Partly to prove we could still do it, partly for old times' sake, partly because it's one of the world's great day hikes, and partly because we love it, we did the Rob Roy Glacier Track yet again, fourth time, on March 7th. I can't say we did it in record time nor that it wasn't any more tiring than before, but we did love it just as much as on earlier occasions and are still as pleased as ever to have done it. Again. Search "Rob Roy" in the search box for previous posts. All that said, here are a few more pix.
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Very helpful larger map later found on a wall of the General Store
in Glenorchy...click to enlarge |
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| Rob Roy detail of the above trail #14, following the Rob Roy Stream |
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| View of the mountain from the trailhead |
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Best "Don't Feed the Kea" sign ever, so far; by
artist Simon Max Bannister; we actually saw four
kea in flight, close by, at the upper lookout, but
I couldn't get the camera going in time... |
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At the starting line, already a km or two from the carpark;
pay no attention to the DOC "times" (which were established
by NZ marathon champion Hamish McMiles); they are
one-way; we were seven hours on the trail this time |
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| Up the canyon |
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Stopping in the "no stopping" zone under
the great overhang |
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| View from the lower lookout (raining) |
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| Approaching the upper lookout |
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| Left (closest) side of Rob Roy |
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| Panorama; it looks far away, but, really, it's in you face and coming right at you... |
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| Favorite geological interpretive sign, still there! |
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| More waterfalls than you can count |
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| Up closer of a snout; serac city |
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| Us, there, 2023 |
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| Great free fall, hundreds of feet |
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| Parthian shot |
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New steps, for trail repair and erosion control;
104 of them, she counted, switching back and forth |
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| Typical South Island beech/fern forest |
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| Walking sticks lending library |
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Back in the valley, happy to be done, happy to have done it |
