Muller Hut Route

24th-25th December 2010

Hike 1
Muller Hut Route
Skill: Party advanced
Distance: 5.2km
Elevation gain: 1000m (Start point:793m-Peak:1800m)
Estimate time:2 hours to Sealy Tarns. Another 2 hours to Muller Hut. 3 hours way down.

This is the first mountain Sir Edmund Hillary ever climbed in New Zealand.

Best Hike Ever!!!! Highly recommended.

Mt.Cook village


Our campsite. Very windy and cold. Wet as well.
Night before


Beautiful sunset


Morning
Absolutely beautiful day!!


10am Start


Aoraki/Mt.Cook(3754m)
It is very lucky thing to be able to see Aoraki clearly like this.


Aoraki, Hooker glacier and Moraine


Looking down our campsite by the moraine


At Sealy Tarns. Mueller Glacier on back.



Snowy way up


Very steep way up


Muller Glacier


Closer look Muller Glacier


Avalanche


Muller Hut


Looking down Muller Glacier (I can't lean any more!! Very windy and steep here!!)


White Christmas in mid summer!!


Indeed it was.