Hi All,

Our Alpine Instruction Course (AIC) is going to be held 30/Jun-1/Jul.  AIC is where we teach the basics of how to tramp in winter and alpine conditions.  We cover walking on snow, how to use crampons and ice axe for walking in the mountains and how to self arrest if you fall over in the snow.

If you are coming on the mid winter trip, then you should come to AIC to learn the basics of how to handle yourself in the mountains. Also open to those interested in winter tramping, climbing or just having a good time! Limited places though so be in quick.

To sign up to the trip please enter your details here http://vuwtc.org.nz/cs/content/TripSignUp.aspx and we will email you further info during the week before the trip.

We will meet at 5pm on Friday night at Hunter Carpark and come back on Sunday night.  On Friday we will camp at the bottom of Mt Ruapehu, while on Saturday we will stay at the Auckland Tramping Club lodge. The cost of the trip is $70.

There is no fitness level required for this trip as we will remain on the ski field.  While being an instructional weekend, it is also one of the more social trips of the year.

Gear required:

Your normal tramping gear, over trousers, gloves, sunglasses, helmet, tramping boots with stiff soles (required for crampons), make sure you have plenty of warm clothing as there will be some standing around during instruction.

Tramping club will be providing ice axes and crampoms for the weekend and we have space constrainsts so if you are planning to come, please let us know as soon as possible. :)

Gear List: http://vuwtc.org.nz/cs/content/gear.aspx

 For any questions, please post a reply to this forum or contact me @ desorder at gmail dot com or turn up to one of the regular Tuesday meetings at the Welsh Dragon Bar, between Kent and Cambridge Terraces.

Thanks,