Bye to Huxley

Morning at the hut

Darn it's nice out

Goodbye mountains

yeah...

More Huxley

Bigger projects

Mark for scale

Interesting rock, but not to climb

A cozy and lazy start

Ice Climbing

Intense...

Ice...

Climbing!

Hardly - but it was a blast.

South Huxley

Approaching the biv

The historical South Huxley Biv

Concealed greatness

"Mt Huxley, didn't make the summit, but we don't give a F--xley!"

Huxley Forks

Huxley river
Huxley Forks hut, this time just passing through

Pick your way

Heavy packs

Huxley Adventures

Morning in the Hopkins Valley

Good morning moon

Mt Ward in the distance

The highwater track

Caples Valley

Select shots from the Caples Valley

Ending on Lake Wakatipu

Mackenzie hut

Mackenzie hut porch

Resting place for the Hollyford

Zane in awe

Julie and Carly stuck like turtles

The crew

Routeburn

Crossing into snowy territory

Natural shelter

Waiting for the view to clear

The next objective - not this time

Ball Glacier

First light melts white into pink

Ball glacier, hear the creaking

Slip and become the glacier's breakfast

What a spectacular Tasman day

Years ago, nothing but miles of ice

More information and diagrams here.

Tasman Glacier

Switch gears, the Tasman glacier

Up valley

Surface morraine hides a giant

Our cozy, but technically closed home

A wee bit close to the edge

Aoraki

Summit gaze

Standing in the footsteps of greatness

Hooker Valley exposed

Avalanche country

For more information on this area, see here.