Hi Everyone The first alpine instruction course is happening on Mt Ruapehu this weekend 20-22 June. The course will cover walking in snow, use of crampons and an ice axe and general alpine safety. For all those who signed up, you should've or will be contacted asking to confirm and pay the trip cost of $60 at this Tuesday's meeting ...

Mt Mathews is a mountain - you can see it from Wellington! Its the pointy one across the harbour in the Rimutakas that looks vaguely like a volcano but isn't :) The track up it starts at Baines hut where we had Bushball this year. Me and Annabel did a day trip up there last year - took us about 9 hours return from Catchpool, though we mite ...