The Expedition training course that we run at ALPINE GUIDES is designed around basecamping, expedition style skills, footwork, camp management and rope skills as well as trying to get in as much movement as possible. However when the weather doesn’t play ball we often have to retreat back to huts in the Mt Cook National […]
New Zealand sits in the Roaring forties – the trade winds that blow from west to east under Australia. During the changes of the season and in particular Winter – Spring – Summer we get what is often called a disturbed westerly flow. This is when an approaching low brings a strong flow of NW […]
New Zealand An alpine grading system adapted from the grades used in the Aoraki/Mt Cook Region is widely used in New Zealand for alpine routes in the North and South islands. Grades currently go from 1–7. The grading system is open ended; harder climbs are possible. Factors which determine grade are (in descending order of […]
I’ve just recently come out from Twins Stream in the Mt Cook region where I was running a short 3 day tune up trip for Barry Gray. Barry is getting ready to do a ski traverse of South Georgia Island and wanted to come out and make sure he still had all the right gear […]