Family Activities at Alpine Sports Club

Families are very welcome at Alpine sports Club. The club has a vigorous family program that includes trips to places of interest, picnic days at a regional or local reserve, tramps that younger children and their parents can manage and a family camp at Christmas that often has more than 150 members, all camping together with organized activities and trips..

The club has two lodges at Ruapehu. Children over 3 years old are welcome at the lodges and one of the lodges is often dedicated to families. There is a great deal of support, especially during the school holidays.

The Ruapehu Lodges make a great place to have a holiday or even just an active weekend during the summer to enjoy the tracks and activities organized by the parks board at Tongariro National Park. If you have older children, try staying at the hut and doing the Tongariro Alpine Crossing by catching the track shuttle bus from the Chateau car park.

The club has a very well appointed lodge in the Waitakere ranges about 1 hours drive from the city centre and 10 minutes walk from a secure car park. The lodge is very popular with members and their families and provides excellent access to the track system of the Waitakere Ranges.

The club runs instruction courses in bushcraft, snowcraft, beginner ski instruction and next year we will be running a photography workshop weekend to help members take better photographs using a  digital camera.

The club has a vigorous tours program of tramping trips of all types from easy day trips in local ranges to multi day trips further afield including the South Island. The tours program includes climbing instruction, kayaking and Kayak safety instruction, cycle touring and mountain biking and even occasional caving trips

With such wide range of activities available, family members can take advantage as they mature and develop specific interests in the outdoors.

                                           Recent Family activities

• Family Tramping Weekend in the Waitawheta Valley of the Kaimais staying at the new DOC hut and doing some of the walks available from the hut, Returning to the Cars on Sunday. See the Tours program by clicking on Trips on the menu bar above. (This has been & gone. See Photo Gallery for pictures of the weekend)

• The club summer camp near Coroglen starting on Boxing Day until about the 4th January

• Mangere Mtn 10 February  (Small People on Big Hills program)

• North Head 24 February  (Small People on Big Hills program)

• Rangitoto 9 March  (Small People on Big Hills program)

• Waitakeres with sleep over at the hut. 29/30 March  (Small People on Big Hills program)

• A weekend trip to White Island on the 26th April  (a three day weekend with Anzac day)

• Photography Workshop targeted for the weekend of the 9th May at the Waitakere Hut.

                                      Coming up (its winter so the trips are spaced out more)

The Rainforest Express Sunday June 15th. Organisers Janet Romanes 522 1579 Bridget Romanes 528 8563 Fares: Adults $25, children 4+yrs $12. Please book ASAP. We have 40 booked in already

Young Members Bushcraft Course 5 & 6 July     See [notice]

Specifically for children aged 7 to 11 (and maybe a bit older) plus parents.

A chance to learn by doing and have fun at the same time.

Contact: Sue Grant ph 846 5821, email sue.r.grant@xtra.co.nz

For more information go to the Trips page where the dates, routes and contacts are listed.

Details for joining the club can be found on the Joining ASC page.

For more information, contact the membership Secretary or email the club at email@alpinesport.org.nz

Alpine Sports Club inc.  P.O. Box 131, Auckland 1140, New Zealand.

email      email@alpinesport.org.nz

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