Aoraki Mount Cook
Adventures
The best mountain adventures in the Aoraki Mount Cook region
Aoraki Mt. Cook Adventures
Aoraki Mt. Cook Adventures
The best mountain adventures in the Aoraki Mount Cook region
There are many things to see and do in Aoraki Mount Cook. We've put together some lists of popular summer and winter activities, including our recommended hikes.
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The Best Day Hikes & Walking Trails in Aoraki Mount Cook
Explore Aoraki Mount Cook National Park and its spectacular alpine landscapes. Our recommendations of the top hiking trails and day walks in Aoraki Mount Cook.
Best Day Hikes in Aoraki Mount Cook
Mount Cook Ski Planes & Helicopters
Experience spectacular views flying in both a Ski plane and Helicopter. Land on New Zealand’s longest glacier – the Tasman Glacier. Enjoy beautiful views of the Tasman Terminal Lake, Grand Plateau, Hochstetter Icefall and cloud-piercing Aoraki/Mt Cook.
Mount Cook Ski Planes & Helicopters are our operator of choice for air access to our Aoraki Mount Cook based mountain adventures.
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Articles
Features and editorials about Aoraki Mt. Cook Adventures
Pushing Limits and Finding Joy in the New Zealand Alps
Test Your Limits 2024 - New Zealand expedition
When you sign on to guide a trip like Test Your Limits, you know it’s going to be something special.
Caroline Hut Restock
A lot goes on behind the scenes in maintaining a mountain hut. Caroline Hut Restock is an ode to the hut and the hard work.
Ball Pass Crossing
Why going guided won’t cramp on your style
A certain thrill comes with completing a trip you’ve eyed up for decades. For me, this was the Ball Pass Crossing.
Can a Tramper Climb Mt Cook?
What would it take for a tramper of average fitness to propel themselves to the top of New Zealand's highest summit?
Around Mount Cook
Transalpine Journey around Aoraki Mount Cook
I have wandered up a few pointy bits of landscape in the past, usually by the easiest route, but often after a long approach march to a more remote peak.
No Ordinary Feet
Climbing Aoraki with double-amputee Phil Doole
A gripping account of a guided ascent of Aoraki / Mount Cook, led by Gottlieb Braun-Elwert, culminating in a triumphant summit climb with double amputee Phil. Through storms, setbacks, and stunning alpine beauty, this story captures resilience, risk, and the fulfillment of a lifelong dream.
Threshold
A Father and Daughter Ascent of Aoraki / Mount Cook
At just 14 years old, Elke stood on the summit of Aoraki / Mount Cook, New Zealand’s highest peak, beside her father, IFMGA mountain guide Gottlieb Braun-Elwert. What began as a childhood dream became a defining moment of courage, trust, and transition. In this intimate and reflective story, father and daughter recount their shared climb — through swirling cloud, biting wind, and silent doubt — toward a threshold that marked more than just altitude.
On the 12th January 1998, at the age of 14, Elke Braun-Elwert became the youngest person to climb Aoraki Mount Cook. This is her and Gottlieb's account of the ascent.