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| Mt Twynam Snowscape, Kosciuszko National Park |
General info about AAA Alpine Skills Trips
For those uninitiated to the alpine environment, the Australian High Country offers an ideal environment to introduce members to the finer points of misery and suffering in a (relatively) harsh environment. The AAA runs several trips to the Snowy Mountains each year, both formal exercises and informal activities. The AAA also provides assistance to UATL's wishing to run alpine adventurous training activities for their unit, within Australia. This style of trip is an ideal low cost, low admin experience where participants previously unaccustomed to the technicalities of snow survival and snow travel can engage in an activity which places them well outside their comfort zone without mind numbing objective hazards and third world isolation.
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| Snow Cave Camping, Kosciuszko National Park |
Basic Alpine Skills - Technical Climbing
The snowy mountains also offer limited scope for technical climbing training, predominantely conducted at Blue Lake in Kosciuszko National Park. In a good winter season, several vertical water ice formations can be found on the rocks surrounding the lake. These are sufficient to give activity participants a good appreciation of steep ice climbing.
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| Snowcaving, Kosciuszko National Park |
How to get started....
Organising an alpine advneturous training activitiy is reltively straightforward. President, AAA can approve activities organised for AAA members, or, the units wishing to conduct such an activity can approve their own, for which guidance can be sought from the AAA. Contact the Expedition Member for more information.
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| Snowshoeing near Blue Lake, Kosciuszko National Park |
