AURAC - Auckland University Rock and Alpine Club

29/10/2023

Final event for the year hosted by Northern Rocks, come join us for the best Halloween climbing vibes around!

See you tomorrow 🎃👻🎃

19/09/2023

One of our new Snow School graduates Holley has contributed to AURAC's blog - check out her post to see the shenanigans Snow School #4 got up to!

On Monday the 28th of September one mother duck (Kiera), one father duck (Leo) and 7 ducklings (Aaron, Abbie, Alana, Ariel, Dale, Holley, Toby) waddled down to National Park. We stopped off in Te Kuiti for some nice curry and watched a concerning number of cats wandering about the main road. The fir...

20/07/2023

AURAC’s stint at the clubs expo is all wrapped up, but you can still make the most of our discounted O-week membership prices!

UoA students: $15 (regular price $20)
Non-UoA: $30

Sign up for Semester 2: https://forms.gle/mJFj4eiSrd4Ww9WX8

Membership perks:

⭐️Weekly club nights at Birkenhead Pool and Leisure Centre
⭐️Indoor and outdoor climbing/alpine trips in New Zealand
⭐️Free instruction courses
⭐️Free gear hire
⭐️ Discounts at Auckland sport shops and indoor climbing gyms
⭐️Meet other climbers
⭐️Have fun!

Sign up to join us on what’s promising to be an exciting semester of climbing (see pics for a taster of our upcoming Re-O-Trip…)

18/07/2023

Check out the new post on the Instructor Development Course (IDC) by our president, Kiera.

The IDC took a crew of soon-to-be Snow School instructors from practicing their teaching skills in Cornwall Park to putting their alpine skills to use on Mt Ruapehu.

Keep an eye out for more insights into the Beginner and Advanced Snow Schools!

The Instructor Development Course is an AURAC/AUTC-run course to develop our snow school instructor’s teaching abilities and alpine skills before teaching the students. It’s a fantastic opportunity to further develop our skills. We made it through the wet weather at Cornwall Park, where we pract...