Snowshoeing

Hello there!

Come join us for a beginner-friendly snowshoeing weekend! No prior experience needed, just a general level of fitness and enthusiasm for light suffering 🙂 What is snowshoeing you ask? Well, it’s attaching big flat things to our feet and go hiking on the snow.

The Plan:

Friday the 6th we will carpool down from Sydney all packed and ready to go and meet in Jindabyne by 1pm. In Jindabyne, we will rent snowshoes ($69) and winter bags ($55) if you need one from Wilderness Sports. We can also stop by the supermarket and buy food for the following days.

From Jindabyne, we will drive up to Guthega Power station to park and embark our hike for the first day, stopping to camp at Horsecamp hut (3.83km)

Saturday the 7th we will walk to Schlink Hut for lunch (7.35km) and then to Disappointment Spur hut to camp (4.31km).

Sunday the 8th we will have a lazy morning and return to the cars by lunchtime so you aren’t too tired for the long drive home (or to keep your driver company)

What to pack:

• A hiking pack (that will fit everything on this list) 50L-65L*
• A warm jacket (Macpac has some sweeeet $99 down jackets at the moment…)
• Thermals
• fleece/wool jumper
• Long pants – ski pants, hiking pants, rain pants or softshell pants are great – no cotton please!!!
• t-shirt (just in case it’s balmy)
• Rain jacket
• underwear **
• Woolen/Synthetic socks – no cotton again please!!!
• neck buff/bandana **
• Snow/hiking boots (Aldi still has some cheap ones…)
• Gloves/mitts **
• Hat
• Sunscreen
• Sunnies
• Space blanket – this is compulsory for everyone to have one! They are only $5 from the gear cupboard.
• Walking poles/ski poles**/***
• Warm sleeping bag*/***
• Sleeping bag liner **
• Tent *
• Insulated Sleeping Mat or an EVA foam roll and sleeping mat will do the job. *
• 2L of water
• Pot and stove**
• utensils
• Toiletries
• toilet paper
• 2 Dinners
• 2 Breakfasts
• 3 Lunches
• Snowshoes***
• Head torch + spare batteries
• hothands **
• Alcohol**
• First aid kit (if you have one)
• Fuel monies for your driver

*means that you can rent it from UNSWOC for free (first in best dressed)

**means that it is optional

***means that it can be rented from wilderness sports for a fee

NOTE: Although we will be staying at huts there is no guarantee that we will be the only ones there or that there will be space for everyone. This means that we must all be self-sufficient with tents, sleeping bags and sleeping mats.

Please leave a comment on your experience level, car status, suburb you live in (for easy car pooling) favourite snow cone flavour and what gear you need when you sign up. People with cars get priority and then people who leave comments, and lastly, those with no comment will be left behind… A Facebook chat will be set up once numbers are confirmed to organise carpooling.

If you have any questions please message Nick Fabian, Aidan Cameron or myself (Alexandra Repetto)