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Everything a mountaineer could wish for in the area is encompassed by this guide. It covers known climbing routes up to June 2001 and provides a short description of access and a difficulty grading. The Aoraki Mount Cook district is the centre of New Zealand mountaineering containing the country's highest peaks and largest glaciers. There are soaring 2000 meter ice faces, beautiful snow aretes, superb rock buttresses and singular mountain beauty.

The Mountain ranges of Arthur's Pass National Park are the most accessible in New Zealand, being located aside the main road/rail corridor traversing the Southern Alps between Christchurch and the West Coast. Terrain within the park varies considerably from low scree hills to heavily glaciated peaks and steep face routes. Climbing within Arthur's Pass National Park could be considered to epitomise all that is mountaineering, with the 'approach' forming a substantial component of the actual climb, and the luxury of aircraft being appealingly devoid from the park. This guide covers broadly an outline of the standard routes on the peaks of both the National Park and the adjacent Craigieburn Forest Park. Additional sections on huts, history, alpine rock, ski touring and potential ice climbs create an invaluable resource for any climber visiting the region.

This comprehensive guide covers the ranges between the Haast Pass and Mount Cook. The valleys covered include the Hopkins and Huxley, the Landsborough, and other West Coast valleys north of Haast Pass. The ranges covered offer many fine rock and snow climbs on peaks slightly lower and less glaciated than those at Mount Cook, though there are also many climbs of a technical nature. The mountainous region between Mount Cook National Park and Haast Pass contains some superb alpine country. Its delights include major rivers, tussock covered valleys, attractive forest, and five mountain ranges including the Main Divide with peaks reaching up to the high point of 2746m altitude. The valleys are popular tramping regions but fewer climbers visit the area, perhaps because all the prominent peaks have now been climbed, the rock is typically of moderate to poor quality, and none of the peaks reach the magic hight of 3000m. However for those who appreciate superb river, bush, rock and snow vistas, are tired of moraine bashing, and enjoy the chance to tackle peaks of moderate altitude and difficulty, the region continues to charm. Thoughtful climbers who enjoy some research can continue to find unclimbed routes on the ridges and faces of the major peaks. Twenty-three peaks in the region reach 2500m or more in altitude and provide an array of climbing experiences ranging from highly accessable Glentanner Peak to isolated Mount Strachan, from ice glacier covered Mount Dechen to rock glacier flanked Dun Fiunary Peak. from gendarme-like Black Tower Peak to massive Mount Hooker. A total of over 280 routes are listed in this guidebook, and are an indication of the range of climbing opportunities provided by this area. While many of the earlier ascents involved traverses of often delicate ridges, the greatest potential for new routes may be in face climbs which have been overlooked until now. This guide also includes the Hopkins and Huxley, the Landsborough, and the West Coast valleys north of the Haast Pass. The ranges covered offer many fine climbs on peaks that are slightly lower and less glaciated than those in Mount Cook Park.

Hidden away in northern Fiordland, the complex range of granite peaks that make up the Darran Mountains provide unlimited opportunities for the adventurous climber. Whether you aspire to sport climbing, alpine rock climbing, big mountain routes or technical ice climbing the range and quality of established and potential routes is exhaustive. This guide, the first new edition in 16 years, maps out the paths of climbers as they have tackled the ridges and faces in this isolated area. Serving both as a guide to climbers visiting the region for the first time and those looking to venture a little further off the beaten track. The book contains over 500 climbing routes, many of them recent, and is illustrated with over 200 photographs by some of New Zealand’s top outdoor photographers. Most climbs are illustrated with line-topos or photo-topos. You’ll also find extensive history and geology sections Whatever your reason for visiting this remote climbers’ paradise, this book provides the essential information and inspiration. 312 pages.

The Mount Aspiring area is classic mountaineering country where the approach to the mountains may be as enjoyable as the climbs themselves. It is a region of open grassy flats, gentle bush tracks, hard hauls up the valley sides and high, wide snowfields. This completely new guide gives full descriptions of the popular peaks and approaches from the two branches of the Matukituki valley and the head of the Dart Glacier. For the first time, peaks north to Mt Alba, and south to Mt Earnslaw, are described. Ice climbing areas are also be fully covered, making this new guide an essential item for all climbers visiting the region.

This comprehensive tramping and transalpine route guide covers the Otago Southern Alps (Routeburn, Earnslaw and Aspiring), South Westland (the Hollyford north to the Karangarua), Haast Pass and the Ohau/Hawea valleys.

Moir’s Guide South was first published in 1925 as Moir’s Guide Book and is recognised as the definitive, classic guide to the tramping and hunting areas of Fiordland and the Eyre, Snowdon and Takitimu Mountains. This completely revised seventh edition describes every known track and route in these areas which include New Zealand’s most famous tracks – the Milford, Routeburn, Hollyford, Greenstone-Caples, Hump Ridge and Kepler Tracks. The less well known, but equally spectacular Dusky and George Sound Tracks are also described. The route and track descriptions are matched to the level of experience parties are likely to have. For the popular tracks, the information provided will enable those with little experience to enjoy their tramp; those travelling through more challenging country will find the route descriptions indispensable. Moir’s Guide South is published by Great Southern Lakes Press in association with the New Zealand Alpine Club and is the companion guide to Moir’s Guide North, which describes the area north of the Hollyford to Mt Cook.

New Zealand is dominated by dramatic mountains, from the volcanoes of the North Island to the magnificent Southern Alps. The most prominent of these peaks are featured in this revised, expanded and updated book. Each of the 17 chapters is a tribute to one mountain, whose character and features, mythology and mountaineering history is evocatively described. The lavishly illustrated chapters conclude with a route guide for one classic route on the peak.