On The Routeburn, Again, 2014

I guess we have spent more time on the Routeburn than on any of the other Great Walks: partly because our major traverse was in bad weather, and we keep going back to see what we missed. Anyhow, this day, out of Kinloch, we walked from the east-side portal up to the Flats Hut, a beautiful and not too demanding day-hike.

As I said, so many of the walks begin with a bridge...

Going along a river up a canyon...

More great pools and even beaches

Thus

Did I mention the waterfalls?

Mountains and glaciers?

We went only as far as the Flats Hut

Commons area

Dorm area; typically the huts will sleep a couple/three dozen
or more; reservations required...

Cooking area

There are four such huts on the Routeburn, all along typically
manicured Kiwi trails; well, the Routeburn gets a bit less
manicured at its higher elevations...

A beach

Purple Gondwanaland mushroom

And returning to the bridge