I was supposed to do the heli-hike today along with 5 other girls on the bus. We got up early and were at the Glacier guides place by 8.30 am like we were told, we got all the boots and jackets and stuff on ready to get on the helicopter and it got canceled because the clouds had come down too low and the wind had picked up high on the mountain - I was so gutted. We booked on the two later trips but the cloud never lifted and just got worse - I guess thats the luck of the draw but I really wanted to do that (",) I could have done a hike up the glacier but didn't see the point in spending money to climb up there when visibility was so poor so me, emma and michelle decided at least to walk to the base of the glacier -it was an 8km walk (in miles thats almost 5 miles) return hike - fortunately most of it was flat so it was pretty easy going and didn't actually feel like 5 miles. The views of the glacier from the ground weren't too bad although the cloud had started to creep down further and it was hard to get pictures where you can differentiate the snow from the cloud unfortunately. How much do I wish I;d done the heli-hike yesterday!! still its all good and i'm hoping I might at least be able to do a helicopter ride in Wanaka or Queenstown in the next couple of days!!