Watching An Avalanche Come Off a Mountain While Hiking Near New Zealand’s Tallest
<p><em>We watched a piece of ice break off the mountain ahead and then crash down into the valley throwing up a lot of snow spraying through the air like dust. And only then, the sound of the avalanche reached us. It was amazing to realize how ‘slow’ sound travels.</em></p>
<p>We arrived the day before in Twizel, the heart of the Mackenzie Basin and our base for hikes around Aoraki/Mt. Cook, New Zealand’s tallest mountain. No rain was predicted but gale-force winds with gusts above 40 knots.</p>
<p>That didn’t stop us from sticking to our plan and doing the very touristy but scenic hike to Hooker Lake at the base of the mountain. After a quick breakfast, we were on the road before 9 am and as soon as we hit the highway out of town, we saw the beauty.</p>
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