The northern lights over Mt. Cook Lakeside RetreatCourtesy Mount Cook Retreat Perched atop a high mountain plateau in the sparse terrain of New Zealand’s South Island, the Aoraki Mackenzie ...

Three mountaineers were reported missing on Monday, December 2, 2024 after attempting to summit New Zealand’s C/Mt. Cook via the Zurbriggen Ridge route. The team consisted of Kurt Blair, 56, who works ...

Three climbers from the United States and Canada disappeared near the peak of New Zealand’s tallest mountain, authorities said on Tuesday. Rescue teams have been scouring New Zealand’s Mount Cook in ...

Two Americas and a Canadian are missing after leaving to climb Aoraki, the tallest mountain in New Zealand, according to officials. Americans Kurt Blair, 56, and Carlos Romero, 50, and an unidentified ...

Ross Hewitt, Will Rowntree and Sam Smoothy after having made the first ski descent of the 'Jones Route' on the east face of Aoraki / Mt Cook, New Zealand on 01/11/2025 Planetmountain.com is a site ...

An internationally-recognised Wanaka-based mountain guide who died on Aoraki Mt Cook has been remembered as a careful and diligent climber. Wānaka'sThomas Vialletet and a United States client were in ...

She was the first Kiwi woman to reach the top of Aoraki/Mt Cook, yet she lies in an unmarked grave. Now, decades later, a ...

Ross Hewitt making the first ski descent of the 'Jones Route' on the east face of Aoraki / Mt Cook, New Zealand on 01/11/2025 Planetmountain.com is a site about climbing, mountaineering, trekking, via ...