Flight up the Tasman Glacier

After waiting out the bad weather Guide Tim Steward catches a ski plane into Tasman Saddle Hut.  It is always a stunningly beautiful flight but this time in the pilot had a bit of a look around trying to work around the cloud making for a spectacular flight.

 Flying up the Tasman Glacier it is clear that the upper glacier is still covered in cloud

 Looking down at glacial morain

 Flying in under the cloud

 With the cloud thickening the pilot decides to have a look at a higher elevation to see if the top of the glacier may be above the cloud layer.

 A Brocken Specter created by the sun casting a shadow of the plane surouded by a halo of refracted light.

 Mount Cook clearly free of cloud.

 Mount Tasman

 Circling it is clear that the upper glacier is not clear of cloud.

 If you can't go over then it is time to go back under.

 Coming back under the cloud layer the Hochstetter Ice fall on Mnt. Cook is clearly visable.

 Coming in for a landing at Darwin Corner.

The team finally on the ground.