Landscape snowy peak mount cook national park new zealand. Cook itself is made up of three separate summits and is sandwiched between the tasman and hooker glaciers. One of the most popular hikes on south island new zealand hooker valley is a relatively flat and gorgeous hike past glacier lakes. It draws mountain climbers star gazers and nature lovers and offers countless vistas that will stop you in your tracks with awe. Mount cook national park is an incredible part of new zealand south island that should be on any landscape photographers shortlist of locations to visit.
State highway 80 leads to aorakimt cook village which is situated beside scenic lake pukaki and provides a comfortable base for alpine activities. These are all the mountains over 2400 m with a topographic prominence drop of at least 300 m 985 ft closely matching those on the list of mountains of new zealand by the new zealand alpine clubfive peaks overlooked on that list are indicated with an asterisk. This hd wallpaper is about landscape aoraki mount cook mountains new zealand river original wallpaper dimensions is 1600x900px file size is 49041kb. Mt aspiring national park is best accessed from wanaka a small lakeside resort town just an hour from queenstown in the south island.
Far from city lights the stargazing here is magnificent aoraki mount cook national park forms the majority of new zealands only international dark sky reserve. New zealands highest mountain outside of the mt cook region mt aspiring 3033 metres or 9951 feet is part of the te wahipounamu world heritage site. New zealands 13 national parks showcase more than 30000 square kilometres of diverse natural scenery ready to explore by foot boat car or air. The 100 highest mountains.
Just a few miles south of the mountain lies. New zealands highest peak 12218 feet gives its name to the national park that covers a section of the southern alps where most of the countrys tallest mountains are found. Towering snowy mountains on both sides of a wide lush valley make this easy hike a must do when visiting mt. Spend time in new zealands national parks and youll begin to understand the soul of this place.
The highlight of this hike is definitely is the view. We spent two and a half days exploring.