Images from previous year's courses

Practicing snow anchors belay points. Note Mt Taranaki in the background

          

Instruction in the important skill of tying the correct knot.

         

Summit Day on the Alpine Instruction Course

       

Alpine Instruction Course and Climbing Weekends 2009 Season

    

Alpine Sports Club will run its popular Snowcraft, Mountaincraft & Alpine Instruction Courses again this winter, starting in early August.

  

Mountaincraft is skill of being able to travel safely in dangerous places in the mountains. At its extreme is Alpine climbing, a huge adrenalin rush, fantastic scenery and teamwork based on preserving each other's life.

  

For most people it is the skill necessary to enjoy the mountains safely and includes such skills as :-

  • Assessment of weather and snow conditions

  • Climbing skills to tackle obstacles & travel safely

  • Navigation in poor visibility or unfamiliar terrain

  • Skiing and ski touring (skins and touring bindings in NZ)

  • Gear and food planning

  • Trip and route planning

If you want to step out into the mountains, move up to alpine climbing or be more adventurous with your skiing then this is the series of courses you should consider.

        

This year there will be 3 weekends on Mt Ruapehu learning basic snowcraft and climbing skills combined with at least two weekends of ski instructions and a series of opportunities to put the whole package into practice.

   

Planning dates for the 2009 Snow Skills Course are:-

Weekend 12/13 September

Contact Peter Loveridge for details on 09 377 3398 peterlov@ihug.co.nz

 

     

Ski Instruction 2 is the weekend 29/30 August with a Japanese Theme

Book into the huts in the usual way

(Ski Instruction weekend 1 was on the 18/19 July)

Dates for 2009 Weekend Climbing Weekends will be listed in the Trips program

 

Ruapehu climbing Trips

Impromptu and unadvertised. Goes when the conditions are favourable. Avoids hut bashing. Peter Loveridge and Brian Duffy

Ph Brian Duffy on  528-3782 or email at b.duffy@xtra.co.nz

 

Cardrona Speights Technical Evenings

Each 3rd Tuesday of the month at the Cardrona Speights Ale House in Mt Eden at 7:30pm

See the notice or Contact Brian Duffy for more information by email on b.duffy@xtra.co.nz

   

For more information on Alpine Instruction contact Peter Loveridge on 377-3398, or for climbing weekends contact Brian Duffy on 528-3783 or email us on  email@alpinesport.org.nz

       

More details will be printed in the club magazine as they come to hand and they will appear on the Tours Program list on this website (see Trips on the menu bar).

          

Note that to take part you must be a current financial member of Alpine Sports Club inc.

           

For membership enquiries, visit the Join ASC page on this website or ring the Club membership contact, Sue Fitzpatrick on 09-576-1069

    


Alpine Sports Club inc.  P.O. Box 131, Auckland 1140, New Zealand.  email   email@alpinesport.org.nz

                

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