Wellington Tramping and Mountaineering Club
Enjoying the great outdoors since 1947
After a bit of a shaky start – I was up there the weekend of the tragic rainstorm about 6 weeks ago! The snow season is going gangbusters with a 2m+ base, and lodge bookings are going gangbusters as well. Weekends are steadily filling up about 3-4 weeks out, and unfortunately we’re needing to turn … Read more
The ski season is in full swing now and the snow on the T-bars in particular looks gorgeous. Ray Morgan’s driven the WTMC van up and down from Wellington a couple of times already and it’s been working well – we’ve had vans full of happy skiers, boarders, mountaineers and trampers. The next van weekends … Read more
We’re running WTMC vans to the lodge this year! The first weekend is 19/20 July and it will be popular so get in quck. Accommodation-wise there’s at least a few bunks free on all winter weekends – for now. We’re running a Club Week on 10-15 August, and on 21-26 September too if there’s demand, so we’d love to see you there. For full details read on.
This month has seen the great lodge clean-up and bulk food carry-up, go to plan with around 22 people on board to do the work in preparation for what is shaping up to be a busy ski season for our lodge. Thanks to Andrew Trembath for his dedicated work in organising the people, the food … Read more
Ruapehu Lodge Bookings Open for Winter 2014 Season It’s that time of the year when bookings for members open 1 May 2014 for the whole season, with non-members, bookings opening 1 June 2014 for the whole season. This allows everyone to plan ahead. You can book via the booking system using your credit card. I suggest you get in early as periods … Read more
The lodge guide is included in this newsletter and details will also be updated on our website. Changes for 2014-2015 include a small increase in charges and we are also offering non-members a Lodge Pass giving them members rates for a one off fee for this coming ski season. Non-member Lodge Passes are available for purchase … Read more
Summer at Mt Ruapehu is almost as exciting as winter. Whether it’s exploring Tongariro National Park, finding a central, comfortable, away-from-it-all place to relax, or as a central stopping off point to break your road trip, our lodge is a great place to call home. Over Christmas/New Years we ran an ‘Open Lodge’ – if … Read more
Jan and I have just returned from another two weeks at Ruapehu after seven continuous days of excellent skiing. The weekend 14-15 September saw us waking up three mornings with fresh snow on the ground followed with fine weather. Unfortunately, the great spell of fine weather did not continue into the weekend of interclub ski … Read more
We are having some mild weather up the mountain and along with that comes more fine days than normal due to some persistent easterly winds with Whakapapa being in the shelter. The snow base is ample for some good skiing particularly, above the waterfall and above the west chair. With a mix of weather throughout … Read more
So, we have snow at Whakapapa and hopefully by the time this reaches press the ski field will be up and running. The ski field operator, RAL, have approval to remove three T bars: the valley T bar, the Knoll ridge T bar and the waterfall T bar and replace them with one chairlift running … Read more