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Preparing your ascent
Alpine summit
Alpine Expedition Guides

Summit
& Co.

High-altitude expeditions. Earned, not handed.

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The summit is never
the reward.
The mountain is.

For twenty years we have guided clients through the world's most demanding ranges — not with false reassurance, but with the hard-won knowledge of guides who have stood on these ridges in every weather. We believe mountains ask something true of you. We help you answer.

Every expedition follows a proven arc

The Ascent

01
Base Camp
Consult & Plan
Consult & Plan
We begin on the ground — a frank conversation about your experience, ambition, and the time you can commit. No upsell. Just an honest route.
02
Acclimatise
Train & Prepare
Train & Prepare
Six to twelve weeks of structured preparation — altitude physiology, technical skill drills, kit selection. We close every gap before the approach begins.
03
High Camp
Approach & Commit
Approach & Commit
The mountain decides the day but the team decides the margin. We camp high, read the weather, and move when conditions earn it — not when schedules demand it.
04
Summit Day
The Push
The Push
Alpine start, headlamps, thin air. This is what everything builds toward — and we have never pushed a client past their limit to reach it.
Three distinct paths up the same mountain

How We Guide

Expeditions
Full Expedition
Expeditions
End-to-end guided ascents on named peaks across three ranges. Permit logistics, rotations, weather holds — we carry the complexity so you carry the ambition.
14 – 28 days · All ranges · Grades 3–6
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Courses
Technical Training
Courses
Intensive skills programmes from crevasse rescue to mixed-ice technique. Run in the field, on real terrain, with guides who have used every skill they teach.
4 – 10 days · Alps & NZ · Grades 1–4
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Private Guiding
Bespoke Guiding
Private Guiding
One client, one guide, one objective. For climbers who know exactly what they want and need a partner who can deliver it — on any timeline, on any peak.
Custom itinerary · Any range · Any grade
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Where we operate

The Ranges

Großglockner alps 3,798 m — Austria Großglockner
Aconcagua andes 6,961 m — Argentina Aconcagua
Mera Peak himalaya 6,476 m — Nepal Mera Peak
Mont Blanc alps 4,808 m — France Mont Blanc
Huascarán andes 6,768 m — Peru Huascarán
Island Peak himalaya 6,189 m — Nepal Island Peak
Weisshorn alps 4,505 m — Switzerland Weisshorn
Ojos del Salado andes 6,893 m — Chile Ojos del Salado
What our climbers carry home

Summits Reached

Aconcagua — South Face
Aconcagua — South Face
"I came home a different person. Summit & Co. didn't coddle me — they made me capable."
— Mara Kellstrom, Oslo
Mont Blanc — Goûter Route
Mont Blanc — Goûter Route
"Three previous attempts on Mont Blanc ended in retreats. On the fourth, with these guides, we topped out at 4am in dead-calm air."
— David Fenchurch, Edinburgh
Mera Peak — Standard Route
Mera Peak — Standard Route
"The preparation programme alone changed how I move in the mountains. The summit was the confirmation."
— Yuki Tanabe, Hokkaido
Weisshorn — NE Ridge
Weisshorn — NE Ridge
"Technical, serious, exhilarating. Our guide read the snow better than anyone I have ever been roped to."
— Petra Vanzandt, Cape Town
1,200+
Summits Reached
23
Years Operating
14
IFMGA Guides
100%
Safe Return Rate

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Tell us the peak. We'll build the path.

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Email expeditions@summitandco.guide
Phone +61 7 3210 4490
Base 14 Ridgeline Way, Queenstown 9300, NZ