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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!
Lightweight Backcountry Tours in the Two Thumb Range
If you can walk, you can ski nordic!
High Country Snowshoe Hikes
The foothills of the Southern Alps undergo a magic transformation in winter.
Guided overnight hikes in the Two Thumb Range, Lake Tekapo
Hike above worry level in the foothills of the Southern Alps.
Lake Tekapo mountain retreat
Rex Simpson Hut is located in a beautiful setting on a glacial moraine terrace at 1300m in the Two Thumb Range.
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.
There are many things to see and do in Lake Tekapo.
Backcountry tours in the Liebig and Gamack Ranges near Lake Tekapo
The Liebig Range near Lake Tekapo is an exciting new backcountry skiing venue in the middle of an impressive landscape with a good variety of terrain.
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.
Mackenzie high country adventures
The perfect mountain escape
Soak in a hot tub under the stars