Beetham Hut and Mt Haidinger. Photo: Geoff Spearpoint

A journey to the middle of the Tasman Glacier

January 2022

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Geoff Spearpoint was the first to stay at the new Beetham Hut after it was completed. The hut overlooks the Tasman Glacier and, he says, is an incredible and achievable destination

Lying on the warm red rock outside the new Beetham Hut, we gazed up at the giants of the Southern Alps: Aoraki/Mt Cook, Mt Tasman, Mt Haast, Mt Haidinger, and Elie De Beaumont. It felt gobsmackingly good. We were the first at the hut since the builders left, six months ago. The logbook told us […]
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