From alpine meadows and glacier-carved valleys to towering peaks and high mountain passes, New Zealand’s Southern Alps are an outdoor adventure paradise, offering some of the best alpine hiking…
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Alpine Recreation offer a range of climbing instruction courses and guided ascents throughout the year, catering to a range of experience levels, personal objectives and goals.
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Alpine Recreation offers freeride, ski & split-board touring trips and winter skills courses in New Zealand's most spectacular backcountry locations.
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Alpine Recreation owns a private lodge in Lake Tekapo and two private mountain huts.
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Season: November - April
Learn the skills to safely venture beyond tramping tracks and above the snow line!
1 - 4 per guide
4 - 5 days
from $2200 per person
Go beyond the basic skills of mountaineering and get into more serious alpine terrain!
5 - 7 days
from $2900 per person
Take your climbing further and learn advanced mountaineering skills under expert tuition from…
1 - 3 per guide
from $3545 per person
Season: June - August
Learn ice climbing skills at our stunning venue in the Liebig Range.
from $2965 per person
Season: July - September
Learn how to analyse the snowpack, assess slope stability and develop safe travel techniques with…
1 - 6 per guide
from $1900 per person
Improve your skills and go further more safely efficiency with track-laying and handling equipment…
from $2005 per person
Highlights from recent Alpine Instruction Courses adventures
“The wind shifts cold, a sudden bite, The skies grow heavy, stealing light, At Caroline Hut, by…
“Fantastic adventure.
Our mountaineering skills courses have been very popular this season and we’re not done yet!
Are you ready for winter adventures?!
Our guests are loving our mountaineering courses.
