A view of a lake in a basin surrounded by steep mountains

Southland

About The Region

Southland

The Southland Section is an active section of around 105 members, based in the far south of New Zealand.

Section members consider their backyard to include Fiordland, Takitimu Mountains, Eyre Mountains, the Forbes Mountains (Mt Earnslaw) and the Hector Mountains (The Remarkables). Winter ski-touring is also to be had close to home.

The Section

The Southland Section is an active section of around 105 members, based in the far south of New Zealand.

Section members consider their backyard to include Fiordland, Takitimu Mountains, Eyre Mountains, the Forbes Mountains (Mt Earnslaw) and the Hector Mountains (The Remarkables). Winter ski-touring is also to be had close to home.

The section produces an annual Event Calendar with meeting, event, committee and general information. 

Meetings

The Southland Section warmly welcomes members and others to their Section evenings. Meetings are held on the third Tuesday of every second month as advertised in the section newsletter (see the bottom of this page) at 7:30 pm. Non-members are warmly invited to come along and join us.

Courses

The Southland Section has recently reinstated basic snowcraft courses, held in Winter.

Hut Responsibilities

The Section built Homer Hut in 1965 and in 2005-6 extensively refurbished it. They proudly take on the responsibility of looking after it. Only 2¼ hours from Invercargill, it provides a superb climbing base for summer alpine rock climbing, winter ice climbing and all year round mountaineering

YMCA Climbing Wall

The Section established the YMCA climbing wall. Section members are eligible for discounted fees of $3.00 per session. The section climbs at both the YMCA climbing wall and the Stadium Southland climbing wall. YMCA wall evenings are held on the 3rd Wednesday of the month. Contact is Peter O’Neill (details in the above event calendar)

Cliff Rescue Team

Regular team training evenings and weekends are held throughout the year. Newcomers to the mountains and Southland, are welcome to attend. There are a few perks to be had from belonging to the CR Team and it’s all good fun.
Contact Ron McLeod +64 (0)3 217 6727

Gear Hire

Avalanche transceiver, probe and shovel hire. Ron McLeod +64 (0)3 217 6727

Climbing gear hire. Peter O’Neill +64 (0)3 217 3889

Committee

Chairperson - Kerry Clapham

Secretary - Ron McLeod

Treasurer - Claudia Schneider

Instruction - Pete O'Neil

 

Newsletters & Calendar

Calendar June/July/August 2021 April 2022

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The Airport Wall, so-called as it sits across the river from the airport in Milford Sound, Fiordland, is a spectacular place to rock climb. Needless to say, we understand why Daniel Joll and others keep going back to the wall for more.

Those climbers interested in Fiordland will be aware that the Darran Mountains (2006) guidebook by Craig Jefferies has been out of print for some time

SH94 Milford Rd, Homer Saddle to Mt Moir, Fiordland.  

2023 Rock Inspections and Light Scaling

Another major event of the year is now underway, with the opening night of the

When the someone asks you how your weekend trip went, usually if you respond with

New Zealand Alpine Team mentee Henry Booker has made the second free ascent of the...
Dreamliner is a route on the majestic Airport Wall in Milford Sound, Fiordland National Park...
Man in kayak
Members who volunteer their time to the wider climbing community through volunteer instruction, running events...
OIivia Truax and Sam Waetford have completed a new route on the bluffs above Homer...
Macpac have produced a short film dedicated to the first ascent of the Airport Wall...