Southern Alps Guiding Aoraki Mt Cook is located among some of the most spectacular alpine terrain in the world. We are based in the Aoraki Mt Cook National Park and offer personalised service. We cater for any adventure you wish to pursue.

Low Guide-to-Client ratios on courses and guided ascents ensure that your safety, enjoyment and expectations are fulfilled. Climbing and ski mountaineering with a guide is the safest and most informative way to extend your climbing and skiing abilities...whether you are contemplating a trans-alpine crossing, ascending the highest peaks, ski touring the glaciers or climbing technically demanding routes.

Private Alpine Instruction
Our courses are 4, 6 or 8 days and affordable. The 4 day course is based in an area that has easy access from the Aoraki Mt Cook village.

The Sefton Bivy, under Mt Sefton and Footstool, is ideal for this. It offers great climbing and vast areas of glaciated terrain close to the Mt Cook village, perfect for Alpine instruction and mountaineering.

The type of trip that would run from this area on a 4 day trip basis would be to walk the 3 hours into the Sefton Bivy area. This is located under the impressive peaks of Mt Sefton and the Footstool. They both offer perfect alpine and glaciated terrain training. Instruction will be on snow, ice and rock belays/anchors, crevasse rescue techniques, glacier travelling, and ice and snow climbing. These techniques are put to the test by climbing on the glaciers these areas have to offer. This trip will give you some good grounding in mountaineering - the rest is up to you.

See below for the cost of the 4 day trip per person:

The 6 or 8 day Alpine Climbing Course utilises aircraft access to get into areas with bigger glacier neves and areas with numerous mountains to practice your new climbing skills such as the Tasman Glacier Region or the Pioneer region.

	4 days	6 days	8 days
2 people	NZ$1700pp	2590	3050
3 people	NZ$1290pp	2190	2590
4 people	NZ$1025pp	1920	2270

These prices include guide fee, food, huts, DOC permit fees and GST. Aircraft access is NOT required on 4 day trips to Sefton Bivy. Skiplane access is included on the 6 and 8 day trips only.

WE CAN PUT TOGETHER LONGER COURSES IF REQUIRED AND PRICES CAN BE GIVEN ON APPLICATION

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Mountain Guiding & Classic Ascents
We offer one day or multi day climbs from the Aoraki Mt Cook village utilising skiplanes and helicopters. High peaks can be climbed to suit your time schedule and budget. Trips on Offer

MT ELIE DE BEAUMONT 3109 metres

MT HOCHSTETTOR DOME 2810m AND MT AYLMER 2700m

MT SEALY 2600m

MT DIXON 3004m

There are many more notable peaks that can be climbed in the National Park.

MT FOOTSTOOL Two day trip from Aoraki Mt Cook Village. Heavily glaciated peak and great climbing with awesome views of the village. First day climb to Sefton Bivy. Second day climb peak and then descend back to the village. Cost $1200 1 person. 2 people $700 each. Includes guide fee, food for trip, DOC fees and GST.

NB Clients must be fit and have some previous mountaineering experience.

MULTI DAY TRIPS - PRICES ON APPLICATION

ENQUIRE ABOUT OUR CLASSIC SKI MOUNTAINEERING TRIPS ON THE GLACIERS AT AORAKI MOUNT COOK

BALL PASS TRIPS: We offer guided trips over the Ball Pass. Contact us for a price to do this East Hooker Valley - Ball Pass - Tasman Valley adventure. Minimum numbers required.

AORAKI MOUNT COOK

The most popular and standard route on Mt Cook is the Linda Glacier route / North East arete. This trip leaves from the Plateau Hut area and follows the Linda Glacier, Linda shelf and then onto the North East arete via the summit rocks to the summit. This trips starts with a ski plane or helicopter flight to the Plateau hut area on the eastern flanks of Aoraki Mt Cook. Cost is NZ$4995 per person for 6 days. This includes mountain guide fee, food and fuel, hut fees, DOC permit fees and 12.5% GST.Helicopter or skiplane aircraft access only is included. The ratio is 1:1. Aircraft eggress out can be arranged at extra cost.

NB Clients must be fit and must have previous mountaineering experience. The trip will only be done if conditions are good at the time.

Mt Tasman - 3497 metres

Mt Tasman is the second highest peak in the country and in many ways the technical and aesthetic equal of Aoraki. It benefits from a longer duration of the season during which conditions are at the optimal for a successful ascent. Where conditions can forbid attempts of Aoraki/Mt Cook sometimes from the latter parts of January on, Mt Tasman will often still be in very good condition through to late March (especially from the Western side, or the North ridge) The timeframe and costs differ from the above rates and you can expect the personal commitment and length of the summit day to be very similar to Aoraki/Mt Cook. This is a mighty mountain.

Cost: $4995 per person for 6 days. Includes guide fee, hut fees, food during the trip, Cessna Skiplane access only, GST and DOC permit fees.