MOUNT COOK.
ACCESS TO SNOWFIELDS.
ROAD FROM HOOKER BRIDGE ! TO BALL HUT. A work which is to be put in hand in a week or so in the Mount Cook region should, when completed, greatly assist in making the snowfields of the Cloud Piercer more accessible to visitors. The work referred to is the construction of a road, 12 to 14 feet in width, from the Hooker bridge (about two miles from the Hermitage) towards the Ball Hut. The construction of this road will cut out the part of the journey that under present conditions haw to be done on horseback, and which many visitors find somewhat fatiguing. The result will be, when the road is finished, that visitors will arrive at the Ball Hut much fresher and in better form to undertake climbing than they do at present. Mr F. Langbein, Resident Engineer, who recently visited the locality, told a representative of The Press that next week 30 men are going from Timaru to Mount Cook, and will make a start with this road. The work is being provided to relieve the unemployment position, and it i 3 not known how far the road will be constructed beyond the Hooker bridge.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19160, 17 November 1927, Page 15
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202MOUNT COOK. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19160, 17 November 1927, Page 15
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