Ball Pass
Aoraki NP ● 21 – 23 Dec 2024
A clockwise circuit of Ball Pass. Walked in an hour to camp by Hooker Lake, then took 9 hours to get up and over to Ball Hut. Stayed the night and walked out the old road to Tasman Lake, and aaaalll the way back around to the White Horse road end .
Photos
Aoraki, viewed from the Ball Pass route beside Hooker Lake
Looking down on the Hooker Glacier
Kea saying hello at The Playing Field
Looking towards Cinerama Col from just below Ball Pass
The Caroline Face of Aoraki, from the ridge below Caroline Hut
A pleasant breakfast spot, at the top of a 100m moraine wall
Tasman Lake on the walk out from Ball Hut