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I\'m sure it\'ll be about two minutes before a furious kiwi PMs me about my mistake if this isn\'t Mt Tasman! ...but it was two years ago .

I had split my shin open to the bone (15 stitches) so was advised not to hike up the glacier.
The next option was a helicopter, but then you only get a couple of minutes 3/4 of the way up the glacier. They leave the engine on, and they go straight there and back.
The ski plane however, was the priciest option, but you get a playful tour of the peaks and ... most importantly, there was a picture on the wall from about 1930 with some aristocrat, dressed in tweed, smoking a pipe next to his ski plane - it was sold!
So, I took this from a tiny Cessna 185 ski-plane
We then landed on the icefield at the top of the glacier, at about 6000m. SUCH a peaceful place, worth every penny.

Mount Cook Ski Planes - [link]

Hope you enjoy, I had a great grin while looking through all my photos from Aotearoa last night. I miss it SO MUCH! The people, the land, the art, the wildlife .... maybe I\'ll give Norway a look if I can afford it, I\'ve not been there and it looks wonderful on google earth!

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I\'m sure it\'ll be about two minutes before a furious kiwi PMs me about my mistake if this isn\'t Mt Tasman! ...but it was two years ago .

I had split my shin open to the bone (15 stitches) so was advised not to hike up the glacier.
The next option was a helicopter, but then you only get a couple of minutes 3/4 of the way up the glacier. They leave the engine on, and they go straight there and back.
The ski plane however, was the priciest option, but you get a playful tour of the peaks and ... most importantly, there was a picture on the wall from about 1930 with some aristocrat, dressed in tweed, smoking a pipe next to his ski plane - it was sold!
So, I took this from a tiny Cessna 185 ski-plane
We then landed on the icefield at the top of the glacier, at about 6000m. SUCH a peaceful place, worth every penny.

Mount Cook Ski Planes - [link]

Hope you enjoy, I had a great grin while looking through all my photos from Aotearoa last night. I miss it SO MUCH! The people, the land, the art, the wildlife .... maybe I\'ll give Norway a look if I can afford it, I\'ve not been there and it looks wonderful on google earth!