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

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

One possible route down the main divide from Otira on the Arthur's Pass road to Mt Cook Village. Otira Hotel to ...   More ▶︎
Route Guide: Otira to Mt Cook Village (pt 2)

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

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

Ball Shelter Hut

Tasman Valley, Mount Cook National Park. View to range on other side of the Tasman Glacier.   More ▶︎
A fine day to view Mt Cook

A fine day to view Mt Cook

Anyone who has driven between Christchurch and Wanaka / Queenstown area on a fine day would surely have this photo.   More ▶︎
Ball Shelter Hut

Ball Shelter Hut

Tasman Valley, Mount Cook National Park   More ▶︎
Ball Shelter Hut

Ball Shelter Hut

Tasman Valley, Mount Cook National Park   More ▶︎
Munted Feet

Munted Feet

May my thoughts be like at evening an Otago sky where detonated clouds in calm confusion lie - Glover   More ▶︎
view from mueller hut route

view from mueller hut route

In winter there is usually little sign of a track after passing Sealy Tarns, the hill is covered in snow, ...   More ▶︎
Hooker Valley Track

Hooker Valley Track

Mostly flat, easy and touristy track along the Hooker River from White Horse campground to the Hooker Glacier. Great views.   More ▶︎
Sealy Tarns

Sealy Tarns

Steep track with lots of steps, but easy and well-maintained. The tarns are roughly half-way to Mueller Hut. From the ...   More ▶︎
Fiordland National Park

Fiordland National Park

New Zealand's largest park, with large areas of impenetrable wilderness. Includes the Glaisnock and Pembroke Wilderness Areas. Fiordland National Park ...   More ▶︎
Above Mueller Hut

Above Mueller Hut

Looking Down on Mueller hut and across to Mt. Cook from Mt. Olivier. Photo taken in January 2008.   More ▶︎
Sealy Tarns

Sealy Tarns

Sealy Tarns picnic table   More ▶︎
Mueller Hut and Aoraki/Mt Cook

Mueller Hut and Aoraki/Mt Cook

Mueller Hut and Aoraki/Mt Cook   More ▶︎
Views of Mt Cook from the deck at Mueller Hut

Views of Mt Cook from the deck at Mueller Hut

In January   More ▶︎
Mueller Hut

Mueller Hut

Mueller hut is surrounded by Mt. Cook and other 3000m peaks, making it a scenic place to stay. In summer ...   More ▶︎
Mueller Hut

Mueller Hut

Day or overnight trip to an alpine hut with views of Aoraki / Mount Cook. Best walked mid-November to March ...   More ▶︎
Haast to The Divide

Haast to The Divide

Andrew Barker's traverse 2009. From Pleasant Flat in the Haast to The Divide via Mt Aspiring National Park.   More ▶︎
Maori Saddle

Maori Saddle

Crossing of the Main Divide from the Okuru River to the Blue River. 1245m. This photo taken from Douglas Saddle. ...   More ▶︎
Tramp from the Haast to the Blue

Tramp from the Haast to the Blue

Tramping the Burke, Howe, Okuru and the Blue rivers via the Douglas and Maori saddles.   More ▶︎
Hooker Valley Track

Hooker Valley Track

Hooker Valley Track walkboard, looking towards the valley   More ▶︎
Mueller Hut in June

Mueller Hut in June

Awesome & popular hut, lovely view.   More ▶︎

Mt Olivier

a short climb from Mueller Hut.   More ▶︎
Mueller Hut in June

Mueller Hut in June

Awesome & popular hut, lovely view.   More ▶︎

Chancellor Hut

This historic hut is located 200m above Fox Glacier on Chancellor Ridge. The bunk room was formally the women's room. ...   More ▶︎
New Years on the glaciers -2003

New Years on the glaciers -2003

Part of a four day traverse of Fox and Franz Josef glaciers starting at Pioneer hut on Fox and making ...   More ▶︎
Fox Glacier

Fox Glacier

Ice Cave, Fox Glacier.   More ▶︎
View from Drummond Peak - Franz Josef Glacier

View from Drummond Peak - Franz Josef Glacier

Looking North from around 2600m. Westland is to the left.   More ▶︎
Alma Hut - Franz Josef Glacier

Alma Hut - Franz Josef Glacier

Perched to the side of the glacier. This shot was taken in 2003. I believe it has been refurbished by ...   More ▶︎
A day on Franz Josef

A day on Franz Josef

A photo opportunity to impress his son. It's Jeremys first time on the ice   More ▶︎
Learning to use the tools

Learning to use the tools

Practice slopes on the glacier   More ▶︎
Overnight Icefall from Franz Josef Glacier

Overnight Icefall from Franz Josef Glacier

Jeremy is dwarfed by some of the ice that has fallen at the terminal end of the glacier.   More ▶︎
Roberts Point Track

Roberts Point Track

Crossing the Waiho River at Douglas Bridge, this tracks leads up the valley true right to a viewpoint overlooking the ...   More ▶︎

Franz Josef Glacier / Kā Roimata o Hine Hukatere Walk

Follow the Waiho River to a viewpoint looking up to the Franz Josef Glacier.   More ▶︎
Descent of Fox Glacier

Descent of Fox Glacier

The icescapes of a glacier are everchanging, transformed by the the eternal battle between gravity and friction. They can only ...   More ▶︎
Almer Hut

Almer Hut

Located on the top of Franz Josef Glacier, this was the first prefabricated and air-lifted hut in Westland National Park, ...   More ▶︎
Almer Hut

Almer Hut

Almer hut is an old DoC hut, recently restored. Has 10 bunks, including 6 bunks in the "ladies room". Can ...   More ▶︎
Sitting above the Hooker Glacier enroute from Ball Pass

