A group crosses Ball Glacier. Photo: Alpine Recreation

Going guided: Ball Pass Summit Trek

June 2020

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With glacier crossings, icy summits and circling kea, the Ball Pass Summit Trek is a spectacular first taste of mountaineering in New Zealand’s highest national park.

Using a guide is the best way to take your tramping up a notch – or several in the case of a trip to Caroline Hut in Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park. For a start, you’d struggle to find a more impressive abode than Caroline Hut. Perched on the slopes of Ball Ridge, it sits beneath […]
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