Hooker Valley Track: 10 km in Aoraki / Mt Cook
The Hooker Valley Track is a named day walk in Aoraki / Mt Cook. The governing figure used here is 10 km (DOC · Hooker Valley Track), not a straight line between towns.
Typical time on the route is 3 hours return. Grade: Walking track. Season window: Year-round.
DOC’s 5 km each way. White Horse Hill car park. Mueller Glacier lake is the first viewpoint; Hooker Lake the iceberg lake. Aoraki village is the bed. Go early in summer — the car park fills.
The itinerary on this page is the published stop sequence: Aoraki / Mt Cook, White Horse Hill, Mueller Lake lookout, Hooker Lake. Cabins and holiday homes load live around each stop; hut and trailhead pins without a town page still search by radius.
Book DOC huts and Great Walks on the DOC system where that applies. Town beds are what this site lists. Carry the day’s food on remote legs — several of these routes have no shop between ends.
Stop by stop
Aoraki / Mt Cook — village. White Horse Hill — car park. Mueller Lake lookout — first lake. Hooker Lake — icebergs, turn around.
Distances, grades and seasons above follow DOC · Hooker Valley Track. Confirm opening dates, slips and hut bookings on the operator or DOC page before you travel; alpine and West Coast tracks close or reroute after weather.
