Canterbury Westland
The Section
Canterbury Westland is the Club’s largest section, based in Christchurch. Christchurch has always had a large number of climbers and club members, with diverse interests. The Section enjoys a historical and friendly rivalry with the Canterbury Mountaineering Club (CMC). Many climbers are members of both clubs. The Canterbury Westland section looks after the Arthurs Pass Lodge.
For more information, visit our section website : https://www.canterburywestlandalpineclub.org.nz/
Canterbury/Westland Facebook page
Meetings
Members and the public are welcome to attend the regular section evenings held usually on the second Thursday of the month at 7:30 pm at The Cashmere Club, 50 Colombo St, Christchurch. That’s at the Port Hills end of Colombo Street.
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 in rock climbing during summer and snow craft in 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: Jonothan Tye
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 Pendergast or phone 337 0 079.
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.
Gear Hire
Section Newsletter
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Committee
Chair
Sam White email
Events
Adam Humphries email
Secretary
Caitlin Erickson email
Treasurer
John Roper-Lindsay email
Summer Instruction Coordinator
Natasha Mealing email
Winter Instruction Coordinator
Position vacant
Midweek Rock-Climbing Coordinator
Jonathan Tye email
Meet Coordinator
Lisa Donning email
Trips Coordinator
Position vacant
Library
John Roper-Lindsay email
Newsletter and Online
Shannon Cook email
Arthur’s Pass Lodge
John Henson email
Section Evenings
Caitlin Erickson email
Crag Maintenance
Grant Piper email
Recreational Advocacy
Lindsay Main email
NZAC Accommodation Subcommittee
Phillip Tree email
Gear Custodian
Maxine van Rijn email
General Committee
Clayton Garbes email
Jim Petersen email
Bealey Spur Hut Trapline Manager
Neville Ross email
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