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.

                                      Coming up

• Club Summer camp on the Whanganui River about 17km south of Taumaranui. These have always been a huge success with 150 members and their families taking part.

• Scandrett ARC reserve. A great day out in one of the new reserves.

• Karangahaki Gorge and the wWndows Walk with option to stay inthe motor camp at Bowentown to make a weekend of it.

• The families week at the Ruapehu Hut. Familes and children are welcome at the club huts during the ski season anyway and it is a great base for summer activities.

            See the tours program for trips suitable for families and children of various ages

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

For more information, contact Sue Fitzpatrick to discuss the club and what it has to offer. You can use the contact  link on the top menu bar 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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