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Michael A. Stecker
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Mount Tasman summit
Mount Tasman (Kotuku) at 11,476 feet (3,498 meters) is the second highest peak in New Zealand and stands just two miles north of Mount Cook (12,355 ft). Tasman is a great white mountain, covered entirely in snow and ice. Its great glaciers fill the surrounding valleys, and one of them -- the Tasman Glacier -- is one of the largest temperate glaciers outside of the Himalaya, flowing southward for over eighteen miles. It also forms the Fox Glacier which is shown on this web site. All routes to the summit involve long, steep ice climbing. The main Tasman summit is surrounded by several satellite peaks, including the Silberhorn (10,850 ft.) over which the normal route ascends. |
