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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.
Alpine Recreation offers freeride, ski & split-board touring trips and winter skills courses in New Zealand's most spectacular backcountry locations.
Alpine Recreation owns a private lodge in Lake Tekapo and two private mountain huts.
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Season: November - April
Hike above worry level in the foothills of the Southern Alps.
2 - 6 per guide
1.5 - 2.5 days
from $635 per person
Season: October - January
Mount Cook is New Zealand's highest mountain at 3724m/12218ft.
1 per guide
4 - 6 days
from $8650 per person
The Gamack Range near Lake Tekapo is a spectacular alpine trekking venue in the middle of an…
2 - 4 days
from $1260 per person
Season: November - February
Mount Tasman, 3489m/11469ft, is New Zealand's second highest peak.
6 days
from $8870 per person
Trek through amazing alpine terrain, surrounded by New Zealand's highest peaks and longest glaciers.
2 - 4 per guide
2 days
from $1165 per person
Known as the "Matterhorn of the South" due to its asthetic shape, Mount Aspiring stands alone as…
5 - 7 days
from $6100 per person
3 days
from $1575 per person
Mount Sefton is a stunning peak which towers high over Mount Cook Village and according to Maori…
5 - 6 days
from $6520 per person
Season: December - March
Trek across a high mountain pass surrounded by New Zealand's highest peaks and longest glacier!
from $1645 per person
Season: November - January
Mount Dixon (3004m) is a beautiful pyramid shaped peak located on the edge of the Grand Plateau…
from $6500 per person
Season: December - April
The Copland Pass was once one of New Zealand's greatest alpine crossings, linking the grandeur of…
2 per guide
3.5 days
from $2525 per person
Season: December - February
Fitzgerald Pass links the grandeur of Mount Cook with the untouched wilderness of West Coast bush.
Turner Peak (2338m) is an ideal 3-4 day ascent which doesn't require air access.
3 - 4 days
from $1995 per person
Season: June - March
If you have aspirations of ticking off New Zealand's 3000m peaks or are simply looking for a new…
1 - 2 per guide
3 - 7 days
from $2350 per person
Experience the wonderful contrast from grassy valleys and alpine meadows to jagged and ice covered…
4 - 5 days
from $2250 per person
Experience the vast upper nevés of New Zealand's longest glacier, the Tasman Glacier.
4 days
from $2070 per person
Experience the remote upper areas of the spectacular Franz Josef and Fox glaciers in the Westland…
from $3445 per person
Experience the wonderful contrast from jagged ice covered peaks and vast glacial plateaus, to…
from $2270 per person
Season: January - January
1 day
from $400 per person
Explore a seldomly visited part of the country as you stand on the Main Divide and look over into…
4 per guide
from $2705 per person
Learn the skills to safely venture beyond tramping tracks and above the snow line!
1 - 4 per guide
from $2200 per person
Go beyond the basic skills of mountaineering and get into more serious alpine terrain!
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
