Whakapapa skiing

A WTMC ski trip to Mt Ruapehu Labour Weekend 1948

Date: Labour Weekend 1948.
Trip type: Skiing.
Location: Mt Ruapehu.
Author: Ione McIntyre.
Trampers: Ian Bain, Inez Bluck, Allan, Den Collins, Dave Cracknell, Ruth Dixon, Horry Dixon, Nancy, Eric, Brian Heath, Ione McIntyre, Max Martin, Mike Reddington, Muriel Sinclair, Ellen Slattery, Bob Williams, Trevor, Stan Kinder, Dennis O’Neal, Colin Horne, Noeline Lowe, Bill Campbell, Kathleen Tunnell, Allan King, Adele, and one unknown.

The fantastical flying bed bus

A WTMC ski trip to Mt Ruapehu Labour Weekend 1948 An entertaining account of a 1948 ski trip to Mt Ruapehu in a broken-down bus, stormy weather, and very little skiing

Ruapehu Lodge – winter solstice

Sunset reflected in the window at the WTMC Mt Ruapehu Lodge

WTMC Ruapehu Lodge winter solstice 2018 A wonderfully social weekend at the WTMC Mt Ruapehu Lodge at Whakapapa Skifield celebrating winter solstice with many different activities If you were one of the forty-two people at Platform 9 on the evening of Friday 22 June figuring out your ride in one of the four vans heading … Read more