Links to useful Outdoors Info
Information about the weather:
- NZ Metservice Forecasts, including forecasts for specific mountain and park areas
- Metvuw (alternative forecast charts)
- Department of Conservation Weather Page
- Backcountry Avalanche Advisory, from the New Zealand Avalanche Centre
Key Safety Information
- Department of Conservation: Alerts and important notices
- Communication: Mountain Radios, Avalanche Tranceivers, Personal Locator Beacons
Information on outdoor opportunities, including current information can be found here:
- Find an outdoors club to join.
- New Zealand Alpine Club
- Mapspast: online topographical maps, current and past
- New Zealand Deerstalkers, the representatives of recreational hunters
- KiwiCanyons: online guide of Canyoning routes and introduction to canyoning community
- Rogaining: find out about this adventure navigation sport
- Forest and Bird, Giving Nature a Voice
- Department of Conservation “Discover the Outdoors” webviewer
- Buy New Zealand’s best tramping and climbing guidebooks from the New Zealand Alpine Club
- Subscribe to Wilderness – New Zealand’s magazine of the Outdoors.
- Shop at, and ask for advice at Bivouac Outdoor.
Information on public access can be found here:
- Walking Access Commission, online map service
- Hunter Valley Access
- Huts and routes in the Canterbury/Westland region
Information on Volunteering opportunities can be found here:
- Department of Conservation volunteer opportunities
- Discover about the special huts of Westland and the community that takes care of them (Permolat)
- Volunteer with the Kaimai Ridgeway – Auckland trampers promoting tramping in their region.
- Subscribe to the Ruahine User Group, an email forum for people that love the Ruahine.
To recommend additional links to this page please email our Executive Officer: eo@fmc.org.nz
