NZAC is now also moving to a booking system for alpine huts, starting with French Ridge and Colin Todd, and moving onto Centennial and Pioneer in due course.
I really hate alpine starts. I am someone who likes my sleep. I climb so that I can see the amazing views, and I don’t see them when it is dark.
Timber and stone hut in forest setting
After a significant project to rebuild Aspiring Hut and ensure it remains standing for many...
Aspiring Hut Tramp - Left to right are Alfie, Florence, Gilan, Rowan
The iconic Aspiring Hut has been a base for many adventurers, young and old, for...
Man in kayak
Members who volunteer their time to the wider climbing community through volunteer instruction, running events...
Are trampers more reluctant to write about their recreation than are mountaineers, anglers, hunters, explorers...

At the recently held NZAC AGM, Patricia Prendergast was the recipient of the Club Volunteer

For over three decades, photographer Peter Laurenson has repeatedly visited Khumbu, the Nepalese gateway to...

As an 18 year old Maddy had never been tramping before embarking on an Outward...

The Landsborough River and surround ranges.

New Zealand Alpine Club have now published our new Ōhau–Landsborough Alps guidebook. This 216-page guidebook...