Day hike to MUELLER HUT // Aoraki Mt Cook, NZ
The weather prevented us from staying the night, so we did a day hike to Mueller Hut and back. I carried my pack as part of my PCT training. Also in the vlog: walking the Hooker Valley Track and Mount Cook Village.
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Mueller Hut Route: Alpine Tramping (Hiking) Series | New Zealand
The Mueller Hut Route is one of the more advanced alpine tramps (hikes) in the Aoraki/Mount Cook Region and offers stunning scenery of the mountainous landscape. The Mueller Hut Route takes you 11.8km straight up and back down the other side of the Sealy Range, climbing a total of 1000m in elevation. Since the whole tramp is in alpine terrain, there are a few things you need to be aware of before heading out. In this video we will take you along the track and show you how to prepare for a successful trip and make it home safely.
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MUELLER HUT TRACK in Aoraki Mount Cook - New Zealand
The Mueller Hut track proved to be not only our most favorite day hike we have ever done so far (I know, big words), but also the most challenging. Those views at the end were 100% worth it though!
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Mueller Hut Route (Aoraki/Mt.cook National Park, New Zealand)
Mueller Hut, Mount cook, NZ
Rando sur les hauteurs de Mount Cook village. 8,5 km, 750 m D+, 2h00. Beaucoup de marches d'escalier et trop de neige en haut pour finir les 250 derniers m D+
Mueller Hut Route, Aoraki/ Mt.Cook National Park, New Zealand / ミューラー・ハット・ルート マウントクック国立公園 ニュージーランド
ニュージーランドのアオラキ/マウントクック国立公園にある
ミューラー・ハット・ルートを歩いた時の映像です。
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Mueller Hut & Mount Cook, New Zealand - 4 February 2019
hike to the Mueller Hut. This is the classic Mount Cook 1-day trek and provides us with great views of the Hooker and Mueller glaciers, as well as of Mount Cook itself. Mount Cook (or Aoraki to the Maori) is the highest mountain in New Zealand at 3754m. The route to the hut is quite steep and climbs rapidly from the valley floor, past a couple of tarns, and then up to the top of the ridge. The Mueller Hut is situated at the very top of the ridge at an altitude of 1830m and the views across the whole area are excellent. There are easier options for those seeking a less active day, including the Hooker Valley or the Mount Sebastapol ridgeline.
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Mueller Hut Route to Mt Ollivier, New Zealand
Mount Ollivier is a peak in the Sealey Range west of Mount Cook Village. It is also a very significant summit, as it is the first real mountain Sir Edmund Hilary climbed. With huge panoramic views and history, I was really excited to experience it.
Mueller Hut is one of the most scene huts in New Zealand and sits high above Mount Cook village on the Sealy Range. It is the fifth version to be built since 1914, as previous iterations were either swept away by an avalanche or deteriorated over time. The current hut sleeps 28 people and is a home base for many mountaineers and trampers. Mount Ollivier is located just beyond Mueller Hut.
Aoraki Mt Cook from Mueller Hut Route
Top of the Ollivier ridge on the Mueller hut route in Aoraki Mt Cook National Park, NZ
After ascending a kilometre from the valley below, you crest the ridge just north of Mt Ollivier and are greeted by spectacular views of the Bealy range - Mt Sefton most prominently. There's a rocky outcrop just of the path where I took this video from.
Snow on the Mueller Hut route in mid-summer - Aoraki Mt Cook Nat Park, NZ
Just around the corner from the ridge crest, sitting just short of Mt Ollivier's summit is the Mueller hut. But before that are some big patches of icy snow to play around in.
This video was shot with an Olympus tough camera at 720p. Although the camera can shoot in the lower HD setting, its lens fails dismally in high-light scenarios like this, and tinges everything pink. Frustrating!
Aoraki Mt Cook National Park
An overview of the spectacular Aoraki Mt Cook National Park with Gus Roxburgh of the Wild About New Zealand TV series. Gus explores the park's attractions and activities for everyone.
Mueller Hut, Mt Cook NZ
Walking up to Mueller Hut at Mt Cook NZ.
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Mount Cook/Aoraki - Mueller Hut
New Zealand January 2019.
Our epic day started after a campsite ???? breakfast. We started our ascent up the Sealy Tarns Track towards the Mueller hut. Climbing steeply above the valley below, over 2,000 steps with views of Mount Cook ???? and glaciers ❄️ the whole way up. The high ridge produced the best views of waterfalls ???? and avalanches ???? all the way the Mueller Hut. After a late lunch we climbed Mount Ollivier before our 3 hrs descent. All in all 7 hours of amazing hiking and scenery ????????!
Mueller Hut Hike-New Zealand
Our final hike in New Zealand was a short but strenuous hike up to the Mueller Hut. We stayed overnight in the hut and had amazing sunset and sunrise views of Mt. Cook and the Hooker Valley.
Mueller Hut 2019 New Zealand
This was the second attempt of getting to Mueller hut in early September 2019. The week earlier it had just dumped snow and from Sealy tarns was a battle!! I came back a week later with success!!
Mount Oliver, Mueller Hut, Mount Cook National Park.
I share some photos and short video clips of time spent climbing mount Oliver in March 2019. The video is what it is. I am no filmmaker. Looks can be deceiving. Although the clear skies, the first morning it was minus seventeen degrees Celsius and the next morning it was zero degrees. I hung out my sweaty wet shirt overnight inside the hut hoping it would dry out but it was just as wet as the night before. Any colder and the shirt would have frozen solid and stiff. Something to keep in mind if you do go and visit the hut.
Mount Cook and Mueller Hut - New Zealand
Spent a few days in the Mount Cook National Park and hiked up to Mueller Hut for some of the most amazing views we've ever seen in New Zealand. See more New Zealand travel tips at vankookz.com