Spring Dump!!!

October 19th.  From a dry car park the day before, this photo of the base building in the Pisa Range shows what can happen overnight.  Once the grass turns green everyone quits skiing but this is the best part of the ski season if you ask me.

Frenchies on Top !......but not for long we hope!

Adrien & Marine sur le sommet du Grey Peak 2882m avec leur drapeau français!

With the NZ All Black's preparing to face the French in this weekend's final, there were plenty of private "bets" going on between our intrepid French couple Adrien & Marine and Aspiring Guide, Tony Donaldson earlier this week.    If you want to know the bet that Tony made?   Post a comment or send us an email!

Steep Ice Is Now

The ice is nice as Guide Tim Stewart and Siggy from Melbourne found out last week.  Based out of Pioneer Hut the pair enjoyed some solid ice on Tigger (8 pitches), one of the excellent routes on the South Face of Barnicoat. 

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First Climb : Mt Aspiring - Season 2011/12

What did you do last weekend?

Sam Watts from the Hawkes Bay, was the first to put his footprints on the summit of Mt Aspiring (3033m) for this climbing season.  Threading the "eye of the weather needle", Sam, guided by Stefan Sporli, IFMGA enjoyed perfect sunny winter conditions for his climb. They were also joined by Matt Chessor, NZMGA who has also recently joined the Aspiring Guides Team.   

View of Aspiring from Colin Todd Hut

On the way to the summit

Sam on the Summit, with an enthusiastic Matt Chessor!

For more check out the view from the summit - not bad hey?