Sitting above the Hooker Glacier enroute from Ball Pass

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

Cloudmaker

Mount Cook (Aoraki) forms a large cloud, seen from the Hooker Lake.   More ▶︎
Hendes Shelter (Historic) Oct 2011

Hendes Shelter (Historic) Oct 2011

This shelter is on the Roberts Point track above the Waiho River on the way to a viewing platform above ...   More ▶︎
The Head of the Young Valley

The Head of the Young Valley

The Head of the valley shortly before leaving the valley floor to begin the climb to Gillespie Pass up the ...   More ▶︎

Picton to Aspiring

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

Pioneer Hut

New Zealand Alpine Club hut perched on the rocky Pioneer Ridge over the Fox Glacier névé. The Pioneer Hut looks ...   More ▶︎
The boys, Gillespie Pass, Jan 2001

The boys, Gillespie Pass, Jan 2001

Aged 11 and 14, the lads proved remarkably resilient on the Wilkin/Young tramp, braving sandflies a the "Young Forks lunch ...   More ▶︎
Along way up

Along way up

The track to Gillespie Pass climbs nearly verically towards the pass. This is looking back down into the Young Valley ...   More ▶︎
Gillespie Pass

Gillespie Pass

Looking down at the Young side of the Pass.   More ▶︎
Gillespie Pass

Gillespie Pass

Looking down to the neck   More ▶︎
Gillespie Pass Circuit

Gillespie Pass Circuit

This is a 3-4 day track that is located near Makarora at the head of Lake Wanaka. Being a loop ...   More ▶︎
Wilkins - Young (Gillespie Pass) Circuit

Wilkins - Young (Gillespie Pass) Circuit

Crossing the Makarora river on foot to the Young valley. Ascending to Young Hut in the first day. 2nd Day ...   More ▶︎
Jamieson Saddle

Jamieson Saddle

Jamieson Saddle summit, 2187m - looking west across the upper Dobson towards the Sealy Range. Jamieson saddle is an unmarked ...   More ▶︎
Tasman valley from Jamieson Saddle

Tasman valley from Jamieson Saddle

A look back towards the coast from Jamieson Saddle: views over the Tasman Valley, Lake Pukaki, Burkes Pass and the ...   More ▶︎
Ball Shelter

Ball Shelter

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

The Gillespie Saddle

Taken from the hightest point of the Gillespie Pass track on point 1629 looking over the saddle towards point 1726. ...   More ▶︎
Gillespie Stream and the Siberia from Gillespie Pass

Gillespie Stream and the Siberia from Gillespie Pass

Looking South West from the pass, the Gillespie Stream snakes its way down towards the Siberia Valley. The valley across ...   More ▶︎

Hooker Landsborough Wilderness Area

Remote peaks and valleys around Mount Hooker (2652m) and the head of the Landsborough River. The area borders Westland National ...   More ▶︎
Main Divide south of Copland headwaters Oct 2010

Main Divide south of Copland headwaters Oct 2010

This pic was taken about 15 mins above Douglas Rock hut. I think the prominent peak is The Footstool? Mt ...   More ▶︎
Jamieson Saddle

Jamieson Saddle

Jamieson Saddle, from the Birch Hill / Mt Cook Village side. This is an alpine route from Mt Cook Village ...   More ▶︎
DOC campsite at Young Forks

DOC campsite at Young Forks

Located 2 minutes from the swingbridge up the Young North branch and about 2 hours from Young hut, this is ...   More ▶︎
Young Hut

Young Hut

Young hut in the rain   More ▶︎
Young Hut

Young Hut

Young hut in the rain   More ▶︎
Young Hut

Young Hut

A newly built hut (2006) with stainless steel benches. A inside sink with tap from rain tank. 2 rooms, one ...   More ▶︎
Young Hut

Young Hut

The Young Hut - nice hut!   More ▶︎

Centennial Hut

Located on Tusk Rock, Franz Josef névé, and named for the centennial of the New Zealand Alpine Club (established 1891).   More ▶︎
Lake Tasman and Murchison river

Lake Tasman and Murchison river

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

Hooker glacier and Hooker Hut

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

Hooker Hut

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

Barron Saddle Hut

An iron cylinder near Barron Saddle.   More ▶︎

Lake Wombat

Short walk to a kettle lake near Franz Josef Glacier.   More ▶︎
Copland Shelter

Copland Shelter

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

Copland Track

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

Copeland Shelter

Copeland Shelter below the Copeland Pass   More ▶︎
Copland Shelter

Copland Shelter

Copland Shelter below Copeland Pass   More ▶︎
Standing out on a pinnacle of rock near to the summit of Drummond Pk.

Standing out on a pinnacle of rock near to the summit of Drummond Pk.

Above and on the north side of Franz Josef glacier. 2003   More ▶︎
Copland valley, Mt Sefton

Copland valley, Mt Sefton

mt sefton summit from the valley floor   More ▶︎
Mount Hopkins

Mount Hopkins

Mount Hopkins, in the upper Dobson. Readon hut lies on the valley floor, to the left of the peak.   More ▶︎
Graham Saddle from the Franz Josef side.

Graham Saddle from the Franz Josef side.

Our other rope team begins the descent from Graham Saddle back down to our packs on Franz Josef glacier.   More ▶︎
View of the Tasman Glacier from Graham Saddle

View of the Tasman Glacier from Graham Saddle

Whilst returning to Centennial Hut from Alma Hut on Franz Josef Glacier we made a worthwhile side trip to Graham ...   More ▶︎
Tasman Glacier lake

Tasman Glacier lake

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