Climbing School - Mountaineering Courses, Summer & Winter
Develop your alpine climbing skills on snow, rock, and ice with Alpine Guides climbing school over summer or winter. Our courses cater for absolute beginners to experienced mountaineers. You just need to be fit, and keen to get out there!
Summer (November to April) is the best time to learn and develop mountaineering skills in New Zealand. Winter (July - early October) is the time to hone specialised technique.
All Alpine Guides courses feature
- Small group sizes
- Low guide/participant ratios
- Professional qualified mountain guides
- Great food
- Most technical gear provided free of charge
5-day technical winter climbing course. Build on and extend your summer mountaineering skill base.
Climb steep water-ice. July and August. 3 to 5-day options - for beginner to advanced.
Our 6-day beginner course. An introduction to general mountaineering. Spring & early-summer.
A 5-day beginner course. An introduction to summer mountaineering. No climbing skills required.
Your 7-day comprehensive introduction to alpine climbing and glaciers.
Our premier alpine course. An intensive 9-day program. Your route to independent climbing in glaciated terrain.
A one-day refresher for rope and rock skills, to prepare for your Alpine Skills Course.
Get out of the gym and into the mountains - 5 day course for multi-pitch and beginner trad.
A 10 day multi-pitch alpine rock course, deep into the big mountains of the Southern Alps.
Our incredibly flexible climbing package. Create your tailored 'course' or private 'guiding' trip.
Prepare for your Seven Summits mission. 8 days training in Mount Cook National Park.
Answers to your questions about Alpine Guides mountain courses and guiding trips.
A complete Mountain Education
Instead of dry technical skills, we focus on teaching awareness of all mountain terrain, weather, and snow conditions.
This makes a more complete "mountain education".
4 days - an introduction to mountaineering skills and winter travel on foot.
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