Feature: Winter | Snow

  • An aerial abstract of winter at Tasman Lake, Aoraki-Mt Cook National Park
  • Hoar frost coating trees near Twizel creates a surreal winter scene
  • A crystal clear morning at Lake Camp in the Canterbury high country
  • State Highway 80 and Aoraki-Mt Cook (3,724m) after a fresh dump of snow
  • The fog begins to dissipate, revealing the hoar frost enveloping the Twizel area
  • New Zealand's highest mountain, Aoraki / Mt Cook (3,724m), looms large over State Highway 80.
  • Glacial ice crumbles as it tumbles over the edge into a Fiordland valley
  • A winter storm creates a light show across the Tasman Valley, Aoraki-Mt Cook National Park
  • When the Tasman Glacier (New Zealand's longest, at 25 km) calves ice into its terminal lake, a winter wonderland is the result.
  • The sprint to get to Tasman Lake at sunrise on this cold winter's morning was well worth the effort!
  • The setting sun provides some warm light to an otherwise cold winter's day at Sutherland Sound, Fiordland National Park
  • Wind-formed snow patterns on the Tasman Glacier have a passing resemblance to stucco!
  • When State Highway 8 comes alongside Lake Pukaki the first sight of its glacial blue water is almost too difficult to believe
  • The incredible peaks of Stargazer (2352m) and Skyscraper (2347m), located on the northern flank of Mt Aspiring / Tititea
  • The Southern Alps at sunrise; the Fox River and the West Coast can be seen on the horizon
  • Mt Sefton (3151m) and The Footstool (2764) partially veiled under early morning cloud
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