Wellington Tramping and Mountaineering Club
Enjoying the great outdoors since 1947
If you are a safe and confident vehicle driver then please help out by getting yourself registered to drive the club vans. Forms are available here. Remember: Trips may not run if we have insufficient drivers on-board, and clubs like ours only function if everyone helps out.
In order to overcome the issue of people signing up without being fully committed to trips (and hence putting keen/available people on the wait list), we have added and additional section to the back page of the sign-up sheet. This section is titled “Cannot Commit/Keep me Posted” and enables people to show an interest only. … Read more
Q. How did you get involved with the WTMC? A. I had done a few tramps for Duke of Edinburgh and was keen to do more tramping but didn’t know anyone else interested in it. I kept thinking I would go along to a tramping club but was too shy to go for ages. I … Read more
One of the committee’s aims this year was to look at how we run the club and to review if there was any way of managing things better. We ran a survey focussing on what people do to help the club operate. Our analysis of the results was published on the website in Nov (see … Read more
Katy Glenie quizzes Chief Guide Illona Keenen Q. How did you get involved with the WTMC? A. A friend Jane Perkins was a long time member and invited me along for a South Island trip to The 1000 Acres Plateau—but the bad weather meant we didn’t get there. It then took me three years to … Read more
This year the subscription reminder letters are being send as hardcopy with your 2015 Journal and the November FMC bulletin. They should be dropping through your letter box in the next week or so. The 2015 Journal is a real gem with some great stories and beautiful pictures for you to pour over during the Christmas … Read more
A lot of you will probably be wondering what happened with the WTMC survey that you all filled in a month or two ago. The answer is that the committee have been working hard to look at what you all said and how we can improve the way the club operates. Some great information came … Read more
Recently Illona and I attended a DOC consultation session covering the new Wellington Conservation Management Strategy. This 10 year strategy covers some important areas that WTMC people regularly tramp in, so it’s great that DOC have involved us in the planning process. For more information about the Wellington CMS visit DOC’s website DOC will soon … Read more
DOC was recently approached by a group of community representatives, who are keen to see mountain biking options in the Tararua Forest Park. There are currently very limited opportunities for recreational mountain bikers to enjoy the Tararuas, unlike most other DOC managed areas throughout the country. DOC has proposed to allow mountain bikers access to … Read more
You need to bake some stuff to prove it! Why? Cos we are not going to just take your word for it. We are sceptical by nature. There are great prizes to be won. The title of WTMC’s Hottest Home Baker – think of the honour and the glory. Nobody can take that away from … Read more