Rees-Dart 12-16 March
Kinloch Wilderness Lodge - our accommodation before and after the tramp
Muddy Creek car park - the start of the tramp
Rees Valley - crossing Rees Station before entering Mount Aspiring National Park
White Tail deer
I've got my eye on you!
Robin / toutouwai
Sandra
Shelter Rock Hut
The last steep climb to Rees Saddle
Rees Saddle
Descending to Snowy Creek
Mt Edward, and Marshall and Hesse Glaciers - looking from Snowy Creek
Snowy Creek
Snowy Creek bridge - removed in Winter to avoid avalanche damage
Dart Hut - sleeps 32, great location, great views, flush loos for summer season
Spot the kea
Hesse Glacier
View from Cascade Saddle - looking into the East Matukituki valley
Head of the Dart Valley
Dart Glacier terminal face
Sandra - mountain meditation
Chris, Sandra, Paula, Elisabeth, Glenda
Ice cave - Dart Glacier terminal face
Dart Glacier
Heading back down the Dart Valley
Matt and Thomas - they climbed quickly up to Cascade Saddle to beat the weather and get the views of Matukituki Valley and Mt Aspiring
Matt's lightshow in the bush
Approaching Cattle Flat in the Dart River
Tomtit / Miromiro
Dart River Rock Bivvy
Looking back over Cattle Flat
Happy trampers on Cattle Flat
Daleys Flat Hut
Frost on the last morning
On 4 Jan 2014 a landslip blocked the Dart Valley resulting in a lake 3 km long and over 20m deep.
The track was closed for 3 years. 2.7km of track was re-routed through difficult terrain above the lake.
The lake eventually drained leaving lots of silt and dead trees.
Part of the new track
The Dart River flowing through the silt
Fungi
Safety rail
Another robin
