Wellington Tramping and Mountaineering Club
enjoying the great outdoors since 1947
The weather seems to have settled a bit on the mountain after weeks of wet weather since Labour weekend. But now just to spoil things, the maunga is now at volcanic alert level 2, which means that a visit to the top is no longer an option until a drop to level 1. I had … Read more
The ski season is now finished for the year. RAL (the ski field operator) were intending to run for a couple of weeks beyond Labour weekend but a significant loss of snow put an end to that. The Covid situation has made it a highly disruptive time for the lodge, but luckily a recovery was … Read more
It has been six anxious weeks for us waiting for level 1. Very disappointing for all those who had booked and planned leave, and had great expectations of some great skiing / boarding / tramping / snow climbing. Again, many thanks to the bookings team and our treasurer for their hard work dealing with refunds … Read more
Unfortunately, due to that Covid beast our lodge is at present closed again until we move back to level 1. The date at present for that is Monday 7th September but that could change either way so lots of fingers crossed. The reason we are closed is due to no staff to cook and clean … Read more
So the snow is falling and topping up unwanted slots, rocks and crevices. Pretty much on cue as it tends to fall during the first week of the school holidays. LiftsRAL, the lift operator, has advised which lifts will and will not be operating this season. There will be limited lifts operating due to many … Read more
The good news is that along with the rest of the country we are, at this moment, breathing a sigh of relief as things have moved to a new normal. The lodge committee is preparing the lodge for what could be another busy season, be it a bit later than normal. However, we are being … Read more
The scheduled lodge committee meeting was held at the end of April. We discussed the usual subjects and in particular, the subject that we are all dealing with in our own way. At this stage we are all in agreement that we will not be able to open the lodge until we reach alert level … Read more
Well, we could expect wind, no snow, eruption or earthquake to disrupt our mountain activities but not a nasty hidden bug, no, I will call it a beast. Things have been going very well for our lodge and users with plenty of activity in the summer as well as the winter despite weather problems for … Read more
On 22 September 2018 the Wellington Inter-Club Ski and Snowboard races took place at Whakapapa Ski Field. WTMC did very well: – 1st place for combined teams event which is made up of; 6 men & 4 Women – We won the Mens team: Robert Griffiths, Zac Lund, Mathew Booth and Dan Lillico – We … Read more
19-21 Oct – Labour weekend special! 3-4 Nov – Cleaning party, please help. 9-11 Nov Ski Touring. 26 Dec to 4 Jan – Open Lodge, come stay. Lost property, is some of it yours?