Club Run Trips

Snowcraft is an annual highlight in the club’s calendar and in recent years been the main tool for getting Kiwi’s more involved in the club. Of course, half of these newly minted snow punters will never step foot in crampons again. But those that do will follow in the footsteps of the long line of m

My best research places the first Bushball as being held on the 22nd of June, 1974. 44 years later there might have been a few less sideburns but otherwise it was the same deal - a bloody good party at Aspiring Hut. It’s the pinnacle of the club’s social calendar. Bushball is usually held near the

Makarora is that awkward younger brother of the annual trips in first semester. There is a great variety in the offering in trips every year due to study commitments. The trip usually takes place after the mid-semester break and only takes a few van loads of trampers. Past trips to Makarora have gon

It’s the first trip in the OUTC calendar, usually the weekend after the end of O-Week. Once known as Freshers, the trip where budding young punters were put to the test, the beginning of a long road towards evolving into an old crusty. Nowadays the trip is known simply as Paradise, an unoriginal nam

The hot pools at Welcome Flat have long been a favourite destination of Scarfies sick of their freezing Dunedin flats. The number of Copland stories in Antics is testimate to that. In 2016 the club ran the first official club trip up the Copland valley for several years. In 2017 this was stepped up

Twalk is an annual 24-hour team rogain event organized by CUTC sometime after mid-semester break. OUTC usually organizes some teams and for the past several years we have sent a bus north to the competition. The 'Hash-house' 24 hour kitchen is always a highlight for the teams, with some choosing to

Fiordland is a mystical place. Carved by ancient glaciers, the sheer rock walls of its valleys hold many secrets. Are there any moose left? Was it Hamish that forgot the cooker in 2018? Only time will tell. Fiordland is a favourite jaunt for the tramping club, the scene for more than a few epics. Ev