Author: TAC Taranaki Alpine Club Inc.

Trip Reports

Trip Report: Midwinter Christmas and Movie Night July 2023

With a dismal weather forecast leading up to the movie night, many of us were thinking we would have to postpone this annual event. However, the weather gods came to our rescue and by Saturday the weather had improved sufficiently for the event to go ahead. It was a bit damp on the way up to the lodge, but not too breezy, and the snow didn’t firm up too much until later that evening. 26 adults and 2 children made their way to the lodge with the last person arriving just in time for dinner. Once we had unpacked and […]

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HiTAC July 2023

President’s Desk For the brief moments the Maunga sheds its cloudy disguise this week along with a polar blast forecasted, there is hope for a good start and to the snow craft season(touch wood). So hopefully you have some family and friend points saved up to spend up large, on the mountain over winter, if you haven’t it’s not too late to get on top of the odd jobs around the house so that when the big dumps comes, you are ready to hit the snow. On the topic of snowcraft if you haven’t secured a spot, you likely missed […]

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HiTAC June 2023

President’s desk Kia ora Folks, Well if you assumed from the missing president’s report last month myself and the committee have been very busy and there is also a lot to update the membership on, then let the below be proof of that. The Lodge now has Indemnity insurance Cover for up to just over one million dollars just in time before our previous policy expired. Thanks to the committee for coming together for an extra meeting to discuss options, our Treasurer Andrew Darney for helping the committee and membership understand the various options on offer to us and Ross […]

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Trip Report: Rock and Rope May 2023

Wow!!…almost beaten by the weather gods but not quite!! Our move up and Saturday training was hampered by horizontal rain so a last-minute decision was made to train in the YMCA and go through the basics and introductions! This was kept simple and focused on a great way to learn “abseiling” but also highlighted there were other options available and you might see your mates doing things slightly different!! But for beginners, lets learn a good way to start us off!! Knots were tied, abseils carried out, discussions had and finally ropes coiled ready for a fast and furious Sunday […]