Federated Mountain Clubs (FMC) celebrates outdoor recreation, cherishes our backcountry and acts to protect both for future generations. Our 20,000 members, from all corners of New Zealand, explore our wild places.

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During FMC’s Outdoor Community campaign support to Ski Touring, we noticed some friction between members of the back country touring community and some ski […]

The New Zealand high country is a jigsaw of public conservation land, crown land and freehold land. As to 2019, 1.2 million ha crown land […]

On the 3rd of July, 1919, Mr W.H. Field, MP for Otaki and Mr F.W Vossellor “called a meeting of tramp enthusiasts…to consider the formation […]

Update 25 March 2019: The proposed concession variation application has been formally withdrawn!:

FMC’s support to the NZ Canyoning Association has resulted in a stay of […]

It’s that time of the year again when we ask all our member clubs to think about nominating someone for the Executive. It […]

A new tool to enable the public to help fight wilding conifers, one of New Zealand’s most invasive species, has been created by Land Information […]