Midwinter

Mae — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 06:52:14 GMT

Here are a few more details about Mid-Winter. Firstly the trip will run from the 7th July to the 15th July. We will leave Wellington on Saturday morning by ferry on the 7th. We'll get to Picton around midday-ish and drive down to Arthurs Pass. We will camp there on our frist night, as it's about 5 hours drive from Picton.

We will then start tramping on Sunday morning. The plan we are looking at so far is pretty awesome and will involve: glaciers, hotpools, visiting the highest hut in Arthurs Pass, and a mix of some easy days and some longer days (generally longer as packs get lighter). We will aim to finish the tramp by the following Saturday. We will leave early Sunday morning 15th and drive back to get the ferry, arriving home in Wellington later that day.

You will need some experience with ice-gear (crampons, ice-axes) in order to come on this trip. Ideally you will have attended AIC the weekend before the trip.

If you want to come on this trip let us know asap as we will be looking at booking the ferry by the end of this week. We need to have definite numbers so that we can find the cheapest transport option. You can sign up here: http://vuwtc.org.nz/cs/content/TripSignUp.aspx if you want to come on this trip and haven't already signed up. If you have signed up you will have already recieved an email from me.

Cheers

Mae

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Midwinter