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A strong skier/boarder? Ready to get serious about your backcountry skiing or snowboarding? Want to learn skills and avalanche awareness? This course in spectacular terrain is the one for you.
Welcome to a classroom with a jaw-droppingly beautiful view. This backcountry touring course combines a pure backcountry experience with the opportunity to learn skills that you need to be safer in the backcountry. It will take you to a place few experience and turn you into a more skilled independent mountain traveller.
Fly in to our private hut with stunning views of Treble Cone and Mt Aspiring. Enjoy cosy accommodation for up to six - sleeping bags, good lighting, cooking equipment, outside toilet and spectacular sunrises and sunsets supplied. Ski or snowboard in the renowned Harris Mountains and acquire skills as you tour. Tour out to Treble Cone using your new skills.
We'd love to teach you the skills you need to enjoy backcountry touring and minimise risks. Check out the course details and contact us if you have any questions.
Logistics
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4 days plus 1 day weather contingency
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| Dates - 2012 |
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WBA#1 Jul 17-21
WBA#2 Aug 6-9
WBA#3 Aug 17-20
WBA#4 Aug 31 - Sept 3
WBA#5 Sept 14-17
Private tours are available: Book a group of up to 5 for any of these dates or dates suited to your group (subject to hut availability).
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Price
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NZ$1250 (plus approx $190 for flight in) per person ex-Wanaka
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Price includes NZMGA qualified guide, all meals and energy foods, cosy hut and bedding. The helicopter ride to the hut of approximately NZ$190 per person is an additional expense
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Fly-in, tour-out
Black Peak is a 5-7 hour skin/snowshoe from the summit of Treble Cone Ski Area or a 5 minute helicopter flight from the valley floor. The reasonable cost of flying in saves time and energy for the ensuing days' ski touring and instruction. We move around on snowshoes, if conditions dictate.
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| Guide Ratio |
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1 guide : 5 clients maximum (minimum 2)
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| Prerequisites |
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Good fitness, previous ski touring or backcountry boarding experience
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| Weather contingency |
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A great bonus: delay the start of your trip by one day if the weather is bad.
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| Accommodation |
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Cosy Private Hut.
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- One day weather contingency in case the weather is unfavourable at the start of the trip
- Avalanche awareness manual
- Course certificate
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