Aoraki Tai Poutini / Mount Cook

The essential guide for mountaineering in Aoraki Mount Cook National Park and
Westland Tai Poutini National Park.

The mountains of Aoraki Mount Cook National Park and Westland Tai Poutini
National Park contain some of the best mountaineering and transalpine tramping
in the world and make up New Zealand’s most popular alpine climbing region.
These two national parks are covered in their entirety in this latest edition
of the New Zealand Alpine Club’s top-selling mountaineering guidebook. All new
routes recorded since the last (2001) edition are included, and specific
attention is given to how the mountains and access routes have been affected
by climate change.

The expanded coverage area now includes the lush, rugged, and previously
overlooked valleys on the west side of the Main Divide, including the Callery,
lower Balfour, Cook/Weheka, Copland, Douglas, and Karangarua catchments.
Because information on these valleys has been difficult to find for so long,
they still host several major unclimbed features. There is also a new chapter
on climbs from Aoraki Mount Cook Village, for those passing through with only
a couple of days available for climbing.

The author’s love for New Zealand’s mountains, fascination with climbing
history, meticulous eye for detail, and passion for engaging with climbers has
resulted in an up-to-date, reliable, and comprehensive guide – the definitive
guidebook for the Aoraki-Tai Poutini region.

Additional features:
-Almost 1100 routes described, including all major passes
-Clear descent options described for popular peaks
-The first guidebook to use the new mountaineering grading system for New Zealand
-Generously illustrated with hundreds of beautiful photos and topos

210mm x 148mm, paperback, colour and black/white images

449 pages; Published: 2018 4th edition