What to wear for a day’s winter climbing is a source for endless debate, and everyone will have different ideas about what constitutes...

I've been using the 'All Season' Sealskinz Gloves for five months now as my primary set of technical mountaineering gloves and have been...

Canada Ice Climbing Blog – by Jaz Morris and Frazer Attrill We have included a link to the best photos of the trip below. Even if you are...

Viewed from the Milford road Mt Suter is all but indiscernible. Standing amongst a cluster of peaks at the head of Monkey and Falls...

The man who lives in the mountains is free. He must be, if he is to go beyond the reaches of the forest, and find his path to the summit....

Update 5 – 18th December, Fitz Roy via the North Pillar Very happy to be back in town after completing one of my dream Patagonian climbs....

Over the past 18 months the New Zealand Alpine Team along with Macpac have been developing the ultimate alpine climbing pack. Light,...

I dislike living in tents as a rule. Whenever I do trips, I'll avoid taking a tent at all costs if I can stay in a hut. The condensation,...

As we walked towards the South Face of Aspiring early on Saturday morning I watched several shooting stars dash across the night sky. ...

They say a climbing partnership is like a relationship, and it's fairly well established that opposites attract: perhaps that's why Ari...

Unfortunately it is with great sadness that we announce that the climber reported killed on Mt Aspiring yesterday was NZ Alpine Team...

Alpine climbing is extremely physically demanding. Most other sports have a history and culture of systematic training. Yet in alpine...

For me one of the great most rewarding aspects of alpine climbing in New Zealand is the vast range of objectives that we have on hand at...

The first twinkle of hoar frost came just at the entrance to the Eglinton. The full moon lit the peaks with a silvery glow of snow on the...

It surprises me how few mountain climbers understand or know a safe and simple method to abseil down a climb leaving minimal gear....

Advice & Beta If the route is completely dry it would be possible to simply go with running shoes, no crampons or ice axe would be...

Tears welled up in my eyes. With each step I choked them back. 50m from the summit several escaped and with no one nearby I simply let...

Petit Dru South Face Ordinary Route Approach and Route Beta The approach to the South Face of the Petit and Grand Drus is best made from...

Expedition Capital Fund Aim To build up a substantial sum of capital that generates enough income to fully fund one major New Zealand led...

Three of our other options for our biennial brothers trip had been abandoned due to weather or conditions. An idea which had been mooted,...