[SUBW-A] Jagungal ski trip rescheduled to 25-26 Jul

[Ashley Burke]

The below ski trip to Jagungal was cancelled due to an unfavourable weather
forecast. There is a possibility of it now taking place on 25-26 Jul, that
is, this Friday-Saturday. Departing Sydney Thursday night, and returning
late on Saturday night. You'd need to take Friday off.

All the below prerequisites are mandatory.

Ashley

-----Original Message-----
From: Ashley Burke [mailto:aburke at ozemail.com.au] 
Sent: Monday, 14 July 2008 9:26 PM
To: SUBW Announcements (subw-announce at anatomy.usyd.edu.au)
Subject: Ski trip to Jagungal this weekend, 19-20 Jul 

Provided the weather and snow conditions are suitable, I am considering a
weekend ski trip to Jagungal this weekend.

Depart Sydney: Friday evening 18 Jul
Return Sydney: Sunday evening 20 Jul
Route: Guthega Power station to the summit of Jagungal and back.

This is a serious ski trip for very fit and experienced cross country skiers
only. At this point there is only a 50/50 chance of the trip going ahead. It
will depend a lot on what the weather holds.

All of the following prerequisites are mandatory:
- You must be an experienced ski tourer. This is cross country ski touring,
not yo-yo skiing. That is, the distances to be covered are something between
bushwalking and mountain biking.
- You must be very fit. That is, you must think nothing of climbing 800
vertical metres on skis, over a horizontal distance of 10km, be able to do
that in 3 hours and then keep going.
- You must have in your possession or be prepared to hire the right type of
skis and gear for the trip. That is, ski touring skis not yo-yo skis.
- You accept that the trip may be cancelled last minute if the weather and
snow aren't right.
- You are ok with starting early, skiing all day, with the only stop being
for a decent lunch, and then skiing on during the afternoon, maybe until
dark.

Sorry for the strict prerequisites but this weekend might be my only
opportunity for a ski trip this year.

For more info see
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~aburke/Jagungal20070818-19/Photos.htm for
photos and a write-up of the same trip done last year.

Ashley Burke
Mobile: 0414 633 315
Email: aburke at ozemail.com.au
Web page: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~aburke