Photo: A week at Tasman Saddle
Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park is the home of the country's highest mountain and a lot of glaciers, passes and big alpine valleys. It is a long way from Wellington, so trips here tend to be longer ones.
The club's reports here are mostly alpine: Alpine 1 is the most common grade. They include a week at Tasman Saddle, trips to Ball Pass, and climbs of Mt Footstool. Several reports date from the late 1970s and 1980s. November and December are the busiest months, in the early summer climbing season.
Highlight trips
Arthurs Pass to Mt Cook2015 · Alpine 1
Maitland Pass – with a llama and bananas2024 · Medium-Fit
Mountains, helicopters and a knife-ridge proposal2017 · Alpine 1
Aoraki Mount Cook2018 · Alpine 3
Gunsight Pass – a nice daywalk from the North to the South Temple, Ruataniwha2025 · Medium-Fit
A week at Tasman Saddle2013 · Alpine 1
Mt Arrowsmith: Snow, Slots, Slabs, Slips and Stock Bridges1990 · Alpine 1- Trip reportChristmas, 1966 - The LandsboroughCHRISTMAS, 1966-THE LANDSBOROUGH Four o'clock on the afternoon before Fettes Glacier, along with its terminal Christmas Day, 1966, saw Neil Gray, lake just to one side of the main stream Murray Brown, Kelly Yip, Bob Hendry of the Landsborough, marks the end…
- Trip reportDon't Ski in the Winter (Tasman Glacier ski trip)DON'T SKI IN THE WINTER A forced three-day stagnation at Un- It was a very soft landing no win Hut ended abruptly when Wednesday at all! Just taxi round to let us bumps showed signs of clearing. Our party (Bill the trip will really have out and Drake, Tony…