https://wellington.gen.nz/wellington-tramping-and-mountainneering-club+snow Items tagged with Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club and Snow. https://wtmc.org.nz/trip-report/snowy-crossing-goblin-sunsets-and-a-once-in-a-lifetime-aurora/ You would be forgiven for thinking this is simply a well-trodden run-of-the-mill loop in the Tararuas – the usual open tops, goblin bush and cute huts. This loop is fantastic and has a bit of everything, but this weekend it was spectacular. There was a dusting of snow on the tops, which made going over ... Read more snow sport wcnhosted Thu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://wtmc.org.nz/trip-report/snowy-crossing-goblin-sunsets-and-a-once-in-a-lifetime-aurora/ Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club 2024-05-23T00:00:00Z https://wtmc.org.nz/ruapehu-lodge/lodge-update-our-maunga-july-2020/ So the snow is falling and topping up unwanted slots, rocks and crevices. Pretty much on cue as it tends to fall during the first week of the school holidays. LiftsRAL, the lift operator, has advised which lifts will and will not be operating this season. There will be limited lifts operating due to many ... Read more snow sport wcnhosted Wed, 29 Jul 2020 06:16:01 GMT https://wtmc.org.nz/ruapehu-lodge/lodge-update-our-maunga-july-2020/ Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club 2020-07-29T06:16:01Z https://wtmc.org.nz/promotions/the-new-flexible-alpine-schedule-is-here/ The Club is trialling a new approach to some of our alpine trips this year. We want to avoid the work that goes into organising an alpine trip that is cancelled due to weather, and to give enthusiastic participants their best chance at getting some time on the snow.  Alongside our normal fixed schedule (which ... Read more snow sport wcnhosted Wed, 29 Jul 2020 05:59:32 GMT https://wtmc.org.nz/promotions/the-new-flexible-alpine-schedule-is-here/ Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club 2020-07-29T05:59:32Z https://wtmc.org.nz/trip-report/a-tale-of-two-snowcaves-and-a-lasagne/ “And this is my snow saw,” said Nick, as he removed the gleaming blade from its holster. A strangely curved, unwieldy and yet hugely useful device for creating a snow cave, as I would find out later that weekend. Led by Nick H, we were a band of five who had gamely signed up for ... Read more snow sport wcnhosted Thu, 28 May 2020 05:26:13 GMT https://wtmc.org.nz/trip-report/a-tale-of-two-snowcaves-and-a-lasagne/ Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club 2020-05-28T05:26:13Z https://wtmc.org.nz/ruapehu-lodge/from-our-maunga-autumn-update/ Well, we could expect wind, no snow, eruption or earthquake to disrupt our mountain activities but not a nasty hidden bug, no, I will call it a beast. Things have been going very well for our lodge and users with plenty of activity in the summer as well as the winter despite weather problems for ... Read more art earthquake snow sport wcnhosted Tue, 14 Apr 2020 08:49:24 GMT https://wtmc.org.nz/ruapehu-lodge/from-our-maunga-autumn-update/ Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club 2020-04-14T08:49:24Z