ALPINE SPORTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 85, 11 April 1931, Page 11

ALPINE SPORTS.

AUCKLAND CLUB'S OUTING. ASCENT OF RUAPEHU. Despiti; the changeable weather conditions, ttye members/of the Alpine Sports' Club rilade full use of the Easter vacation. A club camp organised at Anawhata, on the West Coast, was very well attended, and was thoroughly enjoyed by 'everyone. Trips were made to various points of interest from Pilia to Te Henga, the camp being used as a base. The campers returned to Auckland on Easter Monday. A party of men journeyed to National Park, where a hut on the Ohakunc ;iidc of ■Ruapchu was used as a base. On Easter Sunday the climbers made a> successful asccnt of Ruapehu under ideal climbing conditions, and were rewarded by wonderful views of the surrounding country. Some hours were spent on the mountain-top with cameras, the party returning to the hut in the late afterRidge,' the rest contenting themselves noon. On s the following day two members successfully ascended the Girdleson with short trips to the many wonderful waterfalls in the nearby streams. In pouring rain', which, however, quite failed to dampen their ardour for mountaineering, the men returned to Ohakunc. on Tuesday.

A small, party equipped with sleeping bags and tent journeyed to Coromandel, from which point they tramped northward along the coast through Colvillc and Port Jackson to the most northern part of the peninsula, Cape Colville. After rounding the cape they continued their journey down the East Coast through Port Charles and Waikawau to Kennedy Bay, returning across the ranges to CoromandaJ. The wonderful views of the Hauraki Gulf obtainable along the west coast of the peninsula, and the picturesque ruggedness of the east coast, made the trip one of outstanding interest 'to the trampers.

•In, addition to these club trips, quite a number of smaller parties betook themselves to favourite tramping haunts and all appear to have thoroughly enjoyed their holiday.