Today we drove from Christchurch to Mt. Cook. Pretty dreary day today --not much sun. Mt. Cook is the highest mountain in the country of New Zealand at 12,313ft. Sir Edmund Hillary (the first man to ever summit Mt. Everest) did his training on this mountain.
We arrived into town early afternoon. We walked around the visitor center, had some lunch, and then hit one of the local trails. We did a 3 hour hike on the Hooker Valley Track. The trail included 2 swing bridges and ended at a huge glacier lake. Pretty great scenery.
Ready to wrap up the trip tomorrow. 1 day left on Sunday and then a big travel day on Monday -- it's gone by too fast.
A clear blue lake on the drive to Mt. Cook
1st swing bridge on Hooker Valley Track.
A view walking across bridge
Glacial stream
See the ice formations in the lake
Glacial lake
Ice formations in the glacial lake
2nd swing bridge
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