Mueller Glacier

Mueller Glacier is a major valley glacier within Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, flowing from the Southern Alps into the Hooker Valley. It is easily viewed from the Hooker Valley Track and the Mueller Hut Route, offering dramatic perspectives of its crevassed surface and terminal ice cliffs. The glacier has retreated significantly over the past century, leaving a large terminal moraine and a proglacial lake. Visitors can see the glacier's blue ice and sometimes ice caves near the terminus, but should not attempt to walk on the glacier without a guide due to hidden crevasses and falling ice.

Don't miss

• Views of the glacier's blue ice and crevasses from the Hooker Valley Track
• The terminal moraine and proglacial lake formed by retreat
• Ice caves near the glacier terminus (visible from a safe distance)

Tickets & tours

Ways to visit Mueller Glacier

Cheapest way inColumbia Icefield Tour with Glacier Skywalk4.7★ · 1,941 travelers~3 hoursFrom$96 per personSee dates →Most bookedBlue Ice Discovery – Guided Glacier Hike from Skaftafell4.9★ · 609 travelers~4 hoursFree cancellationFrom$107 per personSee dates →Private & flexibleMount Cook & Lake Tekapo Day Trip from Christchurch5★ · 17 travelers10–13 hoursFree cancellationFrom$197 per personSee dates →