Wellington Tramping and Mountaineering Club
Enjoying the great outdoors since 1947
On June 11th and 12th the FMC celebrated its 80th anniversary with a two day conference at Te Papa. The Federated Mountain Clubs of NZ (FMC) is an organisation which operates at a national level, representing 82 tramping & mountaineering clubs (including the WTMC) and through these a total of more than 15,000 members that … Read more
Kia Ora Hard to believe July is almost upon us! This is the time of year to be positive about the months ahead. Winter tramping trips can be very spectacular and well worth the effort of getting out there. Even when the trip was not as you either planned or imagined (refer to the Lake … Read more
Wow… another bumper newsletter this month. I couldn’t do it without you! Thank you so much for all your contributions this month; they make a great read. I have to admit that some of the tales that are told of tramping trips do leave me somewhat envious and longing to get out again and onto … Read more
Thank you very much to all of you who provided feedback about the WTMC newsletter. What was said was extremely constructive. Many of you provided some really good ideas on how we can improve this publication such as: be consistent in font, improving the layout; include more trip reports, provide more context about future trips, … Read more
Kia Ora Winter is upon us and it’s good to see all the faces on a Wednesday night despite the inclement weather at times. We’ve had some very informative and entertaining presentations recently. It was great to remind ourselves of safe methods to cross rivers and to remember the answer to the question “Do we … Read more
Federated Mountain Clubs conference The 80th conference for the Federated Mountain Clubs (FMC) is taking place on the weekend of 11 and 12 June at Te Papa, Wellington. What will the future for public conservation land look like? How do we protect what we value? Do go along and be part of debate and dialogue … Read more
Transitions…from CBD to backcountry within a few hours, from a toasty van into the pleasantly cool evening air, from road end car park onto a rooty track, and then into an overly toasty Atiwhakatu hut with windows wide open. Changing from a horizontal mattress to breakfast, to a vertical position while going up a steep … Read more
No one can say that it was an ‘early’ start at 10am, but then that is what the City to Sea day walk was offering us, an easy ramble with some sightseeing and chatter for five hours, on a Saturday. This is a very well known walk, described as a walkway that starts in the … Read more
As usual we met at the train station on Friday night for our trip to the Ruahines. We stopped for kebabs on the way and then in what seemed like no time at all were at the road end. We had a few hours to walk on the first night to get to Parks Peak … Read more
The closer it gets to a long weekend the more often the weather forecast pages are up on my Internet browsers. No different for this years Easter weekend. The weather patterns coming up over the West Coast of the South Island and over Arthur’s Pass were changing every time new data was uploaded, but had … Read more