The Mueller track gives access to the range to the W of Mt Cook. We climber up part way – 700m to the saddle, giving us fantastic views of Mt Cook, the ranges and the valley. Luckily it was a warm sunny day with little wind, so we stayed up there a couple of hours eating lunch, snoozing, and planning the rest of our lives. Seemed like a good place to do all 3.
…and,as you probably know, were quite lucky really seeing all of mount cook as tis so often in cloud – hence maori name of aorangi = cloud piercer