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 2008 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 2008 Mountaincraft Course are:-

2/3 Aug

30/31 Aug

27/28 Sep

 

Ski instruction dates are listed under the tours program as the 26/27 July and the 2/3 August

Dates for 2008 Weekend Climbing Weekends will be listed in the Trip program

Ruapehu climbing Trips

For more information on Alpine Instruction contact Peter Loveridge on 377-3398, or email us on  email@alpinesport.org.nz 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 Secretary, Graham Wadams on 09-274-5040

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

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