Wellington Tramping and Mountaineering Club
Enjoying the great outdoors since 1947
May always seems a weird month for outdoor activities. It has gotten dark and cold, but the snow has yet to arrive. For me that means I tend to spend it doing day adventures with lots of hills to prepare my legs for the upcoming alpine adventures. The multiple ‘Big Day Out’ trips on the … Read more
I’ve just returned from Easter at the WTMC Lodge. It was a great location for the long weekend and the weather allowed multiple activities. There were five small parties sharing the lodge with us and each had different activities planned which brought home once again what a superb facility our club lodge is. This weekend … Read more
March seems to have been a sunny month with lots of good weather for getting out on adventures – I hope everyone has been enjoying their fair share of these. March is also the last month in our WTMC year so I’d like to thank everyone who has given their time and energy to keep … Read more
We are almost at the end of summer and the club is as busy as ever. Our recent new members night had a full hall of people interested in joining us to go tramping, mountaineering or one of the other many activities that club members are involved in. Thanks to Illona for organising this event … Read more
Happy New Year from WTMC! I hope you’ve had some fun outdoor adventures over the summer so far. There are a few club talks coming up with titles that sound like Christmas adventures – I am looking forward to attending these. Improving our environmental focus You might remember Maj-Britt’s talk last year with lots … Read more
As always things have been busy in the world of WTMC this month, particularly on the training front. Club members have variously attended first aid training, a pack-rafting safety course, canyoning abseiling basics and we’ve got river safety training coming up this weekend too. Many thanks to those involved with organising these training sessions and … Read more
Labour Day weekend has been and gone and we’ve got longer and longer daylight hours – this is my favourite time of year for tramping! Judging by the many names on the trip sign-up sheets you are also all getting out into the hills with less wear-and-tear on those head-torch batteries needed now. If you’ve … Read more
First Aid Training – Sign up now! WTMC is organising first aid training for club members in the first weekend of November. The training will be run by St John and involve practical first aid scenarios for trampers. The committee believes that it is important to provide training opportunities for members and has agreed that … Read more
Spring is almost here…but there’s still plenty of snow adventures to be had in between planning for summer trips. Here’s a few updates about what’s been going on around WTMC in August. Want help to gain experience and skills to further your tramping adventures? We now have ‘Experience’ and ‘Instruction’ scholarships available to members! … Read more
Snowcraft has characterised July for me. We’ve had twenty keen members learning how to travel on snow with and without sharp metal tools (ice axes and crampons) for two of the four July weekends. Thanks to the WTMC Lodge for hosting us and to everyone involved with organising or participating in this course. I’m looking … Read more