Trip intentions

Email with full deets coming tomorrow (Tuesday)

Lodge is booked, date is finalised 💯 💯 
I see we are now over the 31 person limit of the lodge, feel free to sign up to the waitlist though as I'm sure people will drop out a bit closer to the time.

Weekend spent up Mt Ruapehu - we'll leave Friday evening & then have Saturday & Sunday to have fun, getting home on Sunday evening.
I plan on snowboarding both days, but feel free to come along & test out your snowcraft skills, attempt to summit, make snow angels or do whatever you want really 🤷🏾‍♂️
Beginners are welcome, there's normally a few people learning the moves down in Happy Valley. 

We will be staying at the Tararua Tramping Club Lodge on the mountain, (has electricity, kitchen, bunkrooms so just byo sleeping bag) - same place we are staying for Snowcraft. 
Accomodation cost varies for age:
$37 per night - If you are under 25
$55 per night - if you are over 25

Shout outs to Viv from TTC, she has given us all members pricing so $26 for under 25yrs old & $37 for 25yrs+

If you want to ski/board you will need to have your own gear or rent it. I have a whole lot of spare stuff I'm happy to lend including a spare board & heaps of clothes, but obv you'll have to be roughly my size. 
If you want to do snowcraft/climbing stuff, you're more than welcome to borrow all the equiptment from the club. 

Total cost will be around $120 for accommodation, fuel & dinner on Saturday night.
More details to come soon.

Hopefully we can run a few trips, weather looks ace

Signup with your ideal trip fitness/intensity, then we can split people accordingly

Might be snow on the tops?

Trip ideas: Alpha Hut via Cone; Winchcombe Biv and Niel Forks, Cattle Ridge, North Mangahao Biv

Edit: full moon trip might be one of the options. Probably a medium fit level

This is a 1-Day Avalanche Awareness Course ran by Hillary Outdoors on the 8th of August. This is happening on Mt Ruapehu and is an amazing opportunity to advance your skillset and learn how to be safe in the mountains. This Course is being subsidised for 4 people from $280 to $140 by VUWTC. Lift passes will be your own personal arrangement. 

This is not a first come first served basis. Particapants will be chosen based off club involvement and the ability to pass on this knowledge to others in the club.  

You must have previously done a snowcraft course or other beginner mountaineering course or have knowledge in snowcraft skills (can use an ice axe, crampons, self arresting, walking and navigating yourself in snowy environments). 

The cost for this course will be paid through the Hillary Outdoors website, after we have confirmed who will be going. 

Chur :) 

Mariano 

Hey guys!

THE PLAN:

1. Meet at Hunter Carpark at 9am to be ready to leave 9:10

2. Park and start walking around 10, what we’ll probs do is take Collies track down to Ladle Bend, then there are a couple options to get to the Summit picnic area.
3. Check out the old station, scrapyard, and 600m long Summit tunnel 👀. Walk to the end of it and back, maybe walk all the way to the Siberia Gully lookout (there’s apparently a cool swing bridge, who doesn’t love a good swing bridge?)
4. Find our way back roughly the way we came (again a couple different routes available - see map below). The Summit could be a good lunch spot and if the weather’s good we can stop for a dip in the river
5. Once back at the cars if people are keen we could do the quick 20min climb up Remutaka Trig to catch the sunset and some sick views

WHAT TO BRING:

Notes: 

if you haven't rope climbed at Hangdog before and would like you they need to put you through a 15 minute belay lesson so let me know below and I'll book you in for tonight. 

The Usual Weekly Spiel: 
So, we go Climbing at Hangdog every week (in Lower Hutt) and it's pretty epic and the people are pretty cool so sign up and come along!

Slots are booked at Hangdog for 6:30pm so we'll leave at 6.10pm from Hunter carpark (get here before then if you want a ride!) Open to everyone, no skill or equipment needed.

Hangdog requires us to wear masks while we're there so please bring one with you - if you have unfortunatley lost yours im pretty sure they sell them for $1. 

Bring $16 for your entry and a few coins for your drivers :) (Paying a gold coin to the driver is important as they need to pay for gas otherwise they will just stop offering and we all lose!)

If you are able to provide a car please do, as the more the merrier and we can only carpool if we have cars, otherwise, trains are $11 each :( I will try and add more slots during the day as people sign up if i can find more drivers. 

Here is a map of the kelburn campus to help you find the Hunter Carpark. Map reference 24h.

https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/students/new-students/start/finding-your-way-around/kelburn-campus-map.pdf

When you have a spare weekend day, what else are you to do other than a day trip?

I have a car & legs. Open to suggestions of where to take them! 

(big as hills may or may not be involved)
((Weather is looking average asf so bring a raincoat mayb))


Okay some of the current ideas are:
Kaitoke Ridge Track
Blue Range Hut & back
Lowry Trip point/Main Ridge Track
Mt Climie
Cannonpoint/Birchville Dam loop