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
Jan and I have spent a week early May looking after a school group and then helping a very hard working team to bring in winter food supplies for the lodge and making it clean and ready for the winter ski season. The Sunday prior to this, four of us spent the day doing remedial … Read more
Please find the Ruapehu Lodge Information sheet for 2013/2014 included in this newsletter. If you plan to use the lodge this season it is important that you familiarise yourself with the sheet or the online information as there are a number of changes compared to the previous years. The first change is with the opening … Read more
Well the ski season for our Lodge is over for this year but remember the Lodge is available over the summer period. Four or more people are a good number for the economics of people staying but we can accept less at the discretion of the Lodge Booking Officer. We will be shortly having a … Read more
Brian Goodwin, Ruapehu Lodge convenor It is nearing the end of the ski season and we are continuing to get more snow. It was possible to ski back to the Lodge in the last couple of weeks. This season has not seen much snow on the lower part of the mountain but the upper mountain … Read more
Brian Goodwin, Ruapehu Lodge convenor Jan and I spent two weeks in the Lodge recently. The first week was a club ski week and the second we were club representatives for a school group. We had nine days skiing out of twelve with five Bluebird (clear) days and the other with a mix of sun … Read more
The trip was a lodge based ice climbing trip. The difficulty: no ice. I only had one other punter and due to severe jet lag they decided to bail too. What to do? The answer was to recruit someone on really short notice. Luckily I was climbing with Simon on Thursday and persuaded him that … Read more
Note to the Committee: I feel I must notify you of a conflict of interest I have, as myself and others have formed a new club that inevitably will compete with the WTMC. A group of us have had a flash of insight that there is a totally un-serviced need in the tramping community, and … Read more
A few years ago the Lyall Bay surf club building was burnt down because surf boards were cutting through wiring over a period of time. In the club lodge, all the wiring to the ski room and alarm wiring goes through the loft. Skis were often stored in the loft. With the wiring exposed in … Read more