Welcome Flat Westland NP 2-6 February
Our wet weather trip. We went itno Welcome Flat before our main trip to sit out a forecast spell of bad weather and to enjoy the hot pools.
Heading up the Karangarua
Fork of the Copland and the Karangarua
Copland near Architects Creek
Architects Creek swing bridge
Architects Creek
The unstable bit in the Copland
View of the Sierra
looking to Mt Sefton and Welcome Pass
Arriving at Welcome Flat
The pools
Welcome Flat hut
Welcome Flat swingbridge
Down river from bridge before the rain
Up river also before rain
Welcome Flat rock bivy
Gathering cloud
Hot pools
Hot water supply
Looking up river
Down river
It rained and the river came up
Something to do in the rain
More big water
Another metre from the last shot
Hot pool in break in rain
A few sandflies
River on the way down so time to head out
Up river as we started out
Us and the hut wardens
