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Day 4 Pg 2

28 Jan 00

From Queenstown to Mount Cook

Back into the mountains. Today is John's birthday.

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We were lucky and our room at The Hermitage was upgraded. This is the view of Mount Cook from our porch.
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Mount Sefton and the Hooker Glacier
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The view from our hotel room
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Mount Cook, elevation 3753m. Tallest mountain in New Zealand.
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Mount Cook
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The pile of dirt in the middle foreground is the Mueller Glacier. There is actually ice under there. In the middle of the photo is the edge of the glacier's lateral moiraine, from when the glacier was last bigger. In the background is Mt. Cook.
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Mt. Sefton and the Hooker glacier
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Mt. Cook. In the foreground is a lateral moirane of the Mueller glacier.
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The trail to the Kea Point lookout (over the Mueller glacier) looking towards the Hermitage. You can just see one building under the mountain to the right.
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Mount Cook near sunset
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Mt Cook near sunset
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Mt Sefton, near sunset
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Mt. Cook, closer to sunset
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The other side of the valley. Mt. Cook to the left.
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Mt. Sefton
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Mt Sefton
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Mount Cook at sunset
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Mt. Cook at sunset.

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