ASIN: B00ME3QEPG
Publisher: bluelake publications
Pages: 99
Rather than ambling the well trod four or five day Travers-Sabine loop this trip was the full 14 day spin of the national park perimeter. Solo. That means for 11 of the days I saw, umm, no one else. Lucky I’m happy just mooching around remote places on my lonesome. The itinerary, sort of pre-planned: starting in downtown St Arnaud to D’Urville Hut, the route basically moved west, hopping over into the Mataki valley, all the way up to Bobs Hut, ie, just a day and a half from the Lewis Pass, then returning via David Saddle in the fog, Moss Pass, the clearest freshwater in the universe at Blue Lake, Travers Saddle in the snow, to St Arnaud. There’s a few passes between the valleys, all under 1800m, to stagger up and take in extensive views over terrain that lacks roads, or much sign of humanity at all. The passes start easily with the gentle Speargrass track over Howard Saddle to Lake ...
