Welcome

The Wellington Avalanche Transceiver Trust is a non-profit charitable organisation that exists solely to provide avalanche transceivers to enhance the safety of people from the Wellington region when they are travelling in the mountains.

Mountaineers, skiers, snowboarders and trampers are able to hire avalanche transceivers at a cheap rate from the Wellington outdoor shops, because the capital costs of purchasing those transceivers have been met by the trust and our sponsors. The shops only need to cover their day-to-day administration costs, such as batteries.

Wearing avalanche transceivers and knowing how to avoid potential avalanche situations are the two critical factors that can reduce the death toll in our mountains. Organisations such as the Mountain Safety Council, ski patrollers and outdoor instructors have been working hard to increase public awareness of avalanche risks. Unfortunately, until now there has been a lack of transceivers available for hire in the Wellington region. The aim of our trust is to solve that problem.

News

June 2009
Two more DTS Tracker units purchased to increase numbers in the Wellington Region.

August 2006
Two more DTS Tracker units purchased to increase numbers in the Wellington Region.

June 2004
A donation from Pub Charity has made it possible for the Trust to order a further 10 transceivers. Some of these transceivers have gone to Ski and Camp (bringing the number of outlets for WATT tranceivers to three), and the remainder have bolsted the number of transceivers available at Hang Dog. See below for the details of where to hire these transceivers.

December 2003
Two more units now boost the number of transceivers to 10 for the Wellington area. Hang Dog in Lower Hutt is the second place to hire the transceivers, see below for details.

August 2003
Two more units now boost the number of transceivers to 8 for the Wellington area.

July 2003
Wellington Avalanche Transeiver Trust has its first 6 DTS Tracker units.

Many thanks to Mountain Safety Wellington Committee and the NZ Police Manager's Guild Trust for a much needed grant,

These units have been available made available to alpine travellers from the Wellington region.
Where Can You Hire Transceivers

You can hire the Wellington Avalanche Trainsceiver Trust's units from

  • Bivouac (39 Mercer Street, Wellington Phone 04 473 2587) they currently have 18 units available (unless they are already hired of course).

  • Hang Dog Indoor Rock Climbing Centre (453 Hutt Road, Lower Hutt Phone 04 589 9181) they currently have 6 units available (unless they are already hired of course).

Please note that normal hire terms and conditions apply that are specific to the outlet that is hiring the units. Please check with them first.
Web Sites

Please visit the following links for further information on avalanche safety, other related topics and equipment suppliers.

   New Zealand Sites

  North American Sites

   Manufacturers

   Other Links

   Publications

Contact Us

   Trustees

The trustees are:
 
 Pete DeJoux
 
 Sean Comber
 
 Nigel Seebeck
 
 Rachael Schmidt
 
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