ADVANCED TRANSALPINE SKILLS COURSE
13-19 December 2026
Duration: 7 Days
Location: TBC (Aoraki or South Westland)
Cost: $3475
12-17 December 2027
Duration: 6 Days
Location: TBC (Aoraki or South Westland)
Cost: $2895
These courses are the primary reason Rob started Mountain Journeys. He wanted to give others the skills to undertake what he considers the best possible mountain trips in Aotearoa. Trips where you need very good route selection and navigation, as well as many fundamental skills of mountaineering. But you can’t get too bogged down with technical gear, or you’ll simply be carrying too much weight. So you need to have tools and tricks up your sleeve in order to make do with less equipment, having a good understanding of what you can get away with, and what you can’t…
Course cost includes:
- Accommodation. Our base for each course will be a basic lodge showers, a full kitchen, and bunks in a shared room (you’ll need your own sleeping bags and towels). We may only spend one night at the lodge if the weather is good enough for us to do a multi-day journey, or we may stay a few nights at the lodge while poor weather passes, doing day trips to cover the required skills.
- Alpine equipment. We can provide crampons, ice axes, helmets, harnesses, and avalanche rescue equipment for anyone who needs them.
- Tents and cooking equipment. We’ll provide high quality 2-3 person Hilleberg tents for use during our journey, along with stoves, pots, and cooking fuel.
- Some meals and hot drinks: We’ll provide two group breakfasts and any group dinners not covered by the shared meals provided by each participant. We’ll also provide soups, tea, coffee, hot chocolate, and herbal tea for the entire course.
- You’ll need to organise your own lunches/snacks for the entire course, most of your own breakfasts, and one shared group dinner – we’ll provide more information to help with this.
- Courses will finish at 4pm on the final day. You’ll need to arrange your own transport to return home from there. We’ll put all participants in touch with each other pre-course to help with carpooling.
