Join James and Nicolo as we head out to the backcountry for some cross country skiing and on-snow camping. The Snowy Mountains are stunningly beautiful; being out in the tranquility of the back country will take your breath away. This trip will be run in conjunction with the Snow Shoe Hiking trip. We will all be camping together and sharing hot chocolate around the fire. You will need a good [...]

Hello All, Me and Dushy are excited to lead our first ever - Snow Shoe hiking trip up in the Snowy Mountains! It will be run over 3 days: 23rd Fri- 24th Sat-25th Sun August. So time to fill in the annual leave request ! The trip will also coincide with the Ski trip at the same time. We will be hiking on 2 separate walks on each day Saturday [...]

Hello All, This is a heads up for a Snow Adventure weekend in August. A couple of us leaders would like to run a Snow Long weekend trip for the club in the Snowy Mountains. We will be driving up on the Friday and then return on the Sunday. Driving, cars, and petrol to be shared. I'll be running Snow Shoeing hiking trips and James and Nicolo will be running [...]

Join us for a fun day of climbing in the Lower Blue Mountains. Who is this trip for: This trip is for those who have some outdoor climbing experience and have completed Rock Skills 1 or equivalent, through to intermediate climbers. There will be the opportunity to climb on both top rope and lead depending on individual skills. You must have your own climbing shoes to join this trip, all [...]

Welcome beginners and new members! Abseiling is a fun and essential skill to have. It is often required for many club trips such as canyoning, advanced abseiling, and climbing. Join Gordon & Ronny on this skills trip that will give you the techniques and knowledge to undertake a safe and successful abseil. What we will cover – Maintain personal safety at the top and bottom of cliffs – Prepare for [...]

Abseiling is an essential skill to have for club trips such as multi-pitch abseiling, canyoning, and climbing. Join Susan, Alex, Tyler, and Gabriel on this skills trip that will give you the techniques and knowledge to undertake a safe and successful abseil. What we will cover - Maintain personal safety at the top and bottom of cliffs - Prepare for an abseil activity - Conduct pre-abseil safety checks - Get [...]

Welcome beginners and new members! Abseiling is a fun and essential skill to have. It is often required for many club trips such as canyoning, advanced abseiling, and climbing. Join Dushy & Ronny on this skills trip that will give you the techniques and knowledge to undertake a safe and successful abseil. What we will cover – Maintain personal safety at the top and bottom of cliffs – Prepare for [...]

Hi Members, Have you wonder what it takes to be a UTSOAC Trip Leader? Ever looked at those who lead our club adventures and wanted to do the same but didn’t know how? Perhaps you'd like to relive some of your favourite club trips and lead them as your own. Here is your opportunity! All Trip Leaders must take part in this course before they can start leading and should [...]

Hi all, https://www.thecrag.com/climbing/australia/blue-mountains/main-area/route/15317749 Who is this trip for: This trip is for those with existing multi-pitch skills. Requirements: – must be able to multi-pitch climb, – must have done multi-pitch skills with one of the trip leaders, or get an explicit endorsement from a trip leader with multi-pitch skills, – must be comfortable with heights, – must have own climbing shoes and padded harness (not the tape style). – must [...]

Hello all, Huge welcome to our new cohort of adventurers- can't wait to see you out in the wild. For the uninitiated, "Rogaining is an orienteering sport of long distance cross-country navigation, involving both route planning and navigation between checkpoints using a variety of map types. In a rogaine, teams of 2–5 people choose which checkpoints to visit within a time limit with the intent of maximizing their score." The next event [...]