Tramping & Mountain Clubs, FMC, Outdoor Sites, Public Access New Zealand

• Federated Mountain Clubs of NZ Inc.      (note also the Travel Club, gear including packs and sleeping bags and maps& guide books)

• Waikato Tramping Club

• NZ Alpine Club

• Deerstalkers Association

• Public Access New Zealand

• Kiwi Tramping Online

• New Zealand Tramper

• Out Door New Zealand      (A major list of outdoor activities in New Zealand)

• New Walks          (This is a private resource of tramping opportunities)

     

   

Government Agencies, Affiliated Bodies, Weather & Snow Reports

         (for weather information go to the Weather  page)

• Mountain Weather forecast

• Weather Workshop

• NZ Snow Information

• Federated Mountain Clubs of NZ Inc.

• New Zealand Mountain Safety Council   (resource for safety & risk management also for training & instruction courses)

• NZ Land Search & Rescue

• New Zealand Mountain Radio Service

• New Zealand Meteorological Service

• Avalanche Advisory Service

• Volcano Cam

• Aviation Safety                            (A resource for the purchase and operation of the 406MHZ Personal Locator Beacons)

• Department of Conservation

• Land Information New Zealand   (excellent resource for maps, tides & almanac information.)

• Ministry for the Environment

• Ken Ring long term weather predictions

Ecology & Environment Conservation

• New Zealand Birds

• New Zealand Plants & Trees

• New Zealand Forest & Bird

• ECO (Environment & Conservation Organisations of NZ. An amalgam of various local & conservation body eco interests, including FMC and ASC)

         

 Outdoor Recreation, Skiing & Snowboarding

• New Zealand Orienteering

• Auckland Orienteering Club  (Note the summer series information)

• New Zealand Mountainbike Web

• Lactic Turkey Events  (Rogaines, Mountain & Adventure running,  Mountain bike, kayak & multisports)

• Ride (Mountain biking)

• Mountain Bike Orienteering - New Zealand

• New Zealand Mountain Guides Association

• Womens Climbing

• Climb New Zealand

• Outward Bound New Zealand

• Sir Edmund Hillary Outdoor Pursuits Centre

• Archipelago Hike - A great NZ Resource!

• Whakapapa Magic Mountain - Skiing

• NZ Ski.com

• Boarderzone (Snowboarding)

• NZ Kayaking

• Auckland Cycle Touring Association

• Kiwi Tramping Online

• Kiwi NZ

• New Zealand Tramper

• Tramping New Zealand

• Out Door New Zealand         (A major resource of information of outdoor opportunities of all types, ideas and clubs)

• NZ Snow Life – Ski and Snowboard                       (Ski & snowboard Ski field information, accommodation & Conditions)

• Otago Ski Club Inc.

        

Track Transport (more to come as I get it together)

• Trekexpress                           For Nelson Motueka across to the westcoast  Freephone Rory Moore on 0800 128 735. See advert in Alpinesport

• Wanganui Track Transport     For Matemateonga & Wangaui River trips  (PDF file of details)
       

                          Guiding Services  ( Mountain travel, Ski Touring and Mountaineering guiding)

• Bruce Hassler Guiding Services

• Mountain Treks .. Les Russel guided treks to Nepal

• Mtnguide.org    Worldwide guiding & adventure

• New Zealand Mountain Guides Association

• Alpine Guides Mt Cook

• Alpine Recreation  Alpine Instructions & guided climbs & crossings

       

    Touring & Backpacking

• Youth Hostel Association - New Zealand

• Budget Backpacker Hostels - New Zealand

• Thumbsup.co.nz - A service for backpackers

• The Lightweight Backpacker

• Great Outdoor Recreation page

• VIP Backpackers

  

    Gear & Equipment, Maps and Guide Books (for pricing & specifications)

• Ultralite Tramping                        How to travel light safely. They supply the gear to do it with

• Twinneedle                                 A comprehensive outdoor equipment repair service for all brands. NZ based

• Mountain Equipment Canada     A cooperative offering a mail order source of excellent gear

• REI.com                                     A mail order source of modern lightweight gear. Worth a look if you want tents, packs, parkas etc.

• Pack n Pedal   

• Bivouac

• Living Simply

• Mainland Outdoors

• Kiwi camping                           Good value NZ made camping equipment

• Domex (NZ Made Sleeping Bags)

• Macpak                (sets the standard. Everything they make works)

• Fairydown           (now adsorbed into Kathmandu)

• Outdoor Store

• Clearwater Tarn  (On line store for maps and guides to NZ outdoors. Excellent resource)

• Natureandco       (On line store for maps and gear)

• Mapworld

• Terralink Map Shop

• McEwings Outdoor Sports

• Wilderness Magazine

• Allcanes             (Gear, equipment, outdoor sports, Miami Hurricanes Football Team).

         

    If you know of sites which you think should be included then please email us.                           

Alpine Sports Club inc.  P.O. Box 131, Auckland, New Zealand.  email   email@alpinesport.org.nz