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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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Explore Tekapo and its stunning mountain and lake views
Welcome to Lake Tekapo!
Guided overnight hikes in the Two Thumb Range, Lake Tekapo
Hike above worry level in the foothills of the Southern Alps.
Backcountry ski touring on the peaks overlooking Lake Tekapo
The Two Thumb Range near Lake Tekapo is a backcountry skiing paradise with an amazing landscape providing a good variety of terrain in a series of parallel valleys which allows for a different ski tour each day.
High Country Snowshoe Hikes
The foothills of the Southern Alps undergo a magic transformation in winter.
Lightweight Backcountry Tours in the Two Thumb Range
If you can walk, you can ski nordic!
Adventurous multi-day trekking in the Mackenzie High Country
The Gamack Range near Lake Tekapo is a spectacular alpine trekking venue in the middle of an impressive landscape carved by glaciers and waterfalls.
There are many things to see and do in Lake Tekapo.
Lodge based day tours on the peaks and ranges around Lake Tekapo
Heli-snowshoe hikes for those wanting to be based out of Lake Tekapo, but still get into the mountains for a fun winter adventure.
A Mountain Saftey Council (MSC) accredited course
Learn how to analyse the snowpack, assess slope stability and develop safe travel techniques with expert tuition from avalanche professionals!
Explore new terrain and learn backcountry skills!
Improve your skills and go further more safely efficiency with track-laying and handling equipment, avalanche awareness and rescue, snow shelter building, navigation....
Ski lodge based day tours on the peaks and ranges around Lake Tekapo
Freeride, ski and split-board touring for those wanting to be based out of Lake Tekapo, but still access the backcountry for rewarding ski tours.
Soak in a hot tub under the stars