Big Days Out SNOW will run this year on the weekend of the 25th/26th July.

The focus is on getting beginners down to the snow and introducing them to cross-country skiing and snow-shoeing. This year there will be the opportunity for 16 beginners and four leaders to participate.

For the activities on the Saturday and Sunday, we will split into two groups, A and B. Each group will have two leaders and eight beginners.

What will it involve?

Thursday 21st of May

• Cross-Country Skiing Information Evening
• 6:00pm
• GO52 Haydon-Allen Building, ANU
• Come along to learn about cross-country skiing and find out more about the upcoming trips, especially Big Days Out SNOW

Thursday 9th of July

• Pretrip meeting for Big Days Out SNOW
• 6:30pm
• University House Bar, ANU
• Due date for payment of money to secure your place
• We need to collect the money on this night to get it to the ski instructors in time to secure the lesson bookings
• Attendance and payment at this pretrip meeting is the ONLY way to secure your place on Big Days Out SNOW
• Transport arrangements will be made on this night

Friday 24th of July:

• 5:30pm Meet outside the Purple Pickle Cafe at ANU
• Drive to Cooma for dinner
• Drive to Island Bend and set up camp

Saturday 25th of July

• GROUP A:
1. 9:00am - 12:00pm Beginners' Cross-Country Skiing Lesson
2. Location: Perisher
3. Intructors: Wilderness Sports
4. then... lunch!
5. Afternoon for gentle cross-country skiing on the Nordic Trails around Perisher
6. Evening: meet Group B back at Island Bend for dinner
• GROUP B:
1. All day: snow-shoe touring up the Guthega Ridge to Consett Stephen's Pass
2. Lunch in the snow!
3. Snow-shoe back to Guthega
4. Evening: meet Group A back at Island Bend for dinner

Sunday 26th of July

• GROUP A:
1. All day: snow-shoe touring up the Guthega Ridge to Consett Stephen's Pass
2. Lunch in the snow!
3. Snow-shoe back to Guthega
• GROUP B:
1. 9:00am - 12:00pm Beginners' Cross-Country Skiing Lesson
2. Location: Perisher
3. Intructors: Wilderness Sports
4. then... lunch!
5. Afternoon for gentle cross-country skiing on the Nordic Trails around Perisher
• 5:00pm both groups meet back in Jindabyne
• Dinner in Cooma
• Drive back to Canberra and meet at ANUMC Gear Store for return of gear
Overall difficulty: 
Easy
Costs: 
$110 for regular members, $75 for the four leaders
Contact: 
Tom Gleeson 0408 664 293

Pretrip

Date: 

09/07/2009 - 6:30pm

Location: 

University House Bar, ANU