Wellington Tramping and Mountaineering Club
Enjoying the great outdoors since 1947
A late arrival to the north Egmont visitor centre saw us setting up a free camp in the car park area. …nice and easy, although a tad busy in the early hours as all the summit climbers arrived in the dark. It was a clear and mild night, 3 of us under the club fly … Read more
We met at the Wellington Railway Station and caught the 7:05 am train to Upper Hutt. It was our first experience of the new rail carriages – very smart indeed. We discovered that cyclists have priority over passengers for up 3 bikes per car utilising dedicated fold back seating. Arriving at 8:00 am we set … Read more
The most exciting reading all year has just arrived to your inbox – the Wellington Tramping & Mountaineering Club Annual report! This also signals the WTMC AGM is fast approaching. Be sure to write Wednesday 8th April, 7:30pm for tea and 8pm to start the meeting in your diary as this is an important club meeting … Read more
Hi folks, I hope you are enjoying this lovely summer weather, having lots of adventures that you can then come and tell us about at club! While I wait for my email to run hot with lots of offers…we have the following presentations coming up. Josh T will talk about when to use a PLB … Read more
Photo competitions Not only is the club’s photo competition currently seeking entries (due next week by 11 March), but the International Banff Mountain Film Festival is currently accepting photos to the 2015 Signature Image Competition. Wilderness Magazine Seeking Articles Wilderness Magazine is regularly seeking trip reports and in particular North Island trips and will pay for … Read more
Patuna Chasm A wonderful short day walk down the spectacular Patuna Chasm with an optional swim at the end. On a grey Wellington Saturday, we jumped in our cars and headed through the Rimutakas to Patuna Chasm. We were all excited about the walk, some because it had been on their to-do list for quite … Read more
U Pass – Fiordland National Park National Park A 2 day hike crossing from Mistake Creek to Hut Creek via U Pass in Fiordland National Park After hunkering down at Homer Hut waiting for a break in the weather we finally got a window of a couple of days and decided to head out to … Read more
It had been a beautiful week of weather. Of course the forecast for this, the following week is also primo! However, in-between, we would be tramping in horizontal rain with a southerly bringing a wind chill and a not-so-balmy minus 5 degrees. Most of us had what we needed and other put a little more … Read more
My hopes of Wellington being the sort of city that can be escaped in matter of minutes in favour of the great outdoors were dashed as we discovered the state highway choc-a-bloc with others making the same assumption. Spirits stayed high though for the long drive north. Our initial delays meant we couldn’t get as … Read more
What you need to ken… There was a Scotsman, an English Lass and a Kiwi – probably the only time in history that a Burn’s supper celebration has had such a composition! For those of you who are not familiar with the traditions of Burn’s celebrations, I’ll give you a rundown. The 25th January is … Read more