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We are CUTC – one of the most active, epic and exciting clubs at UC!

Welcome to what’s going to be a gnarly year. Whether you’re a frothy fresher or a wild adventurer, we’ve got something for you!

If you would like to join the club come along to one of our weekly meetings or sign up below! Keep your eyes peeled for our weekly newsletters outlining the weekend tramps and don’t forget to follow our Facebook and Insta to stay up to date and to see all our epic misadventures! 

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What we do

We’ve been out and about since the 1930s, helping and encouraging people to get out into the hills. Now as the LARGEST sports club on campus we are doing better than ever! 

So whether you’re into tramping, mountaineering, conservation, trail running, partying in the bush (or all of the above), CUTC is the club for you. With trips heading out every weekend, what could be better! Here’s what we do!

Why join CUTC?

Tramping!!! We go tramping, lots. If you like tramping, want to get involved with a community of folks who know where all the coolest places to go, and know many of the tricks to thriving in our backcountry, then good news! This club is for you! Not convinced? Continue reading here!

Meetings

We meet weekly during term time. Wednesday 6:30pm, Beatrice Tinsley 111 (here). Come along to see what we get up to, find out about the upcoming trips or to join the club!

2021 Photo Competition

Alrighty, it’s time to dust off your camera and get snapping, it’s the 2021 CUTC Photo Competition! We know you all take photos every so often, I mean come on, who doesn’t? This is your chance to show off your mad photography skills, or lack thereof, and get other people inspired about the outdoors. There’ll be 8 different categories to enter. There’ll be spot prizes, and real prizes. Some of those prizes may include goon. Wowwee I’m excited.

Aaaaandddd the winning photos in each category will be submitted to the FMC (Federated Mountain Clubs, who CUTC is affiliated with) Photo Competition for 2021! That nationwide competition is judged by a panel of award-winning photographers and has some epic prizes including tents, packs, jackets and a bunch more.

Entries close 1st September! Check out this page for more info on categories, how to enter and the meaning of life. Woooohoooo!!

TROG

There’s nothing we love more than a good Trog. Trog stands for Trip Log, a story about your tramping club trip adventure! We collect these up over the year and put them into a book which is printed and given out at the end of the year. They are a good way to reminisce about your adventures, get some inspiration for future trips and are also a great source of club history! Want to write a Trog? Find out how here.

Read our latest Trog:

  • High Thumb, Low Thumb
    A brief account of a solid mission by a solid crew: Rachel Smith, along with Robert Phillips, Liv Martin, Kerry Clapham, Luke Whitehead & Alida van Vugt The weekend began …

Newsletter

We have put together our newsletter for the first semester of 2020. WOWEE it was an interesting one – Freshers, Covid, bushcraft, and many more exciting tramping shenanigans. Have a squiz at the attached newsletter for more good stuff from the team at CUTC. Check out all our past newsletters here!

Social Media

Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/UCTrampingClub

Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/cutc_nz/

Follow us to keep up to date on all our crazy adventures!

Last night was our photo comp prize giving! Go check out the winning entries on our website: https://cutc.nz/photo-competition-2021/ REFRESHERS - JULY 24-25 Well, lockdown kinda sucks, so let's take a look back at some of the rad events and trips this year and get excited to be in the mountains again! MT ARMSTRONG A few weeks ago, CUTC members invaded our local Arthur's Pass National Park with the aim of visiting every hut in 48 hours. Digging up this event from the archives, the 2021 Hut Bagging Challenge involved some serious coordination, a lot of night walking and a well-deserved pint at the end. Had a gnarly and remote adventure over the break? Or indulged in culinary excellence around a roaring fire in a cosy hut? No matter how you celebrated the break, write a TROG to document your shenanigans, inspire others and provide some quality reading material to people relaxing in a comfy armchair like this one. FRESHERS - ZAMPA TOPS FRESHERS 21 How's your summer been!?? It's 2021, and boy am I excited for another year of sick adventures. Don't forget to tag @cutc_nz and use #cutcnz to show us some of the epic places you've visited!