ONLINE SURVEY

THE SURVEY WAS LAUNCHED ON 22 NOVEMBER 2021 AND CLOSED ON 18 FEBRUARY 2022.

The survey was conducted online. It was incentivised, and promoted to the mountaineering community through multiple different channels, including via:

» Mountaineering clubs and relevant membership bodies

» Mountaineering, climbing and tramping social media pages and groups

» NZ Mountain Safety Council and NZ Avalanche Advisory networks and contact lists

A total of 779 responses were received.

Of the total responses, 11% (or 86) identified themselves as a ‘professional guide’.

The findings included in this presentation are based on the 89% (or 691) ‘non-guides’.

There is no accurate record of the total size of the mountaineering community in NZ, or accurate understanding of the total NZ based annual mountaineering participation. However, the researchers and external advisory panel are confident that this sample size is large enough to be considered viable. It is not necessarily representative, for the reasons outlined in Survey Biases, but it does provide sufficient insight and is the best available information. It is currently impossible for us to know if the sample is representative of the entire mountaineering community.

Due to question routing or respondents skipping some questions, not every question was answered by all respondents. This is indicated where relevant.