Victoria Club Tread

*** Thank you for your interest! To join Club Tread on Meetup, please click here to go to our website and complete an application for membership.

Victoria Club Tread is a hiking club that was established in Victoria in 1987.  We are also a registered society. VCT runs year-round and uses Meetup to schedule hikes and other events, which may include snowshoeing, cycling, walking, multi-day backpacking, kayaking etc. While we operate primarily in the south island, we do schedule events further afield at the discretion of our leaders.

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Membership
The club is open to new members. You can become a guest member of Victoria Club Tread by joining our Meetup page. A newcomer is permitted to join the club and pay the annual fee after participating in one event. Once the membership fees are paid, they can participate in paid-up 'members only' events.

PLEASE NOTE THAT SOME HIKES AND ACTIVITIES MAY BE LIMITED TO PAID UP MEMBERS OF CLUB TREAD. GUEST MEMBERS WHO HAVE ONLY SIGNED UP ON MEETUP ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE ACTIVITIES.

To become a fully paid Club Tread member, after completing at least one event you can join here (or go to our website and click on "Join VCT")

Please note: After 12 months of event inactivity your name will be removed from the Victoria Club Tread Meetup group automatically.

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If you wish to renew your membership:

• Annual dues $30; deadline January 31st.
• You may pay by Interac e-transfer from your online banking:   Please send payment to Victoria Club Tread at [membershipfees@clubtread.org](mailto:membershipfees@clubtread.org). 
• Sign and submit annual waiver: Login to the website at clubtread.org.   Select 'Renewing Members' from the menu and follow the directions under step #2 - Sign the annual waiver.

In cases where a member does not have access to Interac e-transfer functions, that person may ask another member to pay the e-transfer for the annual membership fee on his or her behalf, and reimburse the payment. This arrangement would be entirely voluntary: no member is obliged to make an e-transfer for another member. 

In such cases, an email MUST be sent at the time of the transaction to the Victoria Club Tread Membership Director stating: the name of the member, the amount of the e-transfer, the date of the e-transfer, and the name of the person who has made the e-transfer. NOTE: the membership record of payment will NOT be updated until this email is received by the Membership Coordinator. Victoria Club Tread does not accept any responsibility for e-transfers that are not reimbursed, or for arrangements that do not result in timely e-transfers.

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Victoria Club Tread Day Hike Rating System
The following legend describes the criteria we use for rating our day hikes. We also have developed rating systems for cycle touring and walks. Other activities are not rated. Day hikes are rated using three factors, distance, elevation gain and trail conditions The trail conditions are for when the trail is in good condition, weather and other variable factors are not taken into account.

Rating Description

1. 1 Boot: Easy hike - Suitable for most people.
   • Typically: easy climbs (100m), easy grades, short distances, (less than 5 km), good trail conditions, 1-3 hours hiking.
2. 2 Boot: Average hike - Suitable for most hikers.
   • Typically: moderate climbs (up to 400m), moderate grades, moderate distances (up to 10 km), average trail conditions, 2-5 hours hiking.
3. 3 Boot: Intermediate hike - Suitable for fitter hikers.
   • Typically: harder climbs (up to 600m), steeper grades, longer distances (up to 15 km), rugged trail conditions.
4. 4 Boot: Strenuous hike - Geared towards the more adventurous.
   • May contain: steep, high climbs, long distances, or poor trail conditions.

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COVID-19 Policies
Club Tread is once again offering activities within the current COVID-19 guidelines. Trip leaders will continue to have discretion on size of groups.

The rules and guidelines in our standard Club Tread waiver apply and we ask you to respect the rules laid out in our documents. Let’s be safe and enjoy the outdoors.
Club Tread Documents
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Leaders of a VCT event will not be following Meetup+ priority status on Waitlists.  Those on a VCT event waitlist will be moved to the “going list” based on First-Come-First-Served (by date/time a member joined the waitlist)