HVTC - Hutt Valley Tramping Club

11/05/2026

Lovely Sunday for a trip to Rangituhi / Colonial K**b in Porirua. Up the 700+ steps to local views and across the waters to the South Island.

27/10/2025

Check out Hutt Valley Tramping Club on our introductory tramp for new people on Sunday 9 November. We’re doing a Pukerua Bay-Plimmerton circuit and we’d love you to join us.

HVTC offers

🌅 Stunning scenic destinations

☑️ Safe, organised trips

😊 Friendly, experienced trampers

Contact Marina at [email protected] or 021792260 for more information.

Home Introductory trip for trampers November 9More info: Marina at [email protected] The Hutt Valley Tramping Club is based in Lower Hutt and has approximately 300 members. Our activities include walking, tramping, skiing, mountaineering, mountain biking and cycling. We run trips every week, mos...

15/10/2025

With daylight saving, here are our HVTC Tuesday night intermediate mtb rides for the second part of October.

Non-members are welcome to check out the rides. Contact Andrew Robinson at [email protected] for more info.

21 Oct Makara MTB park
Meet at the South Karori Road entrance to the Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park for a 6:30pm start. The route is Koru, Sally Alley, Three Brothers parts 1-3, Smokin’, Big Toms Wheelie, Tower 19 Connector briefly, Magic carpet, Lazy Fern. You can find descriptions of the trails at https://www.trailforks.com/region/m-kara-peak-mountain-bike-park/
The ride will probably take about an hour and three quarters

28 Oct Hill Road
Meet at the carpark on Hill Road for a 6:30pm start. We will head up Bull Run - Bull-a-varde Connector to eventually connect up with the Old Coach Road. Just off that is Electric Avenue which will probably be followed by Connect Four, Four Degrees and Bull Run - Bull-a-varde Connector but there are a few other options. See https://www.trailforks.com/region/belmont-regional-park/ for trail descriptions

You'll need a headlamp or bike light for the last part of rides in October

17/09/2025

Thank you to Jonathan Ravens and Anthony Davies from Friends of Belmont Regional Park who came to speak to club members tonight.

They updated us about the proposal for a land swap so the quarry near Dry Creek can expand into the park. This project has been listed under the Fast-track Approvals Act.

If this goes ahead, we’d lose precious regenerating forest, including rare and beautiful swamp maire and ramarama trees.

We’re so fortunate to have Belmont Regional Park in our backyard to walk, run and cycle in. It’s also wonderful to see the forest and birdlife returning.

📸 Jonathan, Anthony and other FOBRP/HVTC members

11/09/2025

Wonderful to see such good conditions at Whakapapa and people enjoying our lodge on the mountain.

26/08/2025

Easy to enjoy all that snow from our HVTC lodge at Whakapapa. ❄️ ⛄️ ⛷️

14/06/2025

The snow is looking great and the HVTC Ruapehu Lodge is open for bookings this winter.

19/11/2024

HVTC did its part in the FMC Love Our Huts campaign at the weekend. Mangatoetoe hut in Aorangi Forest Park got lots of attention from a group of six eager volunteers

10/11/2024

Orange Hut in Akatarawa Forest today.
We went up from Whareroa Farm at Paekākāriki, had lunch at the hut and returned, taking a different track down through the farm.
Low cloud and drizzle stayed with us for a chunk of the morning but it brightened in the afternoon.
The streams were up after overnight rain.

03/11/2024

Fantastic to meet some lovely new people on our two introductory trips today.
Look forward to seeing you again.
Photos from the Cattle Ridge trip, Orongorongo.