Always a crowd stopper, viewed from above the shore of Lake Pukaki, on the approach to Mount Cook Village
Aoraki Mount Cook from Peter's Point, on the approach to Mount Cook Village
Mount Sefton - left, Mt Hicks - peeking from the left shoulder of Aoraki Mount Cook at centre. Right of Aorak,i from left - Mounts Tasman, Lendenfeld, Haast, Haidinger, Douglas and Elie De Beaumont
Another view of the main divide on the approach to Mount Cook Village
Aoraki Mount Cook, viewed on the approach to the Village
Aoraki Mount Cook beyond Lake Pukaki
Aoraki Mount Cook beyond Lake Pukaki, at sunset
Aoraki Mount Cook beyond Lake Pukaki, at sunset
Aoraki Mount Cook dominates the main divide, at sunset
Aoraki Mount Cook viewed from near Twizel
A view to the end point of Tasman glacier, from Unwin Lodge
Lake near Omarama
Lake near Omarama
Lake near Omarama
Lake near Omarama
Aoraki Mount Cook and the Main Divide, viewed from the far side of Lake Pukaki
View across Lake Pukaki to Aoraki Mount Cook (centre) and the Main Divide
Aoraki Mount Cook, viewed from the far side of Lake Pukaki
A view across Lake Pukaki to Aoraki Mount Cook
The Main Divide from Mount John, Tekapo
Lake Pukaki with the main divide forming the skyline. Aoraki Mount Cook easy to spot at right
A view across Lake Tekapo to the main divide. Mount Sefton at left, Mounts Cook and Tasman at right
Aoraki Mt Cook at the head of Lake Pukaki, viewed on a flight back to Wellington
All the peaks above 3,000 metres except Mt Aspiring are in this view
Aoraki Mt Cook dominates the skyline, with Lake Pukaki in the foreground
Lake Tekapo and a view up the Godley Valley at it's northern end. Aoraki Mount Cook on the left skyline
Braided river system
The south-east and east ridges of Aoraki Mt Cook extend down from the low and middle peaks
In this view the north end of Lake Tekapo and entry to the Godley Valley are in the lower foreground
Aoraki Mt Cook left, Silberhorn and Mt Tasman centre
To appreciate the scale of these mountains, Plateau Hut is a barely descernable smudge to the right of the Hochstetter Icefall - lower right
Filling in time after a climb in the Mount Cook area, on the return to Christchurch airport