15/10/2026
The past fortnight at Mountain Club.
It started with Walk and Talk, a coffee and a loop from Five Mile with our Co-Owner and Head of Membership Paddy Kluts, and our monthly AI Meet-Up, an open conversation on what’s emerging in AI and what’s actually working.
Our Final Ski Tour of 2026 closed out the ski season with a picnic and spring vibes. Back at Beach Street, w**emaker Yannick Fourbet poured his organic Central Otago w**es from Domaine Rewa - P Fourbet and brought along his ceramics as The French Potter. Run and Recover followed with a social 7km run from Five Mile with Alexander McCall, then sneak peak at the new Hyperbaric Chamber and post run recovery Sauna session at O-Studio Queenstown.
Coffee Jam returned with Startup Queenstown Lakes, an early start for founders and creatives hearing three quickfire talks from Wolf Coffee Roasters, Liv King and AquaWatch. Our Tourism Roundtable then brought operators together to talk about where high-end travel in the region is heading. Jessie Healy ran a small-group Lunch & Learn at Five Mile on choosing ad channels and knowing when ad spend is actually working. That evening, three startups pitched their value propositions, growth potential and financial projections to a room of investors and entrepreneurs at Mainland Angels Pitch Night.
Alongside it all, REFORM QUEENSTOWN and the WATERSHED SAUNAS kept their weekly rhythm, and we look forward to getting into the biking season.
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