Wellington Tramping and Mountaineering Club
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Gog, Magog and the Tin Range – Rakiura National Park A tramping trip from Gog and Magog back to Oban via the Tin Range in Rakiura National Park, Stewart Island. For more photos go to www.tararuaphotos.com
WTMC Ruapehu Lodge summer 2023/2024 Summer trips from the WTMC Lodge on Mt Ruapehu Looking forward to some time in the mountains where there is sublime scenery together with comfortable reasonably priced accommodation? Then you should try our lodge in our very own World Dual Heritage National Park at only $20 per night for adult … Read more
Brass Monkey Biv A 2 day hiking loop trip through the Lewis Pass Tops passing by the Brass Monkey Bivouac and over the summit of The Apprentice. If you belong to a mountaineering club then maybe every now and then you think about actually climbing to the summit of a mountain. But one immediate problem … Read more
This weekend was scheduled as an Alp 1 trip to Bounds Peak in the Raglan Ranges. It’s proving a very elusive objective, with a growing number of thwarted attempts over the past few years. The weather was definitely not good enough for alpine climbing, so we settled on an overnighter to Powell Hut, to play … Read more
Kia ora, This article provides a brief update on club activities, including: WTMC November recap: Committee, trips and lodge updates Coming up in December If you have any questions, comments or ideas please get in touch. Ngā mihi Anne de Ferron South Saddle in the Remutaka Forest Park- MF group. (Credit: Mathew) WTMC November recap … Read more
A relaxed start and some questionable navigation lead us to the Ōrongorongo Station carpark at 9:30am. We left a car there, drove to the Catchpool Valley carpark, and were walking by 10am. In no time at all we were heading up the Ōrongorongo Valley. A vague attempt was made to keep boots dry on the … Read more
In October the committee ran a survey of club members in order to understand who our members are, what we are doing well as a club, and what we should focus our efforts on improving going forward. The survey received 138 responses, 31% of our adult membership. Responses were well distributed between new and long … Read more
Eager Beaver Canyon v4a2IV** A long day hike to Waiorongomai Hut then to Eager Beaver Canyon and return after rappelling the three 40 m waterfalls. In 2021 club member Megan Sety wrote an article for Wilderlife titled, ‘Near Miss – How not to get into canyoning. It was the story of an attempt by a … Read more
Mt Tarahaka – on the Road to Nowhere Mt Tarahaka in the Seaward Kaikoura Range Dino chickens. Stalked by horses. Vigorous totara trees. Electric shocks. Ambiguous routes. Nothing is ever simple in the Seaward Kaikōura Range it seems. Tony and I have a bit of a running record with this area where our trips don’t … Read more
18 months after the trip, we realised that no trip report had been written. Here is one; better late than never. Because our trip was at the Easter long weekend, we had to camp because all indoor accommodation had been booked out well in advance. But I think most of us didn’t mind camping. On … Read more