Snowshoeing trip to Lake Mountain

Trip Leader: Emily

Time: Early early morning

Experience required:  Beginner

You don't need nay previous snow experience, but must have thermals, rain coat, overpants and hiking boots.  Given the short notice, and no gear store openings planned, the trip leader will collect the snowshoes for everyone. This does mean you won't be able to hire raincoat etc. 

You will need to send a pic of your hiking boots to the trip leader to make sure they will be suitable. 

Destination: Lake Mountain most likely

Approx cost: ~$40 (Fuel ~$20-30+ gear hire (max $15 if hired from club) + food

Gear The questions below will help the trip organiser work out who needs to hire what. 

http://www.lumc.org.au/activities/cross-country-skiing/

It is your responsibility to ensure you have the right gear. Trip leaders can answer questions you might have. If you dont have the right gear you may get left at uni and leaders might be unwilling to take you in the future.

Trip leader contact if you have questions before you sign up: emily.willocks@gmail.com

You need to have been hiking before and have the required gear. Numbers will be limited by # leaders available, gear and cars

*** We are keen for more people to organise some day trips to Lake Mountain or Mt Stirling or Mt St Gwinear, the next couple of weekends - let me know if you want to run one and I can assist with getting it organised!**

Additional notes due to current COVID19 Restrictions

See full list of current restrictions here

• You must be up to date with Covid Vaccinations in order to attend in-person club events
• All participants must wash hands/equipment before and after use
• Anyone with any COVID-19 symptoms (e.g. excessive coughing, sore throat) or are at higher risk (ie. have returned from overseas within the last 14 days or have close contact with a confirmed case) can not join the trip. Should anyone show any of the symptoms while in attendance, the trip will be cancelled immediately with an incident form filed to La Trobe Sport 
• If you are unable to attend, you must immediately notify the trip organiser so your spot can be offered to someone else

** Club trips are for current LUMC members. You can sign up to membership here https://www.lumc.org.au/membership/  If you can't find your username/password email clubofficer@lumc.org.au for help**