Mt Cook & Glacier Helicopter

Mom booked an 8 am flight with Glacier Helicopters	...the highlight of the trip...a flight around Mt Cook	ZK-HJQ	Fox River flowing towards the Tasman Sea
Green fields along the Fox River	Lake Matheson	Lake Matheson famous for reflections of Mt Cook	Lake Mueller enroute to Franz Josef
Flying north over the Waikukupa River	Waikukupa River	The terminal moraine of Franz Josef glacier	Gaining altitude for the climb up Franz Josef
Franz Josef Glacier	Flying up the face of Franz Josef Glacier	Waterfall, Franz Josef	South side of Franz Josef
Looking down Franz Josef Glacier	Still much higher to climb	Blueish glacial ice of Franz Josef Glacier	Friz Range, Mount Halcombe, Franz Josef Glacier
Franz Josef Glacier	Franz Josef Glacier	Franz Josef Glacier	Franz Josef Glacier
Franz Josef Glacier	NZJan08 1400.jpg	Franz Josef Glacier	Our pilot flying low over Franz Josef
Nearing the top of Franz Josef Glacier	Franz Josef Glacier	Franz Josef Glacier	Franz Josef Glacier
Franz Josef and Fox are tongues off the main Tasman Glacier	Franz Josef Glacier	Mount Tasman and Mount Cook	Franz Josef Glacier
The Eastern Slope is covered in low cloud	Summit of Mount Tasman comes into view on right	Mount Haidinger	The summit of Mt Cook is just starting to come into view behind Mt Haidinger & L of Mt Tasman
Tasman Glacier on the eastern slope	Getting closer to the summit	Mts Haidinger, Cook and Tasman	Mount Tasman
Mount Haast comes into view as well	High peaks surrounding Mt Cook	Clear view of the summit of Mt Cook, left, and Mt Tasman	We were lucky we didn't try and do the flight from the east side
Mount Cook - Aoraki in Maori (3754m/12,316ft)	Summit of Mount Tasman (3497m/11,473ft)	Mt Cook & Mt Tasman, highest pair in the Southern Alps	Mount Cook / Aoraki
Mountains near Mt Cook	Mt Cook & Mt Tasman	Mount Cook	Mount Cook and socked in eastern valleys
Mount Tasman flyby	Glacier on the north side of Mount Tasman	Mount Cook	Mount Cook
Saddle between Mt Tasman and Mt Cook	One of the mountain huts around Mt Cook	Such good luck for us...	Eastern Slope of the Southern Alps
Tasman Glacier on the eastern slope of the Southern Alps	Mt Haast & Mt Haidinger looking north	Mount Tasman	Mount Cook & Mt Tasman
Tasman Glacier	Mt Cook	Mount Cook / Aoraki	Flying 11,000 - still 1300 ft below the summit
Summit of Mt Cook out of the helicopter	Mount Cook flyby	Mom in the back	Rounding the bend - Mount Sefton
Headed west now	The clouds nearly reach the divide in places	SW of Mt Cook	SW of Mt Cook
Headed for a landing on Fox Glaxier	SW of Mt Cook	Fox Glacier	Fox Glacier
Fox Glacier	Flying down Fox Glacier	Fox Glacier	Fox Glacier
Fox Glacier	Fox Glacier	Fox Glacier	Mount Tasman seen from the NW
Mount Cook seen from the NW	Fox Glacier	Coming around for a landing on Fox Glacier	Shadow of the helicopter on Fox Glacier
Another company, The Helicopter Line, comes in for a landing behind us	Helicopter landing on Fox Glacier	ZK-HFK on Fox Glacier	ZK-HFK on Fox Glacier
ZK-HFK on Fox Glacier	A short walk on Fox Glacier	On Fox Glacier	On Fox Glacier
Mom & Deb chat w/the pilot, Fox Glacier	Glacier Helicopters, Fox Glacier	Fox Glacier	Fox Glacier
Fox Glacier	Fox Glacier	Mom and Deb with the helicopter, Fox Glacier	Mom, Deb and Helicopter
Mom, Deb and Helicopter	...he left the engine running...	Me, mom and Deb, with the helicopter, Fox Glacier	Fox Glacier
A pair of helicopters on Fox Glacier	Debbie on Fox Glacier	Airborne again for the flight down Fox Glacier	Fox Glacier
Fox Glacier	Fox Glacier	Fox Glacier	Fox Glacier
Fox Glacier	Fox Glacier	Waterfall onto Fox Glacier	Fox Glacier
The tongue of Fox Glacier	The tongue of Fox Glacier	The tongue of Fox Glacier	The tongue of Fox Glacier
The valley below Fox Glacier	Fox River	Village of Fox Glacier	Fox River
Highway 6 bridge crossing the Fox River	Fox River	Fox River bridge at Fox Glacier	On approach
Glacier Helicopter's home base	Coming in for a landing	That was a great flight	Totally worth it