Category: Mountaineering
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Essential Training for Mount Aspiring
Climbing Tititea / Mount Aspiring (3033m) requires both physical and technical preparation. The level of training for Mount Aspiring depends on the route you choose and your experience with mountaineering. It is one of the Southern Alps most aesthetic and classic peaks. It is the only 3000m peak outside of the Aoraki/Mount Cook and Westland…
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Learn Mountaineering with Wānaka Mountain Guides
We offer a range of mountaineering courses suitable for all experience levels. These courses provide essential skills, mentorship opportunities, and access to experienced guides, helping aspiring mountaineers to safely tackle challenging objectives. From introductory to advanced courses, participants can develop the expertise and confidence needed for alpine adventures in New Zealand and beyond.
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Preparing for an Ascent of Aoraki / Mount Cook
Many mountaineers aspire to an ascent of Aoraki / Mount Cook, the highest peak in New Zealand. The summit, at 3724m, is not as high as others worldwide. Reaching it involves technical difficulties and objective hazards that make the climb much harder than most people realise.
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Alpine Rock Climbing Course
Technical Rope Skills Course to develop confidence on bigger and longer objectives [] Wanaka Mountain Guides
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Mount Earnslaw Climb
A climb of Mount Earnslaw / Pikirakatahi (2819m) is an excellent introduction to New Zealand mountaineering. It is the highest peak of the Whakatipu basin and the route involves a big elevation gain from the Rees Valley through forest and sub-alpine scrub. Nights can be spent at the Kea Basin bivi rock or Esquilant Bivi…
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Mount Brewster Climb
A climb of Mount Brewster (2515m) provides an alpine ascent that can be accomplished in a few days without the use of helicopters. It is a great introduction to mountaineering in New Zealand and the Aspiring National Park or a progression before attempting more challenging ascents in the Southern Alps. This walk in and out…
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Mitre Peak Climb
One of the most recognisable of New Zealand’s peaks, Mitre Peak (1692m) rising out from Milford Sound in Fiordland National Park, is the backdrop for the thousands of daily tourists that cruise the waters below. The climb is a classic summer scramble along a narrow and varied ridge with jaw dropping exposure down to the…
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Gear Advice
A full range of conditions and temperatures can be expected in the New Zealand mountains over the summer. Here’s advice on choosing gear and clothing from the early season classic snow and ice climbs to the mid to late season alpine rock scrambling and climbing.