Climbs Overview
Learn the skills and gain the experience to climb New Zealand's highest peaks!
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. We run many climbing courses based from our own private hut with walk-in access. Our climbing equipment is provided FREE of charge; we want you to be equipped with quality gear, without the hassle of hiring extra items.
Low guide-client ratios allow our enthusiastic UIAGM and NZMGA certified mountain guides to tailor trips exactly to your skills and experience to help you progress even further. Our specialized alpine climbing and guided ascents programs are fully customizable and designed to help you up-skill for future ascents and mountain adventures. If you have a specific goal in mind, please contact us and we will design the ideal program to help you achieve it.
"I would like to say that you have exceeded my expectations (yet again). I came and did the Introductory Mountaineering Course (IDM) in 2007 and was blown away by the professionalism of the guide and the experience of the course. I have since climbed in Europe and must say that NZ is the place to be! I decided to get my brother involved in mountaineering and so I booked the IDM again for this year. We had a brilliant time. The guide again pushed us safely to experience new things. The weather and hut were awesome and I would strongly urge anyone with an interest in getting into mountaineering to sign up for the IDM course. You run a brilliant business and I look forward to organizing my next trip."
- D. Robinson, Australia.
Summer Mountaineering Instruction
Introductory Mountaineering Course (IDM)
The ideal introduction to alpine and snow craft skills. Great for experienced trekkers wanting to up-skill for mountain terrain.
→ 5 days
→ 1:4 guide:client ratio (maximum)
→ Based at our own private hut
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Intensive Mountaineering Skills Course (IMS)
An intensive course on technical mountaineering for those wanting to get into serious alpine climbing.
→ 7 days
→ 1:4 guide:client ratio (maximum)
→ Based at our own private hut
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Specialized Alpine Climbing Course (SAC)
Full-on private instruction for experienced mountaineers. Can be customized to be either summit or instruction focussed.
→ 7 days
→ 1:1, 1:2 or 1:3 guide:client ratio
→ Flexible course location and itinerary
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Rock Climbing
Mount Somers Rock Course
Personal coaching on sport, trad and multi-pitch rock climbing. Great for climbers progressing from indoor to natural rock.
→ 4 or 5 days
→ 1:4 guide:client ratio (maximum)
→ flexible venue and content
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South Island Rock Tour
Learn from the best at the best South Island Rock sites. Expert tuition on modern climbing techniques with the advantage of putting it into practice on many different types of rock.
→ 7 days
→ multiple venues and rock types
$3590
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Winter Mountaineering Instruction
Water Ice Climbing Course (WIC)
Learn technical ice climbing skills on waterfall ice and experience snow camping.
→ 5 days
→ 1:4 guide:client ratio (maximum)
→ Based at our private tent camp
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Introductory Mountaineering Course (IDM)
We will run Introductory Mountaineering Courses during winter on request. These courses will have a strong focus on snow skills.
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Summer Ascents
Aoraki/Mount Cook - 3724m
New Zealand's highest peak is a challenging ascent, requiring technical rock and ice climbing.
→ 6 days
→ 1:1 guide:client ratio
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Mount Tasman - 3498m
New Zealand's second highest peak provides excellent alpine ice climbing and is a technically more challenging ascent than Aoraki/Mount Cook.
→ 6 days
→ 1:1 guide:client ratio
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Mount Aspiring - 3027m
The "Matterhorn of the South" - this aesthetic peak provides a good challenge on rock, snow and ice and can be a good option later in summer when other climbs are no longer in condition.
→ 5, 6 and 7 day options
→ 1:1 guide:client ratio
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Mount Dixon - 3004m
A beautiful white pyramid with stunning views of its neighbours - Mount Cook and Mount Tasman.
→ 5 days
→ 1:1 guide:client ratio
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Mount Sefton - 3151m
One of New Zealand's finest wilderness climbs and the chance to experience the peak from sea level to summit.
→ 5 and 6 day options
→ 1:1 guide:client ratio
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Turner Peak - 2338m
A fantastic vantage point for viewing the full length of the Tasman Glacier and many of New Zealand's 3000m peaks.
→ 3 and 4 day options
→ 1:2 guide:client ratio
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Private Guiding
We can guide you up New Zealand's popular peaks - Elie de Beaumont, Malte Brun, Minarets, Nun's Veil and many more...
Check out our Guided Ascents Programme or contact us directly for a custom-made itinerary.
Winter Ascents
Ski Mountaineering
Many of our summer ascents can also be done in winter and can be great ski mountaineering objectives.
Check out our Guided Ascents Programme or contact us directly for a custom-made itinerary.