Disclosure of Risk

Given the number of courses and trips we operate and the rugged and challenging nature of the New Zealand mountains, Alpine Guides (Aoraki) Ltd (AGL) has an excellent safety record by international standards. However, in the field of ski touring, guided ascents and instruction, AGL has experienced 3 fatal climbing accidents since 1970.

During this time, there has also been a small number of accidents involving injury. Regardless of guide qualifications or experience, we cannot eliminate all risks from mountaineering. It is important that you understand the nature of the risks you may face during this trip. These risks include, without being exhaustive, things such as rock or ice fall, cliffs, cornices, avalanches, changing snow conditions or mechanical failure, falling, crevasse hazards, weather and other environmental hazards, and also hazards caused by participants.

You have the right at any time during the trip to ask your guide about specific risks in any situation. Your guide will do their best to disclose significant hazards during the trip, in a manner that is consistent with the safe operation of the activity. It is not possible to continually disclose all risks of any nature.

You have the right at any time during your trip to ask your guide to discontinue the activity you are engaged in if you are not comfortable. Your guide will do their best to accommodate that as long as it does not increase the risk to other party members.

Assumption of Risk

I acknowledge that I am undertaking a guided, organised activity with Alpine Guides (Aoraki) Limited (“AGL”) and that in order to do this I will need to involve myself in special travel, risks of all various kinds, different living conditions and different altitudes and weather patterns.

I understand that the organised activity carries a certain element of risk and I willingly accept those risks and that participation could result in me suffering damage to my property or person, including serious injury or death. The activities include, but without limitation, climbing, skiing, snowboarding and telemarking, as well as travel to and from the location where the activities are carried out.

AGL will identify, assess, eliminate or minimise risk involved in undertaking activities so far as reasonably practicable, and the participants will follow the guide’s instructions at all times and understand that this is critical to their safety and that of the group. Escaping the mountain environment or communicating with external emergency support may be delayed.

I acknowledge that in booking this trip I completed a booking form which was an assumption of risk, release from liability and waiver of claims against AGL.

In signing this form today, I reaffirm my assumption of risk. I acknowledge that I have listened to and understood this disclosure of risk by AGL. I accept the nature and degree of those risks. 

By signing this form I accept all the statements and terms in this document and wish to proceed with the activity at my own risk.