The Pontiac Field Guide
Travel tips, tools & fun facts.
How altitude affects you, what to pack, how to stay safe on the trail — plus a quick quiz to match you with the right trip.
Interactive · Altitude explorer
Climb, and watch the air change.
Drag the climber up the mountain. Every number is real physics — the same air you'll breathe on our trails.
- Oxygen in each breath
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- Water boils at
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- Colder than the coast by
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- Sunburn (UV) stronger by
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A guide, not medical advice. Your Pontiac leader checks every traveller's oxygen saturation daily above 2,500 m.
Tap a card · Survival tips
What the mountains taught us.
Small things that turn a hard moment into a good story. Tap each card to turn it over.
Fun facts
The world is stranger up here.
Four questions · 30 seconds
Which journey are you?
Interactive · Packing lists
Pack light. Pack right.
Tick things off as you pack — we'll remember your list on this device.
Leave no trace
Seven principles we never break.
- 1Plan ahead and prepare
- 2Travel and camp on durable surfaces
- 3Dispose of waste properly
- 4Leave what you find
- 5Minimise campfire impacts
- 6Respect wildlife
- 7Be considerate of other visitors
Talk to us
Your next great trip starts with a conversation.
Tell us where you'd like to go. A trip planner will reply with ideas, dates and prices — usually the same day.