Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club / October 2024
An outdoor adventure club in Wellington, New Zealand
| September 2024-
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Sunrise Hut – Ruahine Forest Park
- Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
- We met at Wellington Train Station at 5pm and piled into the van for the trip north, stopping in Levin for dinner on the way. We’d neglected to heed the notice on the DOC website that Fletchers Crossing Bridge was closed, so we unexpectedly came across a very-much-not-there bridge and had to backtrack to the ... Read more
- Accepted from WTMC news 2020 by feedreader
- Automatically tagged as:
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Arete Forks via Table Ridge – Tararua Forest Park
- Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
- This trip was to be one of many firsts: my first as a trip leader, and the first club trip for both Aaron and Ellis who had recently joined the WTMC. The other ‘first’ was the red lining planned. The primary goal of the trip was to get to Arete Forks Hut via Table Ridge, ... Read more
- Accepted from WTMC news 2020 by feedreader
- Automatically tagged as:
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- wcn-hosted
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Alpine Week – Arthur’s Pass National Park
- Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
- With only a few weeks notice, I proposed a week long trip to Arthur’s Pass to get some time on the snow. The plan was simple – climb some of the many easy peaks as day trips and come back to the village each night and stay warm and cosy. Organising the trip was also ... Read more
- Accepted from WTMC news 2020 by feedreader
- Tagged as:
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Devils Creek Hut – Mt Richmond Forest Park
- Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
- The trip began with us all meeting at Wellington Train Station to catch a 4pm ferry sailing to the South Island. Our original plan was to camp at Butchers Flat campsite, but as the forecast was looking rather awful, we made a decision while waiting for the ferry to book accommodation in Picton for the ... Read more
- Accepted from WTMC news 2020 by feedreader
- Automatically tagged as:
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- wcn-hosted
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Not Alpha Hut – changing plans in the changeable Tararuas
- Wellington Tramping and Mountainneering Club
- Plan A was an overnight loop to Alpha Hut – starting at Kaitoke road end: taking Marchant ridge to Alpha Hut and then returning via the Omega Track (with the return involving fording the Tauwharenikau River [formerly called the “Tauherenikau” River] and taking the track on the true left of the River back to the ... Read more
- Accepted from WTMC news 2020 by feedreader
- Automatically tagged as:
- sport
- wcn-hosted
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