Ruapehu
Lodges
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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 24 and has full modern facilities including showers and central 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 1990 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 a good 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 a mail only booking system. 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. Hut duties are rostered, including the cooking. Mattresses and pillows are provided but guests bring their own sleeping bag and pillow case.
Boss Hogg of the mountain huts, Ken Goldfinch, directs the preparation of a celebration dinner.
Ruapehu Conditions
The ski season has now closed but there is still some snow and the conditions are excellent for mountaincraft and for high ski touring on the glaciers of the plateau.
PLEASE NOTE.
If you have any problems or want to report a fault please contact the Hut Officer, Ken Goldfinch on 09-238-8450 or email him through the club email address..
1. Transport contribution 7c per kilometre and Ruapehu transport cost for return trip is $35.
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.
OUTSIDE GROUPS HUT BOOKINGS
If you are a group who would like to make a booking for the Ruapehu Hut, for summer or winter, then please contact the Ruapehu Hut Officer on 09-238-8450 or email him through the club email address.
Ruapehu Lodge Rates (Summer & Winter 2001)
Adult member
Adult Guest
Members' Child
15 & Under
Member's Child
16 - 18yrs
Child Guest
15 & Under
Per Night rate
$25-00
$35-00
$18-00
$25-00 $25-00
Special rates
3 nights
(Not including weekends)
$65-00
$91-00
$47-00
$65-00 $65-00
Special Rates
5 nights
(Not including weekends)
$100-00
$140-00
$72-00
$100-00 $100-00
Weekend rates apply Friday and Saturday nights and end at midday Sunday
Hut bookings are on the official hut booking form available to members and must be made by mail only. Contact the hut booking officer for an official form.
Booking to outside groups contact the Ruapehu Hut Officer on 09-238-8450
or by email on the club's email address.
Alpine Sports Club inc. P.O. Box 131, Auckland, New Zealand. email email@alpinesport.org.nz