Top 3 glacier hikes

June 2012

Read more from

June 2012

An aerial view of the Fox Glacier. Westland National Park. Photo: Derek Morrison
There are 3161 glaciers larger than one hectare in New Zealand. Of those, all but six are in the South Island, with Ruapehu clutching the handful in the north. Each of them is a place of stunning beauty and a display of unimaginable power played out in ultra slow motion. By Derek Morrison Fox Glacier, Westland […]
Alistair Hall

About the author

Alistair Hall

More From Waypoints

Similar Articles

Diamond in the rough

Getting Technical

The three trips that changed my life: Celia Hogan

Trending Now

The 2026 Wilderness Outdoor Photographer of the Year competition

A tale of adventure and tragedy

Mt Peel, Kahurangi National Park

25 huts to visit in 2025

A lofty location for Brass Monkey

Subscribe!
Each issue of Wilderness celebrates Aotearoa’s great outdoors — written and photographed with care, not algorithms.Subscribe and help keep our wild stories alive.

Join Wilderness. You'll see more, do more and live more.

Already a subscriber?  to keep reading. Or…

34 years of inspiring New Zealanders to explore the outdoors. Don’t miss out — subscribe today.

Your subscriber-only benefits:

All this for as little as $6.75/month.

1

free articles left this month.

Already a subscriber? Login Now