Mueller Hut via the Sealy Tarns Track
Convenient access into the beautiful Sealy Range
Moderate Ski Touring
- Distance
- 4.1 km
- Ascent
- 1.1 km
- Descent
- 7 m
Ski Touring in Mount Cook
New Zealands highest mountain and national park with a quirky village to base yourself for incredible high alpine hikes and tours and views of the country's glaciers
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Ski Touring Routes in Mount Cook
Mt. Darwin South Face Direct
One for connoisseurs of steep ice faces
Extreme Ski Touring
- Distance
- 1.6 km
- Ascent
- 250 m
- Descent
- 764 m
Mt. Darwin South Face
An awesome ski face above the secluded Darwin Glacier
Severe Ski Touring
- Distance
- 9.3 km
- Ascent
- 1.1 km
- Descent
- 1.1 km
Mt. Elie de Beaumont West Face
A beautiful and wild roundtrip over to the west side and back again
Severe Ski Touring
- Distance
- 10 km
- Ascent
- 1.5 km
- Descent
- 1.5 km
Aiguille Rouges North Face
Superb spring skiing on a beautiful and open face.
Difficult Ski Touring
- Distance
- 1.3 km
- Ascent
- 447 m
- Descent
- 39 m
Mt. Abel, North Couloir
A fantastic half day and accessible ski mountaineering loop
Severe Ski Touring
- Distance
- 1.6 km
- Ascent
- 254 m
- Descent
- 257 m
Zig Zag Route, Malte Brun
A very technical and spectacular line on a major peak
Extreme Ski Touring
- Distance
- 6.3 km
- Ascent
- 78 m
- Descent
- 2 km
Footstool
An engaging adventure with some some real New Zealand flavour.
Severe Ski Touring
- Distance
- 17 km
- Ascent
- 2.2 km
- Descent
- 2.2 km
Hochstetter Dome Traverse
A great introductory ski tour on the Tasmin Glacier's friendliest peak.
Moderate Ski Touring
- Distance
- 3.9 km
- Ascent
- 549 m
- Descent
- 520 m
Mt. Elie de Beaumont via the Anna Glacier
The northernmost of the Southern Alps' 3000m peaks
Severe Ski Touring
- Distance
- 9.1 km
- Ascent
- 1.1 km
- Descent
- 1.1 km
Caroline Face
The largest and most mythical alpine face in New Zealand, it was first descended on skis in October 2017.
Extreme Ski Touring
- Distance
- 12 km
- Ascent
- 2.1 km
- Descent
- 2.1 km
Mount Dixon South East Ridge
A classic and popular mountaineering peak, this is the easiest of the big peaks to ski from the Plateau Hut.
Severe Ski Touring
- Distance
- 5.1 km
- Ascent
- 832 m
- Descent
- 832 m
Aoraki / Mt. Cook East Face
A collossal line and a truly world class ski face.
Extreme Ski Touring
- Distance
- 8.3 km
- Ascent
- 1.6 km
- Descent
- 1.7 km
Aoraki / Mt Cook East Face and down the Boys Glacier
From Plateau hut to the summit of Aoraki/Mt Cook, unbroken ski decent down the East Face and back to Plateau Hut, sleep then ski down the Boys Glacier and walk out the Tasman Glacier to the Blue Lakes carpark
Extreme Ski Touring
- Distance
- 22 km
- Ascent
- 2.1 km
- Descent
- 3.6 km
The Sky Piercer: East Face of Mt Cook.
Riding the East Face of Mt. Cook with Sam Smoothy, Nadine Wallner & Fraser McDougall
Extreme Ski Touring
- Distance
- 7.7 km
- Ascent
- 1.4 km
- Descent
- 1.4 km