Taranaki Alpine Club

President’s Desk Presidents report – Feb 2020 The last one for this term folks – next week is our AGM, so I need to rattle off a big list of thanks you to everyone who has helped out this year, got involved and made for another successful year for the TAC. There’s been a bunch […]

President’s Desk Hiya folks, Happy new year, hope you all had pleasant summer break, but it feels like summer is only just getting started in Taranaki, so let’s hope that the sun keeps shining on our mounga for a few months yet… Firstly, our congratulations to George Mason for being named an Officer of the […]

President’s Desk Kia ora folks, Last one of these for the year or me. Boom 2019, you’re over. That’s right it’s December already. November disappeared in a bang, literally, and all that’s left is a shimmering haze, can’t tell if it’s Aussie bush fires or electrical smoke from Tahurangi, but we’re cooking now, summer is […]

President’s Desk Hi folks, Spring weather means predictable unpredictability in our mountain weather, but those who have managed to find the weather windows have been rewarded with nice crampon conditions in the early morning and softening descents by lunchtime. Good conditions now for those that participated in the snow craft courses to get amongst it. […]

President’s Desk Hi everyone, Well social media tells me it’s been a good month for the TAC community, fb pages are loaded with gloating images of happy climbers on rimey summits, icy sunrises, and tales of springs first ski descents from the crater. Presidential tenure however seems to guarantee almost none of the above, mine […]