Mount Cook Ski Resort Guide
Mount Cook Ski Resort Guide
Aoraki (meaning Cloud Piercer in Ngāi Tahu Maori) or Mount Cook, to honour the famous captain, is the highest mountain in New Zealand. The top of Mount Cook is at 3754 mtrs; breathtaking amongst the dazzling peaks of the southern Alps. Three summits make up Mount Cook. They are the Low Peak, Middle Peak and High Peak. The Tasman Glacier is in the east and the Hooker Glacier to the west. The nearest airport to Mount Cook is Queenstown.
Resorts close to Mount Cook include:
Fox Peak (59 km),
Alpure Peaks (60 km),
Mount Dobson (61 km),
HeliPark New Zealand (62 km),
Ohau (78 km),
Mount Cook Chalets, Ski Hotels & Lodging
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(Also see our detailed Weather Map around Mount Cook, which will give you visual overview of current and future snow conditions)
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| Summit: 3754 m |
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| Vertical Drop: 914 m |
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Nearest Airport: Queenstown |
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Visitor Reviews of Mount Cook
Peter Taylor from New Zealand writes:
Generally a well-serviced mountain, featuring excellent coffee at Plateau Hut. Service at Empress Hut is a little slow, and, apart from a peculiar rocky pudding, non-existent at Gardiner Hut. Queues on popular blue run the Linda tend to get very long in January and there have been some instances of fisticuffs amongst impatient punters at Summit Rocks. The Nor'West Ridge is a somewhat less crowded blue run, but it's a long walk from the hut with no guarantee of good conditions from the summit. The public are warned to exercise caution on descents of the double diamond Hooker Face as it can get a little hard and slippery at times. Late season, often as early as mid-January, there are excellent natural terrain park features on the lower Linda.
2007-12-29 |
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