Days 8-10: Routeburn track, 2 nights, 3 days.

Some pics from the Routeburn track, 2 nights in huts, 3 days hiking. Night before at a place called Kinloch, on a lake. YHA and nice place to get ready for the hike. Had to catch a helicopter for the middle bit of the hike over the pass, 5 minutes on a helicopter. But meant I didn’t have to turn around and did most of the hike. All up about 40 people did the helicopter jump, 5 people per trip. But a long day 2 for me. Didn’t get to the hut till 7pm, but had it all to myself. The others stopped at the earlier hut, MacKenzie hut. Must admit was getting a little tired towards the end.

The final day was a relatively easy hour’s walk mostly down to the carpark at ‘The Divide’.

: Kinloch lodge/YHA

: View from Kinloch lodge/YHA

: Start of the Routeburn Track (RT)

: The start

: On the RT

: Routeburn Flats hut, morning tea break.

: View from Routeburn Falls hut across the alpine valley

: Ditto

: Up out of the alpine valley

: Waterfall, lots of them.

: View back down to the Alpine Valley/Routeburn Flats hut.

: Mt Cook Buttercup

: Made it to Routeburn Falls hut, 1st night. View from the balcony

: Routeburn Falls hut

: View inside the hut, sleeps 54

: Waiting on morning of day 2 to start. Have to do a helicopter shuttle over Harris pass, 5 minutes flight time. We are waiting for the OK from the ranger to start the 1 hour walk up to the meeting place for the helicopter.