Usually the easiest an mountain up, is going in serpentines from left to right, less steep and more meters. Somebody had here the great idea to do exactly the opposite. Almost straight the mountain up, using stairs, some of them about very steep
The next morning was the coldest ever! 2 degrees celsius, based on the chill factor
After this experience of the Routeburn an it’s 32km, you can really do this as an good day hike, if you start very early in the morning, with a small day equipment…
It was one of this days, where these mirror lakes should be perfect. Sunny day, no wind at all, beautiful mountains covered in snow, almost the best situation to get an postcard shot. Really
Arrowtown? Arrow River? Arrowood? Arrowhead? hm, everything i like starts with “arrow” 🙂
nice buildings, chocolate, beer and the steepest street on the world
Still a lot of houses on the ridge standing damaged and partial over the ridge. My navigation system wasn’t that up to date, so there i had a lot of detours to drive to get to my destination
Ok, i got a cop, who blamed on me, so i choose the time to blame about the cops in Auckland (or NZ at all), that they didn’t had any interest in helping me after i got attacked
I just stopped for 5 minutes, why is it beeping? Oh NO! I left the car lights on! Please not again like in Sandpit where the car battery was empty for the first time. Bummer, it was too late
Arrived, i followed the nice path to the SPRINGS! HOLY MOLY! SPRINGS??? The word “springs” is definitely underestimated, but there is no other word to describe what kind of springs these are