Sunrise Hut 6-7 August

Saturday, 06 August 2016

There was a little snow at the road end

Triple X had a lot of snow too

So did the track. It got heavier as we climbed

It was simply stunning

We made Sunrise, but the snow was very deep

So we diverted towards the toilet and used the path from there to the hut

Tony's pack

Queen Elisabeth and Tony attempting to get wood from the wood shed

12 hours is a long time to have to hold on

We met Tara and Ava - they were loads of fun

Marian heading to the back of the hut

Tony

The wood shed

Frosty firewood

Sunday was a beautiful day

Heading back to the car park

Pantry

Rupe

Marian forging the path

Sliding fun

Steve and I took a wrong route

Took us ages to climb out

There was heaps of windfall due to the heavy snow

Cathy

Climbing over the windfall

We came across the very rarely seen Ruahine Snow Bear

T was being arty

Looking back at the snowy tops

Car cam