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The A Frame and Ruapehu Huts
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Alpine Sports Club Inc. Skiing and Facilities at Mt Ruapehu
Alpine Sports Club has two ski lodges on Mt Ruapehu. The club first constructed the smaller Ruapehu Hut on a prominent ridge overlooking the Top of the Bruce in 1950 with extensions added in 1956, 1962 and 1976. The original hut slept 12 people in a single room. The modern hut sleeps 20 and has full modern facilities including hot showers and electric heating. The Ruapehu Hut is used to accommodate the club's Mountain craft courses and to accommodate the additional demand during organised club activity weekends including ski instruction, mountain craft instruction, sports weekends and social activities.
The Ruapehu Hut may be rented for weekend and mid week to schools and approved groups for ski and mountain craft activities.
In 1964, Alpine Sports Club built the A Frame Lodge 50 metres further up the ridge from the Ruapehu Hut. Much larger and with modern facilities the A Frame Lodge has been the mainstay of Alpine Sports Clubs Ski activities on the mountain. The A Frame Lodge was extensively upgraded in 1996 to provide improved bunk rooms and an improved dining and social facility. Both lodges comply with all accommodation and safety regulations applying to the mountain.
The A Frame Lodge is available to club members and their guests for normal ski activities and organised club weekends. The A Frame Lodge is also an excellent base for tramping and climbing in the Tongariro National Park outside of the ski season and during the summer holidays.
Accommodation at the huts is available through an internet booking system (see the link further down the page). There is a late booking and cancellation system available to members during specified times. Food is provided for breakfast and dinner and members must bring their own fresh bread and some specified vegetables. Hut duties are rostered, including the cooking. Mattresses, pillows and some duvets are provided but guests are required to bring their own sleeping bag and pillow case
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Ruapehu News (Updated 16 July 2010)
Hut Booking Officer The hut booking officer is Kerry Bromell. She can be contacted by email on bookings@alpinesport.org.nz and phone at (09) 263-8689 but make sure you ring before 9pm.
Hut Warden for 2010
We have appointed a new warden, his name is Jens Guenther. Note that the job is the keep the hut warm and working. The Warden is not there to cook meals or run after people, the duty officer is responsible to organise those things. Please give him your support. If you have any problems or complaints then you must contact the Ruapehu Hut Officer, Bart Schroder.
Hut Bookings system There is a revised booking system now available The new system is email based and you must be a current, paid up member of the club to use it. The system is available from the club website and passwords are available directly from the bookings system. If you are listed on the club membership database, you can request a password from the system. Only paid up members can make a booking. You will not need to obtain a password from the booking officer. Make sure the club has the unique email address that you wish to use. Families sharing an email address will have it assigned to one family member. Only the assigned member can make bookings.
Any problems, contact the Booking Officer.
You should go to the bookings page and read the instructions.
Calendar of Events down at the mountain See the program link on the top menu bar (3rd from the right) to see what is happening and what events are booked)
Summer Rates & Bookings The committee has struck new rates for the use of the hut during summer and also for the 2010 winter season. These rates can be viewed below.
Summer bookings should be made through the bookings site as usual but it is probably also a good idea to let the booking officer know because she is probably not looking at the website very often during the summer.
For bookings, Contact the Ruapehu Booking Officer on 09-263-8689.
The hut phone number is 07-892-3710. There is a toll bar on the phone. Email: aframe@alpinesport.org.nz
Parking Parking at the top of the Bruce has been revised. A parking layout can be downloaded by clicking parkinglayout
Snow Conditions Use the link at mtruapehu.com for snow conditions, facilities and weather at Ruapehu [Snowreports] For country wide weather and snow conditions go to the link page and look for snow.co.nz
Weather Forecasting (see the Weather link on the top menu bar) You can check out the long range weather situation on the synoptic analysis link on the forecasts page. For a brief short forecast check out the RAL website and snow cams on the Forecasts link page. These show the weather situation across Australia and New Zealand, you can see what's coming.
The Metservice have a new 3 &7 day rain (& wind) forecast map that uses the same dataset as MetVuw but is much easier to use. You can select likely fine days to book in for a midweek ski. See the weather page for details.
If you have any problems or want to report a fault please contact Bart Schroder or Graham Wadams or through the club email address. Complaints about the booking system should be made in writing and posted in the nearest rubbish bin.
OUTSIDE GROUPS HUT BOOKINGS If you are a group who would like to make a booking for the Ruapehu Hut, for summer or winter, then please contact the Ruapehu Booking Officer on 09-263-8689 or email her on bookings@alpinesport.org.nz.
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Ruapehu Lodge Rates (2010-2011) These rates may be subject to change without notice.
To download the schedule of hut fees for 2010 in pdf format click here: [ Hut Fees 2010 ]
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