Nearby | Murchison valley from Tasman moraine

Tasman Valley from the Murchinson

Photograph • Distance: 1.7km away

Views across the Tasman to Mt.s Cook and Tasman from the Murchinson More ▶︎

Rivercrossing

Photograph • Distance: 2.8km away

Crossing the Murchison river More ▶︎

Ball Shelter

Track • 1 – 2 days. Easy/medium. Return via same track. • Distance: 2.9km away

Follow the old Ball Hut Road from the Blue Lakes car park along the moraine wall of the Tasman Glacier ... More ▶︎

Ball Shelter [Removed 2009]

Hut • Removed! • Distance: 2.9km away

Perched on the edge of the Tasman Glacier moraine wall. Although this hut is only about 5km from the summit ... More ▶︎

Ball Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 3. • Distance: 2.9km away

Small Hut on the moraine next to the Tasman Glacier, just south of the Ball Glacier. The first hut was ... More ▶︎

Caroline Hut

Hut • Private hut (Private). • Distance: 4.2km away

Private, locked hut on the Ball Ridge. This hut is used by guided parties on the Ball Pass route. For ... More ▶︎

Tasman Glacier lake

Photograph • Distance: 4.5km away

The terminal lake of the Tasman Glacier from the eastern slopes of the Murchinson. I was picked up by the ... More ▶︎

Ball Pass

Track • 2 – 3 days. Hard. One way. • Distance: 4.9km away

A challenging crossing of the Kirikirikatata / Mount Cook Range between the Hooker and Tasman Glaciers just 5km south of ... More ▶︎

Ball pass route 1996

Photograph • Distance: 4.9km away

The route over Ball Pass looking across the Hooker Glacier. May have changed somewhat considering the date taken. More ▶︎

Picton to Aspiring

GPX file • Distance: 6.4km away

An aborted alpine traverse. Picton to West Cape, but aborted at Aspiring due to real world emergencies back home. Posted ... More ▶︎

Lake Tasman and Murchison river

Photograph • Distance: 6.5km away

A very interesting situation here: The eastern lateral moraine of the Tasman glacier forces the Murchison river into a narrow ... More ▶︎

Haast Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 4. • Distance: 7.2km away

Climbers' hut located on the Haast Ridge, below Plateau Hut and the Grand Plateau. More ▶︎

Plateau Hut

Hut • Serviced Alpine Hut (DOC). Capacity: 33. • Distance: 7.5km away

Alpine hut on the Grand Plateau beneath Aoraki / Mount Cook. More ▶︎

Liebig Hut

Photograph • Distance: 7.7km away

Liebig Hut, in the Murchinson Valley. Access to the valley is by boat over the Tasman Glacier Lake - tourist ... More ▶︎

Mt Sefton from Liebig Hut

Photograph • Distance: 7.7km away

Sunrise catches Mt Sefton. From the Liebig Hut, in the Murchinson. More ▶︎

Route Guide: Otira to Mt Cook Village (pt 2)

Track • 12 – 21 days. Hard. One way. • Distance: 7.7km away

One possible route down the main divide from Otira on the Arthur's Pass road to Mt Cook Village. Otira Hotel ... More ▶︎

Liebig Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6. • Distance: 7.7km away

Liebig Hut (6 bunk, matresses, no fire, water at 200m, mountain radio) is a DOC hut on the south side ... More ▶︎

Route Guide: Otira to Mt Cook Village (pt 1)

Track • 12 – 21 days. Hard. One way. • Distance: 7.7km away

One possible route down the main divide from Otira on the Arthur's Pass road to Mt Cook Village. Otira Hotel to ... More ▶︎

Hooker glacier and Hooker Hut

Photograph • Distance: 8.0km away

On the west side of Ball Pass it is easy to view the Hooker hut and the beginning of the ... More ▶︎

Mt Cook

Photograph • Distance: 8.1km away

Mt Cook from across Lake Pukakaki More ▶︎

Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park

Place • National Park. 706.96km². • Distance: 8.1km away

A climbers' park surrounding New Zealand's highest peak, Aoraki / Mount Cook, at 3724m. Mount Cook National Park is part ... More ▶︎

Mt Cook

Photograph • Distance: 8.1km away

Driving into Mt Cook Village via Highway SH80. More ▶︎

Onslow Hut (Steffan Memorial Hut)

Hut • Basic Hut/Bivvy (NZDA). Capacity: 4. • Distance: 8.4km away

NZDA hut located on the Murchison River just below the glacier lake. More ▶︎

Hooker Hut

Hut • Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 12. • Distance: 8.6km away

Historic hut built in 1909/10 and situated near the moraine wall of the Hooker Glacier. It has been shifted twice ... More ▶︎

In and Out of the Jollie River

Article • Distance: 8.7km away

An easy 3 day sojourn up the Jollie to bag 2 huts. More ▶︎

Ailsa Pass

Photograph • Distance: 9.0km away

Technically easy, but we required crampons on the Cass side (end Feb). More ▶︎

Copland Shelter

Photograph • Distance: 9.4km away

Copland Shelter below Copeland Pass More ▶︎

Copland Shelter

Hut • Shelter (DOC). Capacity: 4. • Distance: 9.4km away

Copland Emergency Shelter on the east side of the Copeland Pass. This is serious country and should only be undertaken ... More ▶︎

Copland Track

Track • 3 days. Hard. One way. • Distance: 9.4km away

Classic mountaineering route between Mount Cook and the West Coast. See Welcome Flat. More ▶︎

Copeland Shelter

Photograph • Distance: 9.4km away

Copeland Shelter below the Copeland Pass More ▶︎

Empress Hut

Hut • Serviced Alpine Hut (DOC). Capacity: 12. • Distance: 9.5km away

New Zealand's second highest hut, located at 2500m on the Earl Ridge west of Aoraki / Mount Cook. This hut ... More ▶︎

Copland valley, Mt Sefton

Photograph • Distance: 9.7km away

mt sefton summit from the valley floor More ▶︎

Cloudmaker

Photograph • Distance: 9.8km away

Mount Cook (Aoraki) forms a large cloud, seen from the Hooker Lake. More ▶︎

Sitting above the Hooker Glacier enroute from Ball Pass

Photograph • Distance: 9.8km away

Looking southward toward MtCook Village you've got a clear view of the route leading up to Mueller Hut More ▶︎