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The best thing when it comes to backcountry touring - getting away from the crowds

Located at the foot of the Southern Alps, Wanaka provides outstanding access and facilities to create a fantastic winter ski touring & backcountry snowboarding holiday.

  • With a choice of private backcountry huts, Aspiring Guides can provide a multi-day ski touring experience that you will never forget.
  • Don't forget glacier ski touring! The ski mountaineering in New Zealand is famous the world over. We have the luxury of being able to access the vast Glaciers of the Westland National Park as well as the eastern Tasman Glacier and its tributaries.
  • Heading into the backcountry on your own? Check out our avalanche awareness courses. From entry level to advanced we've got you covered with our Mountain Safety Council accredited courses.
  • With four local ski areas to choose from, we can use skifield roads and lifts to access backcountry terrain over a huge area. Join one of our day courses to experience what backcountry ski & snowboard touring is all about. Or if you are an expert skier, let our experienced guides show you around our more advanced terrain on one of our day tours.
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Treble Cone Backcountry Ski Touring
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Are you an experienced backcountry skier who wants to learn where the local powder is? Our Treble Cone day tour offers you an easy way to experience some of the best lift accessed ...
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from $475NZ
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1 days 2 2
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Heli drop in Robrosa straight to the snow
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Quite a few years ago we founded hut-accessed touring in this area, giving access to the Northern Pisa Range and the Lowburn face. The huts redefine the Southern Lakes hut-based sk...
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from $2750NZ
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4 days 2 2 Air access
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Earn your turns
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And here at Aspiring Guides that is what we do - this ski touring trip provides a pure backcountry skiing experience far beyond the boundaries of any ski resort. Our experienced sk...
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from $2750NZ
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4 days 3 2 Air access
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Ski touring on Tasman Glacier
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These are massive areas of snow and ice that are linked by a system of four huts. In winter and spring when the snow piles up and the crevasses are filled, this becomes a ski touri...
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from $3750NZ
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5 days 3 2 Air access
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Whare Kea Chalet views
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Surrounded by spectacular mountains the area offers some of the best backcountry terrain around. The Chalet is located on Albert Burn Saddle at 1750m. Access is by helicopter, so t...
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from $3350NZ
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3 days 2 2 Air access
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IMG 2
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Whatever your ski goals or timeframe, Aspiring Guides can tailor a custom ski trip. Making use of our knowledge and experience skiing the Southern Alps we can head to where the wea...
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Backcountry boarding
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Become familiar with the equipment and techniques before embarking on one of our more advanced backcountry or avalanche courses. Whether you are a beginner or expert skier we will ...
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from $500NZ
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1 days 2 2
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Snowpack on an avalanche course
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Avalanche Skills Course 1: for Skiers and Snowboarders The Aspiring Guides Avalanche Skills Course is an extended introductory short course now run over 2 days of each weekend of w...
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from $590NZ
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2 days 2 2
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Always time to get in a few runs during the course
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With the syllabus supplied by the New Zealand Mountain Safety Council, the Avalanche Skills Course (Level 2) is designed to deliver quality avalanche education with the addition of...
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from $2850NZ
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4 days 2 2 Air access
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Always time to get in a few runs during the course
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With the syllabus supplied by the New Zealand Mountain Safety Council, the Avalanche Skills Course (Level 2) is designed to deliver quality avalanche education with the non-helicop...
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from $1450NZ
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4 days 2 2 Air access
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Robrosa Ski Touring
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Welcome to a classroom you will never forget, either of our private huts at Robrosa or Black Peak. This back country ski touring course combines a pure back country ski tour experi...
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4 days 2 2 Air access
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Ski touring on the glaciers
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The West Coast of the South Island has two outstanding glaciers that come from the highest reaches of the Southern Alps all the way down to the temperate rain forests of Tai Poutin...
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from $5500NZ
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5 days 3 2 Air access
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