Temple Basin 2026
The practical bits If you’re considering a similar trip, here are some practical tips and logistics of what we did: Accommodation We stayed …
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Adventures from the New Zealand Alpine Club Wellington Section — two decades of climbs, traverses, and epics.
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Te Heuheu summit attempt
It was with a less than ideal forecast that four of us left Wellington on Friday 4 September, 2026, with the goal of climbing Te Heuheu on …
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Tongariro Full Moon
The Tongariro Alpine Crossing is a classic day walk. Over the last few years I’ve had the opportunity to walk it under the full moon. …
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Tongariro Alp Zero
Mount Tongariro was the objective, our preferred approach being that up the ridge that descends like a finger to the South Cirque (South …
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No Place like Dome
The night of August 14th 2026, a fresh cohort of budding mountaineers arrived at the isolated Manawatu Lodge, on the outskirts of the …
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A taste of Tahurangi (formerly the Whakapapa-Tūroa Traverse)
It was daybreak at Tūroa Base and we were surrounded by cloud. Dolly Parton’s peppy “Nine-to-five” as it pumped through the sound system, …
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No Country For Old Men - Mount Travers July 2026
The forecast wasn’t great but our flights were booked. We were going. Thursday Flight to Blenheim, rental car to St Arnaud, water taxi …
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Femmes and Thems 2025
7-9 November 2025. A summit trip on Ruapehu that turned into a night evacuation during a forest fire. The Femmes and Thems trip started as …
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Spring Turns at Tukino
Late October. The fields are closed. The lifts are silent. But the mountain still calls. And we — well, we still answer. Five of us from the …
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Taranaki East Ridge — Winter Ascent
Trip leaders: Emily Shrosbree & Tiffany Shih Participants: Emily Shrosbree, Tiffany Shih, Nye Williams Renouf, Mathew Denys, Stuart …
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Tongariro Full Moon
We planned an Alpine Club Trip to do the Tongariro Crossing under the full moon. A few years before we managed to score a perfect clear …
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Of Mice and Mounts
The road from Wellington stretched out beneath us, winding its way through the late afternoon light, the Outlander smelling new and humming …
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