Some people never learn! 
Photo by Steve Gottschling returning from 5 amazing days at Pioneer Hut, Fox Glacier Neve
 with his mate Chris Wilson and guide, Simon Howells, NZMGA.  Sadly, this poor climber
didn't make it back to the village for a beer!!



Out with the old, In with the new. Siberia Hut rises from the ashes

Siberia Hut was totally destroyed by fire last season.  While it had many happy memories it was a dark and dirty hut and we are all looking forward to the new replacement.  We passed by unfinished replacement the other day.  Looks great!  

Still deep snow on French Ridge

The snow's still deep

Late spring snow storms continue to make mountaineering "interesting".   

Thanks for the kind press - JetStar Article

Thanks for the kind press!

Charlie Hoare and his girlfriend Natalie Iliffe had a great time hiking and mountaineering in NZ, wrote about it and got published in the recent edition of the JetStar magazine.    Along the way they joined Gavin Lang, NZMGA for a Private Instruction Course from Centennial Hut on the Franz Josef Glacier.  Here's Charlie's article.  Makes good reading.  http://www.jetstarmag.com/story/tramping-camping/1473/1/

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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