Date | Venue | Objective | Party | Pics / Report | Trip Notes |
10-11/11/2018 | Mt Ruapehu | Far side of Pinnacles | Grainger D&L, Baguley, McLauchlan | photos | Skinned from Hut Flat to cross Pinnacle Ridge at snow caves area. Great camp in Wairere Strm, 1760m true right |
26-28/09/2017 | Ohau backcountry | Dumbbell Lake based tours | Grainger, Buchanan, Baguley, Malpas | photos | Used Ohau T-bar for access. Easy descent into bowl with beautiful lines a plenty |
6-8/11/2015 | Tongariro NP | Whakapapa to Whangaehu Hut overnight tour | Grainger, Davis, Ludbrook, Gretton | - | Used Whakapapa Gl in extremely hot conditions (FL3800m). Sublime skiing on the Mangaturuturu Gl. Nice descent of Whangaehu to pleasant night in the hut. |
13-16/10/2015 | Ben Ohau Range | Twin Stream ski camp | Hawes, Grainger,Rogerson | photos | Atmospheric headwaters area with cheap heli access, good bivvy options and several moderate basins offering moderate skiing. |
1-2/11/2014 | Tongariro NP | Overnighter skitour to Whangaehu Hut | Rogerson, Grainger, Richards | - | Whakapapa closed so skied out Tūroa then climbed to Tahurangi col then past crater lake to Whangaehu Gl in rising NW gales. Severe gale made return skinning tough but ski descent via Mangaturuturu to Tūroa was glorious |
20-28/09/2014 | Westland Aoraki | Skiing the Fox Neve | Hawes, Grainger,Rogerson | photos | Skinned up from Chancellor Hut. Very good skiing on the neve despite SW gale conditions during first three days |
1-7/09/2014 | Wanaka area | Backcountry skiing - Wye Creek, Soho valley, Treble Cone | Grainger, Davis, Finn Bellingham | - | Had a great overnight trip from Remarkables skifield to Wye Creek upper basins where we pitched a tent. We skimountaineered peak 2115 on which Finn skiied a couloir on the NW face |
26-30/07/2014 | Wanaka area | MSC Backcountry Avalanche course | Maxim, Grainger | report | Practical training outside the boundaries of Cardrona and Treble Cone skifields. |
16-18/08/2012 | Aoraki | Skiing the Tasman Glacier | Grainger,Hawes,Marshall,Rogerson | photos,pics | Dry pow, no crust, fab |
12-14/08/2012 | Two Thumb Range | Day trips from Rex Simpson Hut | Grainger,Hawes,Marshall,Rogerson | - | Half metre new snow but poor vis so we liked Rexys woodburner |
13-17/09/2011 | South Island | Day skiing back basins at Cardrona, Mt Hutt and Porters | Hawes, Fitzgerald, Grainger | - | - |
11-12/09/2011 | South Island | Overnight tour to Mt Pisa | Hawes, Fitzgerald, Grainger | - | Good runs above Kirtle Burn Hut, fun exit by Princes Burn |
21/08/2011 | Tongariro NP | Skiing behind the Pinnacle Ridge from Skyline Ridge out to the Chateau | Fitzgerald, Marshall, Poole, Rogerson | - | An excellent run down the mountain with some fun off-track navigation at the end through the tussock |
16‑17/10/2010 | Tongariro NP | Ruapehu glacier skiing | Hawes, Koornneef, Grainger, Seiler, Rogerson | - | Mangaturuturu, Whangaehuehu, plateau, Te Heu Heu valley |
31/04/2010 | European Alps | Traverse of the Ötztal Alps | Nankervis, Rowlands, Stern | report | - |