News & Updates

News & Updates

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- 🌄 Ball Pass Summit Trek — an alpine adventure you’ll never forget! 1
- 🌄 Ball Pass Summit Trek — an alpine adventure you’ll never forget! 2
- 🌄 Ball Pass Summit Trek — an alpine adventure you’ll never forget! 3
- 🌄 Ball Pass Summit Trek — an alpine adventure you’ll never forget! 4
- 🌄 Ball Pass Summit Trek — an alpine adventure you’ll never forget! 5
- 🌄 Ball Pass Summit Trek — an alpine adventure you’ll never forget! 6
- 🌄 Ball Pass Summit Trek — an alpine adventure you’ll never forget! 7
- 🌄 Ball Pass Summit Trek — an alpine adventure you’ll never forget! 8
- 🌄 Ball Pass Summit Trek — an alpine adventure you’ll never forget! 9
- 🌄 Ball Pass Summit Trek — an alpine adventure you’ll never forget! 10
- 🌄 Ball Pass Summit Trek — an alpine adventure you’ll never forget! 11
- 🌄 Ball Pass Summit Trek — an alpine adventure you’ll never forget! 12
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6 Feb 2026

🌄 Ball Pass Summit Trek — an alpine adventure you’ll never forget! ❄️💪

3 days deep in Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park, learning real mountaineering skills, crossing glacial terrain, and summiting a peak with views to match every step. 🧗‍♂️🗻 

✨ Highlights:
• Getting hands-on with crampons & ice axe — conquer snowy slopes with confidence 🥾❄️ 
• Climbing Kaitiaki Peak (2,222 m) — panoramic views over the Southern Alps worth every vertigo-inducing moment 🌥️📸 
• Crossing Ball Glacier — glacier travel surrounded by big mountains that makes you feel tiny in the best way possible 🧊🌍 

Sunsets at Caroline Hut, laughs with the crew, and epic mountain vistas — this trek is the perfect mix of challenge and awe. 🏔️🔥

📸 @taichiro_naka

📍 Link in bio for more info and dates. Ready to step up your adventure game? ✨

🔗 https://alpinerecreation.com/new-zealand-alpine-hikes-trekking-and-snowshoeing/new-zealand-alpine-treks-and-hikes/ball-pass-summit-trek

#BallPass #CarolineHut #AorakiMountCook #AlpineTrek #MountainHike

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