Ruapehu Lodge

Ruapehu Rumblings – July 2016

The Ruapehu snow season’s well and truly kicked off with a couple of storms to coat the mountain, plus something like a metre of snow over the last week.  We now have a base of over two metres which sets us up nicely for a primo season. Our Lodge on Mt Ruapheu is filling up nicely and … Read more

Ruapehu Rumblings – May 2016

We’re getting excited about the 2016 Whakapapa snow season.  The Ruapehu crew have secured a licence renewal with DOC, and so a flood of money is set to hit the Whakapapa facilities.  This means a new quad express lift to replace the Centennial Chair this year, and a quad chairlift to replace the Waterfall T-bar in 2017.  Good … Read more

WTMC Ruapehu Lodge – March 2015

We recently had a sub committee meeting to discuss the lodge accommodation and food rates. The good news is that we decided to keep the rates the same as last season as we have been experiencing a low inflation and CPI rate. Setting the rates is always difficult but we lately have based it on the cost … Read more

Lodge Social Weekend – Pick a Trip!

Feeling lonely? Resolved to get out more this year? Looking to meet some new people to go tramping with? ……You need the ‘lodge social weekend’! We’ll be heading up to the club lodge at Whakapapa on the 6th-8th March. There will be a number of Saturday and Sunday activities running over the weekend and you will be able to sign … Read more

Ruapehu Rumblings from the Lodge – January 2015

Summer’s in full swing and the snowboard, skis and crampons are buried somewhere in the back of the loft.  But the Lodge remains the place to go to enjoy everything Tongariro National Park has to offer. We had a great Open Lodge this year – the lodge was open for casual drop-ins from 26 December … Read more

Ruapehu Rumblings – November 2014

Come to Open Lodge this Christmas/New Years! We’ve been talking here and there about Open Lodge so now’s the time to give you all the details. What’s Open Lodge you ask? It means that you can drop in and stay at WTMC’s Ruapehu Lodge, no commitment or hassle, anytime from Christmas to early January. WTMC’s … Read more

Ruapehu Rumblings – October 2014

What an epic season! After an inauspicious start we got the right snow at the right time and now Turoa has been able to extend their spring season through to “Snovember”. The lodge was pretty full most weekends, a great result thanks in no small part to Ray and Gareth, who between them brought over 60 … Read more

Ruapehu Rumblings – September 2014

The snow season keeps going strong! It’s definitely ski-in-your-t-shirt spring conditions when it’s sunny, but a great set of storms blew in last week and we’ve just had another foot or three of powder to top off a pretty good base. It’s looking like great conditions right til Labour weekend now. September School Holidays The lodge is … Read more