Archive: 2025

Archive: 2025

Features and editorials about Alpine Recreation and our adventures.

Articles - Off the Grid in the Cass - A vast, snow-covered landscape with towering, rugged mountains in the background, and a set of footprints leading across the snowy expanse in the foreground.
Ski Touring Mountain Huts

Off the Grid in the Cass

Four days of backcountry ski touring from Lady Emily Hut

We’d barely seen another soul since turning off the Tekapo highway.

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Author - Elke Braun-Elwert
Author: Elke Braun-Elwert

Published: 10 Jun 2025

Articles - Winter in the Cass - Ski touring above Bad Decision (whiskey) Hut in the Cass Valley
Ski Touring Mountain Huts

Winter in the Cass

An ode to Falcon’s Nest Hut

A poem about ski touring at Falcon’s Nest Hut in the Cass Valley.

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Author - Elke Braun-Elwert
Author: Elke Braun-Elwert

Published: 15 Apr 2025

Articles - Pushing Limits and Finding Joy in the New Zealand Alps - Participants of the Test Your Limits 2024 New Zealand expedition on Brodrick Pass
Alpine Hiking & Trekking Mountaineering

Pushing Limits and Finding Joy in the New Zealand Alps

Test Your Limits 2024 - New Zealand expedition

When you sign on to guide a trip like Test Your Limits, you know it’s going to be something special.

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Author - Elke Braun-Elwert
Author: Elke Braun-Elwert

Published: 14 Jan 2025