Mt Cook - Hooker Valley walk

Waking up to clear blue skies, it was a no brainer to go venture off as far as possible towards the base of Mt Cook. A nice easy 4 hour walk that almost anyone could do via the Hooker valley and on down to the Hooker Glacier terminal face.



Below is a terrible shot (due to the sun in the way) of the glacier terminal and the bottom right is how it looks from about half way along the track looking back at the village.



The Hermitage hotel and complex is effectively the centre hub of town. Here and very nearby is where what little food you can get is found. Very nice place this one, and it's also where the Planetarium and the 3D cinema is. Actually, this is one of the highlights of the area. The 360 dome type cinema with short movies that are some of the best examples of where astronomy and entertainent meet. The 3D movie is worth watching several times and covers fantastic history, climbs and flights around the area.


Above is looking towards the Hermitage Hotel and also the view that you see from the hotel (Mt Cook - 3754m is the peak in the middle and the Hooker Valley walk was to the glacier terminal base of it).