Mt Aspiring Hotel

... hiker that worked there we had two hikes in mind; doing the 3 Pass Hike in Arthur's Pass or doing the Dart-Rees in Mt. Aspiring. We bought some white gas and did some interneting, then came back to Stonehurst to move into our new larger room. We packed ...

... from newspaper cuttings, photos, receipts pertaining to the pub & township that was. From there we went through Wanaka towards the Mt Aspiring National Park. It was a fabulous drive through the reserve to the end of the public road near Mt Aspiring. I ...

... day whereby we were given a choice of eight different events or tours. We had previously assessed these and elected for the Mount Aspiring Guided Walk.  This was supposedly a half day tour which would give us a little bit of free time in the ...

... a few nights of cleaning dishes for 8 hours straight I was over it!).  Instead I've dedicated about 60 hours a week to Mount Aspiring Hotel.  Some days I work 3 different shifts there, but mostly I'll only put in two.  I work as a waitress ...

... on the ground, and at times, LOTS of snow, has taken some getting used to! Wednesday morning we headed out with loaded packs for Mt. Aspiring. Again, there was supposed to be no snow in the valley we were headed up and yet again, there was about a foot. ...

... was an absolutely spectacular sight. Once we got over gawking for about half an hour we moved on towards the Haast Pass in Mt. Aspiring National Park. Just inside the park our atlas pointed out a spot called Blue Pools so we stopped in the pouring down ...

... ) held on 6th Feb. It was a pity as Wanaka is a really pretty place - it lies on the lake and is near to Mt. Aspiring National Park - and we would have enjoyed staying there under normal circumstances. There is great skiing here in the winter so it is a ...

... we will have to buy a rat trap. Otherwise a quiet night, not much traffic on the highway. Monday 18 February Omarama - Pleasant Flat, Mt Aspiring NP More rat hunting in the morning, to no avail. Talk to a fisherman we met the night before, who says he ...

... after the milford track. The routeburn trek is located at the southwest of the south island, within the fiordland and mt aspiring national parks. The track comprise some 32km of trails over a huge variety of landscapes, including temperate rainforests ...

... rings films. I arrived into Lake Wanaka and it was a nice little town and the lake was surrounded by snow capped mountains and Mt Aspiring park in the distance. The clouds hung close to the mountains giving a peak of snow capped peaks every now and ...

... Gates of Haast are two more stopping points to admire the spectacle of rushing water in different forms. Continue on through the Mt Aspiring National Park, first along the east shore of Lake Wanaka then crossing over to travel down the west shore of Lake ...

... einen kleinen Berg hoch, von dem man aus einen tollen Blick über Wanaka, den See und bis zu den Gletschern rund um Mt Aspiring hat. Oben weht ein tüchtiger Wind, und dazu brennt die Sonne erbarmungslos runter. Hat trotzdem Spass gemacht und war auch ...

... . When we passed 'The Divide’ we were at the other end of the Routeburn walk, some 20km from where we were at Mt Aspiring Guided Walk on Monday, although some 300km by road round the lakes etc. Work on the road to Milford Sound began in 1930 and ...

... for them before veering off at the last minute. Whoo hoo. Yes, well.  Back to the scenery. The Dart River flows through Mt Aspiring National Park. It is absolutely STUNNING. What superb scenery. I just could not get over it. The colour of the water, ...

... into these last ten days, and it's been pretty tiring.  Here's another quick update on what I've been doing.  After Mt. Aspiring National Park, I was in Wanaka and wanted to go even further south to the city of Queenstown, but everyone in this ...

... it had been reopened for awhile so all got back on the bus and off we went. Wanaka is known commonly as the headquarters of Mt Aspiring National Park. People venture to the area to camp, fish, swim, boat, water ski and of course ski and snowboard on the ...

... higher than where we began, we stood on top of Mt. Dotterel, now with an even more stunning view the other direction of Mt. Aspiring National Park and its peaks and glaciers. Once we had seen enough we wandered back a ways the direction we had come and ...

... was a bit smaller than they expected! J and I did a lovely walk at Diamond Lake which gave great views over Wanaka and Mt Aspiring National Park. We headed to Queenstown after Wanaka which is also a great place. Jason did a bungey jump which we all ...