Aoraki Tai Poutini: A Guide For Mountaineers (Mt Cook)

Aoraki Tai Poutini by Rob Frost is a mountaineering guidebook for Aoraki Mount Cook National Park and Westland Tai Poutini National Park.

This area is New Zeaalnd's most popular alpine climbing region, with some of the best mountaineering and transalpine tramping in the world.

This mountaineering guidebook to Aoraki Mount Cook and Tai Poutini covers both national parks in their entirety. It's the latest edition of this best-seller, produced by the New Zealand Alpine Club (NZAC).

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 Rob Frost’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.

• 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)
• ISBN: 978-0-9941210-4-2
• Author: Rob Frost