Welcome to the Expedition Climbers Club (Inc.). We’re New Zealand’s only climbing club solely focused on cutting-edge mountaineering at home and around the world.

By joining the Expedition Climbers Club you can attend our great events such as the annual Remarkables Ice and Mixed Climbing Festival, New Zealand’s biggest mountaineering event. Other club activities include events like women’s-only chicks trad climbing weekends, NZ climbing camps, and our annual overseas expedition.

Each year we bring you the largest climbing meet in New Zealand, the Remarkables Ice and Mixed Climbing Festival – open to all club members.  We have a range of climbing events, courses and prizes in a great social setting (course availability is limited).

The New Zealand Alpine Team is the premier alpine climbing group in New Zealand.  Formed by the ECC group in 2013, this is essentially our club’s youth development and high performance plan.  The countries top alpine climbers mentoring the next generation of Kiwi alpinists.  Check out  www.alpineteam.co.nz for more information. The NZAT is now an independent incorporated society.

Want to climb overseas? How about our annual club expedition?  Each year we use some of the investment gains from our Expedition Capital Fund to support an expedition open to all club members. Details are announced at the Festival each year with updates on our Facebook page. So far we have supported expeditions to: Peru 2016, Nepal 2017, India 2018, Alaska 2019. Baffin Island 2020 was cancelled due to COVID, and (with ongoing international travel restrictions) our 2021 grant has been split into multiple grants to support expeditions in New Zealand by under-25 climbers.

Looking for more information on the club?  Check out our resources tab and have a read of the club constitution.  Before sending in your online application please read through the three membership classes and choose the one that best suites your needs.  If you want to join the club and also attend the Remarkables Ice and Mixed Climbing Festival then visit the website and click on the relevant section.  All Festival registration forms also double as your club membership form. Sign up at www.iceandmixedfestival.co.nz.