Wellington Tramping and Mountaineering Club
Enjoying the great outdoors since 1947
Check out the latest news and trips reports below or view the archives using the menu on the left. If you want to know more about the newsletter including submitting stories, see Newsletter>Publication Details. To learn more about the club, check the top menu. Some links will take you to the old website, but content will eventually move to this site.
The Club photo competition is coming up again and there are two dates to mark in your calendar: March 19th – final deadline for entries April 2nd – the club night when the entries are shown and winners announced. There are still a few weeks to take some award winning photos. Winning and runner-up photos get entry into … Read more
Mt Lowry Challenge is a fun race for all fitness levels, taking place just 20 minutes from the capital on 30 March 2014. You can travel at your own pace with two distance choices on well-formed tracks in the scenic Eastbourne area. Get a team together, tie up your laces, and take part in the … Read more
Keen to get into New Zealand’s great outdoors but don’t know where to start? WTMC Bushcraft will give you the confidence and skills you need. This weekend course covers the basics about what to take, what to expect and how to look after yourself. It’s designed for people over the age of 18 who are interested … Read more
This flash online ‘blog’ newsletter is loaded with committee updates, trip reports and a host of features. Take a tiki tour of the site to find out what’s possible: If you still want to print the whole newsletter and read it on the go, under archives on the left menu, click the month and year … Read more
Kia ora fellow trampers! Hopefully you like our new blog style newsletter. Big thanks to Mike G, Steve K and Megan S for making it happen. It’s been a long time coming but worth the wait I think. A bit like the AGM! Yep this will be happening on Wednesday 9 April at the Clubrooms. … Read more
Happy 2014! I hope everyone is feeling refreshed after their Christmas breaks and just itching to tell us all about them! I am slowly getting speakers confirmed for this year and would love to hear from you. In the meantime we have the following presentations coming up: 5 Feb: Gear night only as we have … Read more
Normally I have a good idea what I need to put in this article but this time I don’t have any burning issue to raise. That is good from a club perspective but not so good from me having to fill the space! I hope everybody had a good Christmas and managed to dodge enough … Read more
The Wellington Tramping and Mountaineering Club will be holding its next New Members’ Night on Wednesday, 19 February from 7:30pm. The night is a chance to reach out to those who are keen to join the club, or just to get out in the great New Zealand outdoors for the first time. Over the past … 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
Thank you to all those who have renewed your subscription. Those of you who still have to pay please do so as soon as you can. The fee structure for 2014/2015 is as follows: Membership Type Annual subscription Senior $62 Veteran $52 Junior $38 Child/ Children $38 Couple $85 Veteran couple $76 Associate $38 Friend of … Read more