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  • MidWinter tramping Arthur’s Pass - 7th-15th July 2012

    MidWinter tramping Arthur’s Pass 7th – 15th July 2012   Saturday - 7th July Finally holiday and then you decide to wake up at 5am after only 2 or 3 hours of sleep because Friday the 6th was the last night your flatmate could go party before going over seas…   I had a nice walk to the ferry trying to convince myself that I had not ...
    Posted to Trip Reports (Forum) by Pia on August 21, 2012
  • Mt Aspiring

    If you want to climb Mt. Aspiring go NOW!!! Jonathon and I just got back from climbing the SW ridge. It was awesome! Nice hard snow and beautiful ice :) All routes look on - NW, S face etc. The Quarterdeck is all filled in and very straight forward, so is the Bonar. You don't even need a rope to cross the glacier. Avo danger is almost ...
    Posted to Other (Forum) by Terra Dumont on November 8, 2010
  • Re: Climbing Taranaki aka Mounting the Mount

    The plan would be to drive to North Egmont Friday night and then camp in the shelter there and then head up to the summit early on Saturday have a play in the crater and then head over to Syme Hut for Saturday night and then down to Dawson Falls and along the plateau track back to North Egmont visitor centre on Sunday and then drive back to ...
    Posted to Club Trips (Forum) by Alyn on August 25, 2009
  • AIC follow up

    Hello everyone, AIC follow is next weekend! :) If you where at the meeting last night you would have heard a little bit about it. Here is the run down. This trip is for both people who have never done any mountaineering and would like to learn basic alpine skills and for people who have basic alpine skills and would like to increase these ...
    Posted to Club Trips (Forum) by Terra Dumont on July 29, 2009
  • Ruapehu Climbing

    Hello, I am very keen to go climbing on Ruapahu this weekend (if the forecast improves!!)   My general plan is: Leave Hunter car park Friday 5:15pm or latter if need be Drive to mountain and camp in Bruce Shelter Saturday am walk up to Delta Corner (NZAC Hut) and pitch tents Go climbing in the Pinnacles Sunday more climbing on the ...
    Posted to Non Club Trips or Activities (Forum) by Terra Dumont on July 28, 2009
  • Ruapahue this weekend??

    Hey, If the weather is not quite so marginal I'm keen to go climbing on Ruapahue this weekend! Any one else keen? I'm thinking of playing around on the Pinnacles. It won't be a instuctional trip as such - there is AIC 2 and snow caving for that comming up soon, but whatever your ability you can come on up and have a potter around or climb ...
    Posted to Non Club Trips or Activities (Forum) by Terra Dumont on July 15, 2009
  • Palpagradi's Great Canadian Adventure

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    Posted to Trip Reports (Forum) by Terra Dumont on February 16, 2009
  • Mountain adventures this weekend?

    Hey, the weather looks like it might be quite decent this weekend so is anyone up for some mountain adventures? I have the loose plan of going skiing on Friday at Turoa, but after that am pretty flexible so could meet up with others just keen for the weekend! Some ideas could be:  climb Taranaki and camp on the top  wander up ...
    Posted to Non Club Trips or Activities (Forum) by Kieran on October 7, 2008
  • Re: Free alpine courses

    Hey,   well I guess I can't miss that - so to the south after Ollies 21st!!! :)
    Posted to Non Club Trips or Activities (Forum) by Terra Dumont on April 28, 2008
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