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Big Weekend at the Lodge – Tongariro National Park

Date: 17 - 20 January 2025.
Trip type: Tramp(EM) and Tramp(M).
Location: Tongariro National Park.
Author: Various.
Trampers: Sara H (overall leader), David B (sub-group leader), Maj-Britt E (Sub-group leader), Marie-Pascal D, Saskia M, Julia C, Valentina D, Chryssoula (Chrys) P, Rayan R, Edd L, Deborah S, Amrita N.

Fri 17 Jan – Travel to WTMC Club Lodge at Mt Ruapehu We all met at Wellington Train Station after work on Friday and loaded into the club van, excited at the prospect of an adventurous long weekend for Wellington Anniversary – doing a variety of day trips, based at the club’s lodge near the … Read more

Tongariro Alpine Crossing by moonlight

Date: 21-23 September 2018.
Trip type: Alp 1 Fit.
Location: Tongariro Alpine Crossing, Tongariro National Park.
Author: Nick H.
Trampers: Nick H and Elisabet.

We had this trip on the schedule back in July, only for it to be scuppered at the last minute by rubbish weather. There were only two months this year where the full moon fell on a weekend during the snowy season, and they had now passed. We’d kept this weekend free just in case … Read more