BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CLUB SKYLINE WAS FOUNDED IN THE 1950S BY AN ENTHUSIASTIC GROUP OF MOSTLY WELLINGTON-BASED SKIERS WHO WANTED TO HAVE A LODGE WITH A RELAXED FAMILY ATMOSPHERE THAT WAS POSITIONED TO PROVIDE GOOD ACCESS TO THE SKIFIELD AT WHAKAPAPA ON THE NORTHERN SLOPES OF MOUNT RUAPEHU.
THE CHALET WAS COMPLETED SOON AFTER AND THE CLUB HAS OPERATED CONTINUOUSLY THERE SINCE THAT TIME. MEMBERSHIP OF THE CLUB HAS BEEN MAINTAINED AT BETWEEN 50-100 WITH MEMBERS FROM AROUND THE NORTH ISLAND. AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (WHICH IS ELECTED ANNUALLY) OVERSEES THE RUNNING OF THE CLUB AND THE CHALET. THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE CLUB IS HELD IN APRIL/MAY EACH YEAR.
"DEDICATED TO THE HARD CORE OF MEMBERS 1953-1956 ON WHOSE SHOULDERS THE LOAD FELL, AND TO THOSE THAT FOLLOW" SIR ROY MCKENZIE