Our guides
During the summer months we employ up to 20 guides. This drops to a team of around 12 during our winter skiing and heliskiing season.
All of our mountain and ski guides are professionals, trained and certified through the New Zealand Mountain Guides Association training program and/or the International Federation of Mountain Guides Associations (IFMGA).
Most of our team are Kiwi's, but we have a number of regular guides from the UK/Europe, Japan, and the occasional visitor from Canada.
Meet our current guiding team here ››
You're in safe hands
New Zealand is one of 15 countries affiliated to the IFMGA - the only international body regulating professional mountain guiding.
A career in guiding is a major committment. Full certification takes an average 10 years of experience and 5 years of working through a range of assessment courses.
Our combination of professionalism, decades of collective experience and state of the art alpine techniques (along with some good Kiwi humour) will ensure you are in good hands.
Links to Guide Association sites
All about Alpine Guides
Winter Guiding & Courses ››
From ice climbing and ski mountaineering to avalanche courses and ski touring.
Summer Courses and Guiding ››
Introductory to advanced climbing courses, guided ascents and expeditions on NZ's highest peaks.
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