy weather, and very little skiing

WTMC – my first club tramp

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Date: March 2017.
Trip type: Tramp (EM).
Location: Mt Ruapehu.
Author: Toby.
Trampers: Toby, and 8 others.

My first tramp with the WTMC

My first club tramp My first club tram- – a weekend at the WTMC Mt Ruapehu Lodge by Toby Durnall As a city bloke through and through, who loves his cocktail bars and having a wealth of restaurants to dine at, I can’t quite put my finger on why I have a yearning to get … Read more

Putangirua Pinnacles track open or closed? – it was open in 1948

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Date: April 1948.
Trip type: Tramp (Easy).
Location: Putangirua Pinnacles, Palliser Bay.
Author: Unknown.
Trampers: J Dawson, J Cooley, B Wilcox, I Baine, J Mc Davitt, H James, L Neilson, B O’Donnell, T Moore, R Milne, T Walsh, P Johnson, K Carbutt, B Rice, D Dement, G Hall, A Burns, A Turney, H Menzies, D Allison, P Mc Millan, I Bluck, E Slattery, I McIntyre, M Sinclair, J Burns, M Marshall, T Dodge, P Clime, G Bell.

A view of the Putangirua Valley showing the pinnacles from above

Putangirua Pinnacles track open or closed? – it was open in 1948 The Putangirua Pinnacles – the story of a WTMC trip to the Putangirua Pinnacles in 1948 with added photos taken in 2024. As at February 2024 the track from the campsite and carpark into the Putangirua Pinnacles is closed because of a dangerous … Read more