The guide

The Canterbury Westland Alps
The Canterbury Westland Alps

This is the last of the New Zealand Alpine Club’s Southern Alps climbing guides. It’s not published yet – you’ll have to wait until September to buy a copy – but it’ll be worth the wait, as it describes pretty much every alpine and transalpine route between Arthur’s Pass and Aoraki Mount Cook National Parks.

The cover image by Geoff Spearpoint is a classic alpine view of Mt Evans from the Wilkinson River, in Westland.