Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club / November 2024
An outdoor adventure club in Wellington, New Zealand
December 2024 | October 2024-
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Chief Guide Update – trip fees going down!
- Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
- Kia ora, This month is a short update from the Chief Guide on the new trip fee structure that the club will be trialling from 1 December 2024 onwards, a look at some of the club’s efforts to support the FMC’s ‘Love our Huts’ campaign, and a few notices. Ngā mihi, Sara H | chiefguide@wtmc.org.nz ... Read more
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Mangatoetoe Hut and Kawakawa Hut – Aorangi Forest Park
- Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
- Friday: We met at 4 pm at Wellington Train Station in the carpark by platform 9. After a 2 1/2 hr drive we arrived at Aorangi crossing carpark, Cape Palliser road. It took an easy-paced 1 hr 10 min hike along Mangatoetoe Stream to reach Mangatoetoe Hut -just as the light started to fade. This ... Read more
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Fighting for the underbird – helping out on the Tin Range, Rakiura
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- The fight for the underbird – helping out on the Tin Range, Rakiura A week on the Tin Range Stewart Island helping the Department of Conservation rangers with predator control to protect one of NZ’s most endangered birds the southern dotterel. If you want to save a species or habitat it’s a fight for evermore. You can ... Read more
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Penn Creek Hut – Tararua Forest Park
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- The group assembled at Platform 10 (basically 9 ¾ for WTMC) for what would end up being a wet, but enjoyable, weekend in the Tararuas. The plan originally was to head to Winchcombe Biv. However, the weather forecast was not in our favour, with winds from 35-40km/h and gusts up to 100km/h predicted for Saturday ... Read more
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Minimum effort, maximum gain: Sentry Box, Parks Peak and Upper Makaroro Huts – Ruahine Forest Park
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- Unfortunately, our original plan to do a return trip to Triangle Hut from the western side of the Ruahine Range was not to be, owing to the high winds and soggy weather forecast for the weekend. However, it looked like the Eastern side of the Range would have a better weather profile, so we opted ... Read more
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Mt Ngāuruhoe – a day loop from the lodge
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- Mt Ngāuruhoe – a day loop from the lodge A hiking loop trip to the summit of Mt Ngāuruhoe from the Wellington Tramping and Mountaineering Club (WTMC) Lodge on Mt Ruapehu. Something to think about next time you are at the lodge. Mt Ngāuruhoe is the second highest mountain in the Tongariro National Park at ... Read more
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Poulter Valley – an Arthur’s Pass adventure
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- Poulter ValleyMinchin PassBinser Saddle A 4 day hiking trip through spectacular mountain scenery in Arthur’s Pass National Park I pulled my running poles out of my bag in surprise. I had forgotten to take them out before I packed at home. I wondered what else I had forgotten to take out and would be carrying ... Read more
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