The A Frame and Ruapehu Huts

Alpine Sports Club Inc. Skiing and Facilities at Mt Ruapehu

Alpine Sports Club has two ski lodges on Mt Ruapehu. The club first constructed the smaller Ruapehu Hut on a prominent  ridge overlooking the Top of the Bruce in 1950 with extensions added in 1956, 1962 and 1976. The original hut slept 12 people in a single room. The modern hut sleeps 20 and has full modern facilities including hot showers and electric heating. The Ruapehu Hut is used to accommodate the club's Mountain craft courses and to accommodate the additional demand during organised club activity weekends including ski instruction, mountain craft instruction, sports weekends and social activities.

The Ruapehu Hut may be rented for weekend and mid week to schools and approved groups for ski and mountain craft activities.

In 1964, Alpine Sports Club built the A Frame Lodge 50 metres further up the ridge from the Ruapehu Hut. Much larger and with modern facilities the A Frame Lodge has been the mainstay of Alpine Sports Clubs Ski activities on the mountain. The A Frame Lodge was extensively upgraded in 1996 to provide improved bunk rooms and an improved dining and social facility. Both lodges comply with all accommodation and safety regulations applying to the mountain.

The A Frame Lodge is available to club members and their guests for normal ski activities and organised club weekends. The A Frame Lodge is also an excellent base for tramping and climbing in the Tongariro National Park outside of the ski season and during the summer holidays.

Accommodation at the huts is  available through an internet booking system (see the link further down the page). There is a late booking and cancellation system available to members during specified times. Food is provided for breakfast and dinner and members must bring their own fresh bread and some specified vegetables. Hut duties are rostered, including the cooking. Mattresses, pillows and some duvets are provided but  guests are required to bring their own sleeping bag and pillow case

Ruapehu News

                (Updated 7 May 2015)               

Hut Booking Officer

The hut booking officer is Kerry Bromell. She can be contacted by email on bookings@alpinesport.org.nz and phone at (09) 263-8689 but make sure you ring before 9pm.

The Ruapehu Hut Warden for 2015 is George Richardson

Please note that his job is to keep the hut warm and working. The  Warden is not there to cook meals or run after people, the duty officer is responsible to organise those things. Please give him your support.

If you have any problems or complaints then you must contact the Ruapehu Hut Officer, Scott Houghton.

Hut Bookings system

The booking system will be available from 1st June 2015 with the same rates as last year.

You must be a current, paid up member of the club to use the booking system. The system is available from the club website and passwords are available directly from the bookings system. If you are listed on the club membership database, you can request a password from the system. You will not need to obtain a password from the booking officer. Make sure the club has the unique email address that you wish to use. Families sharing an email address will have it assigned to one family member. Only the assigned member can make bookings.

Any problems, contact the Booking Officer at  bookings@alpinesport.org.nz.

You should go to the bookings page and read the instructions.

Summer Rates & Bookings

The committee has kept the same rates as last year for the use of the hut during summer and also for the 2015 winter season. These rates can be viewed below, downloaded as a pdf or from the bookings site, link on the menu bar at the top of the page.

Summer bookings should be made through the bookings site as usual but it is probably also a good idea to let the booking officer  know because she is probably not looking at the website very often during the summer.

The Ruapehu Booking Officer's phone is: 09-263-8689.

The hut phone number is  07-892-3710. There is a toll bar on the phone. Email:   aframe@alpinesport.org.nz

Ruapehu Winter Programme

For the calendar of events down at the mountain including theme nights, instruction weekends, Alpine Instruction and climbing , Race Days, school holiday weeks and children's events, see the "Winter Program" tag on the menu bar above.

Parking

Parking at the top of the Bruce has been revised. A parking layout can be downloaded by clicking   parkinglayout

Snow Conditions

Use the link at mtruapehu.com for snow conditions, facilities and weather at Ruapehu  [Snowreports]

For country wide weather and snow conditions go to the link page and look for snow.co.nz   

Weather Forecasting   (see the Weather link on the top menu bar)

You can check out the long range weather situation on the synoptic analysis link on the forecasts page. For a brief short forecast check out the RAL website and snow cams on the Forecasts link page. These show the weather situation across  Australia and New Zealand, you can see what's coming.

 The Metservice have a new 3 &7 day rain (& wind) forecast map that uses the same dataset as MetVuw but is much easier to use. You can select likely fine days to book in for a midweek ski. See the weather page for details. 

Problems or Faults 

If you have any problems or want to report a fault please contact Scott Houghton or Bart Schroder or through the club email address. Issues with the booking system should be made on the link provided on the Booking System front page.

1. Transport contribution 12c per kilometre and Ruapehu transport cost for return trip is now $50

2. Remember to advise your family and friends that in the event of a trip returning late, enquiries should be directed to the     President, Tours Officer or other Committee Members listed inside the front cover of the club magazine.

The hut booking system has been upgraded this year. Booking are made online and payment can be made by direct transfer of funds to the club's hut bookings account at the ASB. You can download the booking instructions from the bookings page. For more information you can contact the bookings officer at  bookings@alpinesport.org.nz. 

            

Booking to outside groups contact the Ruapehu Booking Officer on 09-263-8689  or by email to: bookings@alpinesport.org.nz.

Alpine Sports Club inc.  P.O. Box 131, Auckland 1140, New Zealand.

  email   email@alpinesport.org.nz

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