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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 Two Thumb Range near Lake Tekapo is a backcountry skiing paradise with an amazing landscape…
2 - 6 per guide
3 - 5 days
from $1425 per person
The Liebig Range near Lake Tekapo is an exciting new backcountry skiing venue in the middle of an…
2 - 4 per guide
from $1815 per person
Season: July - October
Erewhon Hut at Mt Potts sits at 1750m on the historic Erewhon Park Ski Field.
2 - 5 per guide
4 - 5 days
from $2625 per person
Freeride, ski and split-board touring for those wanting to be based out of Lake Tekapo, but still…
2 - 4 days
from $1155 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
If you can walk, you can ski nordic!
2 - 6 days
from $850 per person
Season: November - April
Learn the skills to safely venture beyond tramping tracks and above the snow line!
1 - 4 per guide
from $2200 per person
Season: June - August
Learn ice climbing skills at our stunning venue in the Liebig Range.
from $2965 per person
The Mount Cook Range is a spectacular ski / split-board mountaineering destination.
from $1645 per person
The foothills of the Southern Alps undergo a magic transformation in winter.
2 - 5 days
from $890 per person
Backcountry Ski & Split-board Touring amongst the glaciers of the Mount Cook and Westland National…
5 - 7 days
from $2720 per person
Heli-snowshoe hikes for those wanting to be based out of Lake Tekapo, but still get into the…
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
The Sealy Range above Aoraki Mount Cook village is a remote and exciting ski mountaineering venue…
from $2385 per person
Season: August - October
Linking together New Zealand's 4 main glaciers and traversing the Southern Alps from east to west…
2 per guide
7 days
from $4395 per person
Learn how to analyse the snowpack, assess slope stability and develop safe travel techniques with…
1 - 6 per guide
from $1900 per person
Improve your skills and go further more safely efficiency with track-laying and handling equipment…
from $2005 per person
Highlights from recent Winter Adventures adventures
Highlights from our snowshoeing trip in the Two Thumb Range last week.
A great 5 days up at @erewhon_hut with a fun crew.
Getting in some quick morning laps before the storm rolls in at @erewhon_hut 🌨️🤙 The past few weeks…
Highlights from our recent ski touring adventure up the Cass Valley.
We managed to sneak up to the glaciers in between storm fronts and were rewarded with great…
