Mountain Guiding around the World

• International Federation of Mountain Guides Associations
• Steve Jones mountain guide, Switzerland
• USA, North Cascade Mountain Guides
• Swiss mountain guides
• www.Summitclimb.com and www.SummitTrek.com

Gear Links

• MT Outdoors in Wanaka
• Outside Sports Wanaka or Queenstown: Icebreaker Clothing, Outdoor Gear, Ski Hire
• Cactus Equipment
• Aspiring Enterprises in Christchurch
• Macpac in Christchurch and now also in Wanaka
• Hefti Sport in Leysin Switzerland

Useful Wanaka Links

• Lake Wanaka Tourism
• Garden Tours with Florence
• Aspiring Helicopters
• Treble Cone ski field
• Cardrona ski field
• Mountain Bike Epic Race Lake Hawea
• Alpine Fishing Guides
• Wanaka Yoga

 

 

 

Tourism Links elsewhere

• Pyrenaen Picos Rock and Snow
• La Vieille Cloche B&B for the Tour du Grand Combin

 

Other Links of interest

 

• Andorra holiday
• Sean McCabe artist & mountaineer
• Thierry Huet photography, Picturesque

 

Alpinism Studio holiday accommodation situated on the same property as Alpinism & Ski. Not available for winter 2023 as rented out.

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New Zealand Southern Alps Links

• New Zealand Mountain Guides Association
• New Zealand Alpine Club (also for insurance optios)
• Mountain Safety Council
• Avalanche info

Weather Links we use for the Southern Alps or European Alps:

• Metservice NZ
• metvuw Downunder
• Mountain Forecast around the World
• Meteoblue.com
• Meteo Chamonix France
• Chamonix

Environmental Links

Alpinism and Ski's very own sustainability statement - the last one, a sarcastic one it is too - curious? go on then, read it, but for what it's worth, here some environmental links:

• Kea Conservation Trust
• Department of Conservation
• mongabay.com

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From October 2015 onwards:

all mountain guiding and instruction courses in NZ with Gary Dickson, IFMGA/NZMGA mountain guide, are now in collaboration with

Alpine Guides (Aoraki) Ltd.

Bookings will go through their office and will be subject to their booking conditions. Trips with Gary will be run as per AGL's concession and safety management system requirements.

Pre-trip information and discussions are available from us anytime.