Angelus Hut – a multi-day hike in Nelson Lakes National Park An 8 day hiking loop trip in amazing fine weather through the spectacular mountain scenery in Nelson Lakes National Park visiting Cupola Hut, and Angelus Hut via the Cascade Route up Hukere Stream. Once upon a time two WTMC trampers, Sarah and Batt, set … Read more
Mt Holdsworth day walk – a hiker’s point of view A video of a day walk to the summit of Mt Holdsworth in the Tararua Range from a hiker’s point of view. Includes walking time for sections of the track. There is even some snow to add to the spectacular view from the peak. The … Read more
Powell Hut Tararua Range – the 2019 rebuild from start to finish. From January 2019 to June 2019 Powell Hut in the Tararua Range was rebuilt. This story with photos tracks the progress from the first foundations to a completed hut that will provide comfortable mountain accommodation to an estimated 3,000 visitors per year. If … Read more
NZ’s sacred summits. Please don’t stand on my head – a guide for climbers. The summits of many NZ mountains are sacred to Māori. The Māori proverb, ‘If I should bow my head let it be to a high mountain’, sums this up. This story outlines why climbers should stop short of a summit = … Read more
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 RuapehuLodge Webpage
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 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
20 easy steps, one letter at a time, from Lodge to Tramp. LODGE LEDGE SEDGE SERGE VERGE VERSE TERSE TEASE CEASE CHASE CHASM CHARM CHARS CHAPS CHOPS CROPS CROSS CRASS CRAMS CRAMP TRAMP
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
Hiking the Holdsworth-Jumbo circuit in the Tararua Range before breakfast A guide to hiking the iconic Holdsworth to Jumbo circuit in the Tararua Range at night time. It seems to be a shame to waste nice fine days by going tramping when instead you could get your tramping out of the way during the night. … Read more