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Macpac Huka Ski Backpack
Owen's View: I’ve always held skiing close to my heart. Growing up in the American Northwest gave me lots of time chasing corn snow on...
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Sooji Clarkson
Sep 2, 20234 min read
Keeping your head in the snow
Without fail, in the middle of every year in New Zealand (without fail…. did you hear me, 2023?) the snow starts to fall. Our skis, ice...
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Kim Ladiges
Aug 24, 20232 min read
Review: Lowa Alpine Ice, a high performance mixed and ice specialist for the wide footed climber
Lowa Alpine Ice Boot review Four members of the New Zealand Alpine Team have been testing the Lowa alpine ice boots for the last few...
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nzalpineteam
Aug 10, 20232 min read
Review of Radix: Plant Powered Performance Meals
Radix has long been known for providing lightweight dehydrated meals, without a full alphabet of additives and preservatives tacked onto...
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James Hobson
Jun 18, 20232 min read
FlipFuel: A gear review.
Recently, a friend and I went on a hunting trip in Arthurs Pass. We checked our respective camping storage bins and, after much rummaging...
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Mason Gardener
Apr 28, 20233 min read
Macpac Pulsar Plus - A jacket you can rely on
Back in 2018 I remember shivering away on the south face of Mt Aspiring, while my climbing partner (Liam Pyott) sat comfortably in a soft...
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Maddy Whittaker
Apr 8, 20236 min read
Why breaking my ankle made me a better climber
It was the kind of snap and crack that you feel inside you. The kind that people with you can hear. I remember hopping a few steps and...
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Mason Gardener
Mar 31, 20236 min read
Copland pass - Historic route
A current guide 19/03/2023 In his book ‘Aoraki Tai Poutini: a guide for mountaineers’, Rob Frost expresses to the reader that the...
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Liam Pyott
Mar 29, 20234 min read
Canada ice trip 2023 Recap
Canada, what a trip! Steep ice, some cold weather, some not so cold weather…. but most importantly, heaps of climbing. The focus for the...
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Matt Scholes
Mar 27, 20232 min read
DIY Synthetic Socks
While climbing Changabang we had many cold damp bivvys and little to no chance of drying anything out. Normally on an alpine climb you...
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Matt Scholes
Mar 27, 20234 min read
13 Things for High Altitude Expeditions
This is by no means a comprehensive list of things to take but a short list of things that can make a real difference in the comfort and...
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James Hobson
Mar 21, 20237 min read
New Year on the Kaipo.
Back in January 2022, Jonty Francis and I had an aspirational conversation about climbing in the Darrans; “There's just so much to do...
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Sophie Jenkins
Mar 8, 20237 min read
How To Stay Warm While Winter Climbing
The latest intake of NZAT has been ice climbing in Canada for January 2023. In the last few weeks, we’ve climbed in a variety of...
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nzalpineteam
Jan 28, 202318 min read
Canada Ice Climbing 2023
Blog 1: The first week of ice By Mason Gardener Well, we are into it, albeit off to a rough start, as Mason's bag was lost on a...
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nzalpineteam
Nov 2, 20229 min read
The Right hand Icefields of Mt Hicks
The weather window presented itself: a good clearance from Thursday to Sunday in mid September. I had been playing tour guide for my...
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nzalpineteam
Oct 10, 20223 min read
The Arthur’s Pass Round
The goal of a “Round” is to climb all of the most prominents peaks in a mountain range, starting & finishing in the same place. The idea...
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nzalpineteam
Sep 15, 20226 min read
Remarkables NZAT Training Week 2022
Every year in the week before the Remarkables Ice and Mixed Festival, the team gets together to climb hard, have some yarns and organize...
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nzalpineteam
Sep 14, 20225 min read
Tips for Alpine Camping
Bivvying or camping in winter is a skill that takes practice and well thought out gear. For longer more remote climbs, it's important to...
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nzalpineteam
Sep 14, 20224 min read
One with the Chief – A Winter Traverse of Tutoko
To be one with the chief, you must walk with the chief, eat with the chief and sleep with the chief. Mount Tutoko was likely named after...
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nzalpineteam
Sep 11, 20224 min read
Jagged-Upham Couloir, Arrowsmith Ranges
Jagged-Upham Couloir is an awesome little ice and mixed gully in the Arrowsmith Range within weekend striking distance of Christchurch....
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