Established in 1919, TTC is the longest established tramping club in Wellington with over 700 members. We are one more than 300 outdoor recreational clubs and societies affiliated to the national body, Federated Mountain Clubs of New Zealand.
Although tramping is our most popular activity, there are many other ways you can enjoy yourself with the club, including family trips, snow sports, day walks, conservation. biking, youth programme and climbing and mountaineering. Have a look at our activities page for more details. ...
For information on tramping in the Tararuas - see Tararua Footprints and tramping information, on the native flora you might encounter - see In the hills, and our extensive trip reports.
With TTC there is always somewhere to go, someone to go with. Whether you have never been into the hills before or you are a seasoned adventurer, the club has much to offer.
Our event schedule is packed with all kinds of trips and activities, all year round.
Our club meetings are held every Tuesday night at our centrally located clubrooms in Moncrieff Street, you are welcome to join us. ...
Centenary clothing
The TTC Centenary Committee has arranged a purchasing arrangement with Earth Sea Sky to sell to TTC members items of clothing branded with the TTC logo, complete with the centenary year (1919-2019) embroidered under the actual edelweiss representation.
See purchase information and the logo on a beanie and T-shirt.
At our next meeting
Club nights are held on Tuesdays from 7:10pm.
During the past eleven years Paul has combined his interests in climbing and writing about mountaineering. He is the author of a biography of the legendary Bill Denz and is currently working on a history of mountaineering in New Zealand, told through 25 selected climbs. Copies of the Denz biography will be available for sale at the meeting for $40 cash.
Coming up
03 July Growing up in the Eastern Himalayas
From 1946 to 1964, George Borthwick was raised and educated in a multicultural home for orphans and abandoned children in Kalimpong, a hill station in the Darjeeling District and frontier town on the borders of Sikkim, Tibet and Bhutan. Local wildlife included jackals, wild dogs, monkeys, the odd tiger or elephant, flying foxes, exotic birds and a huge variety of flora and fauna.
