2. O Far Away in the Southern Hemisphere!

5. This will be the 9 th trip to New Zealand for the Academy Outing Club. This trip is primarily a hiking and backpacking trip that will bring you into some of the most beautiful country on the planet. We will be exploring Fiordland and Mt. Aspiring National Park in southwest NZ. This is a mountainous area of temperate rainforest and high alpine terrain. The people of New Zealand are wonderful and adventurous as well, and you will also meet people from all over the world as we stay in a total of 7 different alpine huts. We will fly from Boston, through California to Auckland, then on to Queenstown on the South Island, where the adventure truly begins. We will be hiking, or “tramping” as the Kiwi’s say, on 2 Great Walks-the Kepler and Routeburn Tracks, as well as hiking up the Matukituki Valley. There will be mountains, rainforests and glaciers galore for you to feast your eyes on. We will also have well earned rest days in Queenstown, Te Anau, Wanaka and Arrowtown.

7.  Opened February, 1988  4 day tramp including stays at 3 huts  37miles-beech forests and alpine crossing

9. Matukituki Valley

13.  In 2011, Lonely Planet listed the Routeburn Track as one of it's top ten treks in the world  19 miles of beech forest and alpine environments  Track has been used by humans since 1500AD  Tourism began around 1880

17. Dates: April 6-23, 2016 Minimum: 9 students 2 Guides with backcountry and Wilderness First Aid experience Cost: $3500.00 For more information or questions, see Frank Bowen in Streeter 251, or email at fbowen@stjacademy.org