Where Nature Thrives,
and Adventure Awaits
Explore the Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana with Wānaka Mountain Guides.
Our small local team of established guides deliver leading personalised guiding and instruction across mountaineering, ski and splitboard touring, rock climbing, and trekking activities.
Mountain Ascents and Trips
Trekking and Heli-hiking
Ski and Splitboard Touring and Avalanche Courses
Mountaineering Courses
Stay Connected with Nature!
Get in touch with our team so we can share advice and guide you in the right direction to help you experience New Zealand’s unique mountains and achieve your alpine goals.
Mountaineering
These are just a selection of the adventures possible in our backyard of Mount Aspiring National Park and the Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana of New Zealand. Get in touch early so we can share advice and guide you in the right direction to help you achieve your mountain goals.
Ascents
Guided ascents of the classic peaks of New Zealand including Aoraki / Mount Cook, Tititea / Mount Aspiring, Mitre Peak, Mount Brewster, and the Remarkables Grand Traverse. Short four-day expeditions, or off-the-beaten-track adventures throughout the Southern Alps.
Mount Aspiring Climb
Climb Tititea / Mount Aspiring, our local mountain / maunga. One of New Zealand’s most aesthetic and classic peaks and perennially popular. Its prominence makes it visible from many areas around Lake Wānaka. It offers multiple classic routes and is many an aspiring mountaineer’s first 3000m summit.
Rock Climbing
Guided rock climbing and instruction at local Wānaka crags and alpine rock of the Southern Lakes region and the Darrans mountains. For individuals, private groups, or families.
Trekking and Heli-hiking
Heli-hiking
Helicopter-accessed alpine hiking. Day and overnight trips to glacier camps, alpine huts, or luxury mountain chalets. Visit remote locations deep in the Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana and pristine alpine experiences.
Multi-day Trekking
Our favourite mountain trekking journeys through our backyard of Mount Aspiring and Fiordland National Parks. Taking in mountain views, forests, rivers, glaciers, and alpine passes. Gillespie Pass, Rabbit Pass, Siberia Valley, and Matukituki Valley.
Glacier and Snow Heli-hiking and Overnight Experiences
Helicopter-accessed alpine hiking and glacier trekking. Overnight trips to glacier camps, alpine huts, or luxury mountain chalets. Visit remote locations deep in the Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana and pristine alpine experiences.
Ski and Splitboard Touring
Ski and Splitboard Touring
Group or private ski touring trips. Helicopter access to more remote regions of our local mountains. Including multi-day trips to high glaciers or Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, Whare Kea Chalet, and the private huts of the Cass Valley. All-inclusive guided ski and splitboard touring packages.
Ski and Splitboard Touring Courses
Ski and splitboard touring courses from introduction to advanced including specialist instruction in glacier ski and splitboard touring and ski mountaineering.
Avalanche Courses
Avalanche skills courses provide the skills to keep you safe on your ski and splitboard touring adventures in the backcountry. These New Zealand Mountain Safety Council-endorsed courses are run as day trips from Wānaka or staying overnight in the mountains.
About Wānaka Mountain Guides
We are proudly owned and operated by certified NZ mountain guides and utilise a small team of locally based, established guides who have extensive knowledge of playing and working in the New Zealand and worldwide mountains. For more information visit Our Story.
The meeting point for trips and courses is our base in Albert Town, Wānaka. If you require accommodation the night before or after a trip, it is possible to book extra nights at our comfortable next door Kea Lodge.
We’re proud to have joined the ranks as a Love Wānaka Impact Partner – committing 1% of our business’ proceeds to support local environmental efforts. This means that every time you book a trip or course with us, you’re helping to protect and regenerate of the environment at the heart of our home.
Our trusted friends and supplies
We collaborate with the following local businesses and organisations in the delivery of our trips and courses:
