Whakapapa accommodation

Mt Ruapehu day walk and the ice cave

Date: 11 April 2025.
Trip type: Tramp (EM).
Location: Mt Ruapehu.
Author: Tony G.
Trampers: Tony G, Sarah F.

Mt Ruapehu Summit Plateau Glacier ice cave featured image

Mt Ruapehu day walk and the ice cave. A day hike from the Wellington Tramping and Mountaineering Club (WTMC) Mt Ruapehu Lodge to a spectacular ice cave in the Summit Plateau Glacier Sarah enjoys staying at the WTMC Ruapehu Lodge. Mainly because it is easy there for her to make tasty pancakes and raisin scones. … Read more

Mt Ruapehu Lodge – Whakapapa accommodation for winter skiing and summer hiking

The WTMC Ruapehu Lodge with winter snow

😃 Wellington Tramping and Mountaineering Club (WTMC) Lodge – Mt Ruapehu accommodation for winter skiing and summer hiking The Wellington Tramping and Mountaineering Club (WTMC) lodge on Mt Ruapehu is located in Iwikau Village adjacent to the Whakapapa Skifield. It offers comfortable, reasonably priced, backpacker type accommodation for up to 32 guests and 2 custodians, … Read more

WTMC Ruapehu Lodge – what goes on when you’re not watching 😆

Date: 7-9 June 2024.
Trip type: Tramp (E+).
Location: WTMC Lodge Iwikau Village Mt Ruapehu.
Author: Roger B.
Trampers: Nicci (chef extraordinaire); Rene and Jo (food provedoring, windows); Sam (sanding, painting, varnishing); Josh (windows, food provedoring), Geoff (speakers, cladding), AJ (smart door lock, tech assistance, fixing things), Miles (Booking systems, Lodge systems), Roger (Lodge Leaders Manual, general dogsbody) .

WTMC Ruapehu Lodge Working Party June 2023

WTMC Ruapehu Lodge – what goes on when you’re not watching 😆 A report on the WTMC Lodge at Mt Ruapehu working party June 2024 that attended to the outstanding maintenance issues before opening for the 2024 ski season. WTMC RuapehuLodge Webpage

WTMC Ruapehu Lodge – a brief history 1952 to 2022

The WTMC Ruapehu Lodge in winter 1954

WTMC Ruapehu Lodgea brief history 1952 to 2022 A concise history of the Wellington Tramping and Mountaineering Club (WTMC) Lodge on Mt Ruapehu from its initial construction in 1952 until 2022. Most club members will know we have a lodge at Mt Ruapehu. Many of you will have stayed there. But the lodge didn’t just … Read more