Sealy Tarns, Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park

#6 among attractions in Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park

Natural attraction, Lake

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Facts and practical information

Sealy Tarns is a small flat area with two small tarns halfway up the northern slopes of the Sealy Range, New Zealand. It is accessible from the Hooker Valley and Mount Cook Village via a tramping track maintained by the Department of Conservation. The track climbs steeply from about 850 m to 1,300 m via many switchbacks and over 2,200 steps built of large timber anchored into the ground. The track was established during the 1980s, and upgraded in 2012. The distance for a return trek from Hooker Valley Road to Sealy Tarns is 5.8 km. ()

Elevation: 3543 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 43°42'50"S, 170°4'44"E

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Sealy Tarns – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hooker Valley Track, Mount Ollivier, Blue Lake, Hooker Lake.

1.6 miNE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Hooker Valley Track, Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park
41 min walk • The Hooker Valley Track is the most popular short walking track within the Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park in New Zealand. At only 5 kilometres length and gaining only about 100 m in height, the well formed track can be walked by tourists with a wide range of level of fitness.
1.1 miSW
Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Ollivier, Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park
28 min walk • Mount Ollivier is a 1,933 m mountain in the Canterbury region of New Zealand. It is a peak in the Sealy Range, about 2.5 km west of Mount Cook Village. The peak is named after mountaineer Arthur Ollivier, who died in 1897. Mount Ollivier was Sir Edmund Hillary's first major climb, in 1939.
4.5 miE
Natural attraction, Lake
Blue Lake, Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park
116 min walk • Blue Lake is a small lake at the foot of the Tasman Glacier in inland Canterbury, in the central South Island of New Zealand. Its outflow is the Tasman River, part of the Waitaki River system.
2.8 miNE
Natural attraction, Lake
Hooker Lake, Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park
71 min walk • Hooker Lake is a proglacial lake that started to form in the late 1970s by the recent retreat of the Hooker Glacier. It is in the Hooker Valley, in the Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park in New Zealand's South Island, just south of Aoraki / Mount Cook.
2.8 miNW
Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Sefton, Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park
73 min walk • Mount Sefton is a mountain in the Aroarokaehe Range of the Southern Alps of New Zealand, just 12 kilometres south of Aoraki / Mount Cook. To the south lies Mount Brunner, and to the north The Footstool, both more than 400 metres shorter.
4.9 miNE
Natural attraction, Lake
Tasman Lake, Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park
125 min walk • Tasman Lake is a proglacial lake formed by the recent retreat of the Tasman Glacier in New Zealand's South Island. In the early 1970s, there were several small meltwater ponds on the Tasman Glacier. By 1990, these ponds had merged into Tasman Lake.
2.1 miSW
Natural attraction, Natural feature
Mueller Glacier, Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park
54 min walk • The Mueller Glacier is a 13-kilometre long glacier flowing through Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park in the South Island of New Zealand.
1.6 miSE
Village
Mount Cook Village
41 min walk • Nestled in the breathtaking landscapes of the Canterbury region in New Zealand, Mount Cook Village is a must-visit destination for nature enthusiasts and adventure seekers. The village is located near the base of Aoraki/Mount Cook, the highest peak in New Zealand...
4.2 miN
Mountain pass
Copland Pass, Westland National Park
108 min walk • The Copland Pass is an alpine pass in the Southern Alps of New Zealand. Known as Noti Hinetamatea by the indigenous Ngāi Tahu, the pass follows the route of the Makaawhio ancestor Hinetamatea and her sons Tātāwhākā and Marupeka.
3.8 miNE
Natural attraction, Natural feature
Hooker Glacier, Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park
97 min walk • Hooker Glacier is one of several glaciers close to the slopes of Aoraki / Mount Cook in the Southern Alps of New Zealand. It is not as large as its neighbour, the Tasman Glacier, measuring 11 kilometres in length.
4.6 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Douglas Glacier, Westland National Park
117 min walk • Douglas Glacier may mean: Douglas Glacier Douglas Glacier, in North Cascades National Park, Washington, USA Douglas Glacier, in the Southern Alps of New Zealand Douglas Glacier, in the Arrowsmith Range of New...