News & Updates

News & Updates

Follow the latest news from Alpine Recreation, including guided trips, alpine courses, ski touring adventures, trip reports, mountain conditions, and upcoming events. Browse our recent newsletters and social media updates to stay connected with what’s happening in the mountains and find inspiration for your next alpine adventure.

 - 🏔️❄️ Just back from our latest Mount Cook Glaciers Trek — we spent four days deep in the heart of Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park — travelling roped across the Tasman Glacier, weaving through icefalls, crevasses, and exploring surreal blue ice features. 1
 - 🏔️❄️ Just back from our latest Mount Cook Glaciers Trek — we spent four days deep in the heart of Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park — travelling roped across the Tasman Glacier, weaving through icefalls, crevasses, and exploring surreal blue ice features. 2
 - 🏔️❄️ Just back from our latest Mount Cook Glaciers Trek — we spent four days deep in the heart of Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park — travelling roped across the Tasman Glacier, weaving through icefalls, crevasses, and exploring surreal blue ice features. 3
 - 🏔️❄️ Just back from our latest Mount Cook Glaciers Trek — we spent four days deep in the heart of Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park — travelling roped across the Tasman Glacier, weaving through icefalls, crevasses, and exploring surreal blue ice features. 4
 - 🏔️❄️ Just back from our latest Mount Cook Glaciers Trek — we spent four days deep in the heart of Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park — travelling roped across the Tasman Glacier, weaving through icefalls, crevasses, and exploring surreal blue ice features. 5
 - 🏔️❄️ Just back from our latest Mount Cook Glaciers Trek — we spent four days deep in the heart of Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park — travelling roped across the Tasman Glacier, weaving through icefalls, crevasses, and exploring surreal blue ice features. 6
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21 Mar 2026

🏔️❄️ Just back from our latest Mount Cook Glaciers Trek — we spent four days deep in the heart of Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park — travelling roped across the Tasman Glacier, weaving through icefalls, crevasses, and exploring surreal blue ice features. This isn’t a quick heli-drop experience… it’s the real deal. 

Days were all about movement and learning — crampons biting into firm snow, ice axes in hand, and building confidence as a rope team navigating crevasses and alpine terrain. Nights were spent high in the mountains at Tasman Saddle Hut, surrounded by New Zealand’s highest peaks and endless snowfields. 

Add in perfect weather, golden sunsets, and that feeling of being completely immersed in the alpine… it doesn’t get much better.

If you’re ready to step beyond tramping and into true glacier travel — this is it.

📸 T. Robertson

🔗 https://alpinerecreation.com/new-zealand-alpine-hikes-trekking-and-snowshoeing/new-zealand-glacier-hikes-and-treks/mount-cook-glaciers-trek

#AorakiMountCook #GlacierTrek #NZAlps #AlpineAdventure #TasmanGlacier

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