Guiding is in Elke Braun-Elwert’s blood – her father was a guide before her. Photo: Thomas Vialletet Photography

It’s a guide’s life

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Some people hibernate in winter, but for mountain guides it can be the busiest time of year. Three guides tell Wilderness what got them into winter guiding, and why they love it.

Elke Braun-Elwert, Alpine Recreation (featured) When Twizel’s Elke Braun-Elwert was asked at school what she wanted to do for a living, she knew the answer: mountain guiding. “My father was a mountain guide, so I grew up exposed to it,” she says. “But Dad told me I had to go to university first and get […]
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