Canterbury Westland

A glacier terminus lake with mountain peak beyond

Canterbury Westland

The Section

Canterbury/Westland is the Club’s largest section, based in Christchurch, which also happens to be the location of NZAC National headquarters “The Home of Climbing”. Christchurch has always had a strong base of climbers and club members, with diverse interests. The Section enjoys a historical and friendly rivalry with their blue-collared counterparts in the Canterbury Mountaineering Club (CMC) and has in recent years had a combined Christmas function. The Canterbury/Westland section looks after the Arthurs Pass Lodge

Canterbury/Westland Facebook page

Meetings

Anyone is welcome to attend the regular section evenings held (usually) on the second Thursday of the month at 7:30 pm in the ‘The Cashmere Club’, 50 Colombo St, Christchurch. That’s at the Port Hills end of Colombo St.

Trips

The section runs numerous trips throughout the year and is a great way to meet people and get into the outdoors.

Courses

The Canterbury Westland Section has a comprehensive programme of instruction covering rock climbing (summer) and snow craft (winter). Keep an eye on the section newsletter for details

Mid-week Rock Climbing

Runs weekly on various evenings. It happens, indoor or outdoors, depending on the weather. An email is sent out to the climbing group at the beginning of the week with details about when, where and who is organizing it. You are also welcome/encouraged to use the climbing group to organize climbing at any time, including weekend trips.

We are also looking for a few more people who are willing to run a mid-week climbing session from time to time. Please put your hand up if you are able to help. Email: Clayton Garbes or text 027 446 1562

Mid-week Mountaineering

The mid-week group are mainly fairly mature mountaineers who still manage to plod up a few peaks, usually on Wednesdays, depending on the weather. If you are interested in joining us, please email Pat Prendergast or phone 337 0 079 o

Section Library

The contents of the C/W Section library can be found online here: http://bit.ly/CWLibrary (Note: There is a list of DVDs on the second tab of the spreadsheet).

If you would like to borrow a book or DVD then please email John Roper-Lindsay and he can arrange a good time to meet – preferably at a Section meeting. You must have a current NZAC membership card to borrow and we will take a $10 refundable bond for each DVD borrowed. We expect books to be returned within 2 months of the date of borrowing, and DVDs within 2 weeks, and returned either at a section meeting or to John.