Tag: Elke Braun-Elwert

Tag: Elke Braun-Elwert

Features and editorials about Alpine Recreation and our adventures.

Articles - Antarctica - Antarctica - Ski Touring Adventures on the Ice

Antarctica

Ski Touring Adventures on the Ice

As we made our first anchorage, our guide encouraged us to get our ski gear together quickly for a late afternoon ascent of Banco Island, and our first, warm-up ski…

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Articles - Can a Tramper Climb Mt Cook? - Can a Tramper Climb Mt Cook - Wilderness Magazine Article

Can a Tramper Climb Mt Cook?

Wilderness Magazine

What would it take for a tramper of average fitness to propel themselves to the top of New Zealand's highest summit?

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Articles - Ball Pass Crossing - Roping up for glacier travel, Ball Glacier, Aoraki Mount Cook National Park

Ball Pass Crossing

Why going guided won’t cramp on your style
Front Country Tramper

A certain thrill comes with completing a trip you’ve eyed up for decades. For me, this was the Ball Pass Crossing.

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Articles - Above Worry Level - Ski mountaineers carry skis on packs, climbing Elie de Beaumont in Aoraki Mount Cook National Park

Above Worry Level

Mid-winter ascents of Elie de Beaumont and Mount Tasman

A gripping account of two high alpine winter ascents in New Zealand’s Southern Alps — Elie de Beaumont and Mount Tasman — made during a perfect…

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Articles - Threshold - Elke and Gottlieb on Aoraki Mount Cook in 1998

Threshold

A Father and Daughter Ascent of Aoraki / Mount Cook

At just 14 years old, Elke stood on the summit of Aoraki / Mount Cook, New Zealand’s highest peak, beside her father, IFMGA mountain guide Gottlieb…

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Articles - Daring to be Lydia - Ski touring with Lydia Bradey through Canyon Lands on the Tasman Glacier

Daring to be Lydia

Empowering women ski‑touring in New Zealand’s Southern Alps
Mazamas Magazine

Thirty years ago this October, something extraordinary happened.

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