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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: July - September
The foothills of the Southern Alps undergo a magic transformation in winter.
2 - 6 per guide
2 - 5 days
from $890 per person
Season: July - October
Heli-snowshoe hikes for those wanting to be based out of Lake Tekapo, but still get into the…
2 - 4 per guide
2 - 4 days
from $1065 per person
Trek through amazing winter terrain, surrounded by New Zealand's highest peaks and longest glacier.
2 - 3 days
from $1180 per person
Highlights from recent Snowshoeing adventures
Pics from our snowshoeing hikes in the Two Thumb Range last week.
Highlights from our snowshoeing trip in the Two Thumb Range last week.
Stormy weather and high avalanche hazard on the Main Divide meant that the Plan A objective of a…