Avalanche Peak, Arthurs Pass Monday 28 December

Day walk up Avalanche Peak in Arthurs Pass
Monday, 28 December 2015

Arthurs Pass Village looking south

West Coast Highway going over Arthurs Pass

Mt Cook Daisy without flowers

Marian ascending Scotts Track

Mt Cook Daisy

Bealey River running down into the Waimakariri River

Arthurs Pass Village north end (with rail bridge at Otira Tunnel south end)

A steep climb on Scotts Track

Looking across to Temple Basin Ski Field - Mt Phipps on left and Mt Temple on right

Mt Cook Daisies

Avalanche Peak is up there somewhere!

Several Keas surrounded us while we had lunch

"A cheeky boy...who me?!!!

I wish you would stop staring at me!!

Marian and Glenda on top of Avalanche Peak (along with two dozen young foreign tourists)

Crow Glacier and Crow Valley below Mt Rolleston - Owen had hoped to complete Avalanche - Crow as a day trip but it was a bit far to go.

Mt Rolleston and the Crow Glacier

Kea directing traffic - "Heads down and keep it moving folks...Keaaaa aha haha ha!!!!

Going down - Scotts track on left, Avalanche track on right, walkers coming up the middle.

Looking south to Mt Bealey (on right). The Avalanche - Bealey running event used to come down one of those two big scree slopes.

Devils Punchbowl Falls and Arthurs Pass Village north end

Descending Avalanche Track