Archived trip from old website run by Tommo
We are looking to run a beginner's mountaineering course up on the main range with K7 Adventures. The skills you gain from this trip will give you the ability to travel in steep icy/snowy conditions using ice axes and crampons, opening up a lot more options for tramping in NZ and abroad. The content covered will include:
- Ice axe techniques (various ascending methods, self-arresting)
- Crampon techniques (French & German techniques)
- Hazard assessment and safety management
- Avalanche rescue
- and possibly some basic rope work if we have the time
The trip will be run on the last weekend in August (29th/30th). We camp at Thredbo diggings on Friday night (or drive up early Sat morning from Canberra), and heading up to Thredbo to catch the first chairlift up Thredbo at 8am Saturday morning. We will base ourselves around Signature Rocks up near the Rams Heads.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/k7adventures/4839732486/in/photostream/
Places may be limited depending on the popularity of the course. When you sign up for this trip please advise me on your current snow experience.
Please contact me if you have any questions regarding the course.
NOTE: Signing up does not necessarily mean you will get a spot.
catch the Kosciuszko express chair lift first thing on Saturday morning. Set up camp around Signature Rocks. Spend Saturday and Sunday practising skills around Signature Rocks. Return down the Kosciuszko express chair lift Sunday Afternoon. Drive back to Canberra.
We are looking to run a beginner's mountaineering course up on the main range with K7 Adventures. The skills you gain from this trip will give you the ability to travel in steep icy/snowy conditions using ice axes and crampons, opening up a lot more options for tramping in NZ and abroad. The content covered will include:
- Ice axe techniques (various ascending methods, self-arresting)
- Crampon techniques (French & German techniques)
- Hazard assessment and safety management
- Avalanche rescue
- and possibly some basic rope work if we have the time
The trip will be run on the last weekend in August (29th/30th). We camp at Thredbo diggings on Friday night (or drive up early Sat morning from Canberra), and heading up to Thredbo to catch the first chairlift up Thredbo at 8am Saturday morning. We will base ourselves around Signature Rocks up near the Rams Heads.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/k7adventures/4839732486/in/photostream/
Places may be limited depending on the popularity of the course. When you sign up for this trip please advise me on your current snow experience.
Please contact me if you have any questions regarding the course.
NOTE: Signing up does not necessarily mean you will get a spot.
catch the Kosciuszko express chair lift first thing on Saturday morning. Set up camp around Signature Rocks. Spend Saturday and Sunday practising skills around Signature Rocks. Return down the Kosciuszko express chair lift Sunday Afternoon. Drive back to Canberra.
Trip category
Mountaineering
Date and Time
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Estimated Costs
None