MOUNT COOK HERMITAGE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18459, 24 July 1923, Page 9

MOUNT COOK HERMITAGE.

WINTER SPORTS POPULAR. During a lecture in Wellington an experienced traveller said that " at Mount Cook Hermitage the Alpine scenery excels that of Switzerland itself." At present, skis, skates, and toboggans are the order of the day on the gentler slopes of Mount Cook. Visitors recently returned from the " valley of the Cloud-piercer " are enthusiastic over . the attractions ' of Mount Cook. Brilliant sunshine, and the .clear, dry atmosphere utterly destroy any suspicion of extreme cold. The glacier lakes are frozen hard, and offer ideal ' skating surfaces snow has fallen in .sufficient quantity to ensure safe and enjoyable skirunning ; and the tracks ' to favourite points of . vantage are now easily negotiated. The road from Timaru is in excellent condition, and cars \ experience no difficulty whatever in getting through to the Hermitage. Groups of people continue to arrive for the August sports, and it would .be difficult to > find a happier crowd of enthusiasts anywhere in the Dominion. ■ ■ ;