Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Mt St Mary

I had a weekend away with my friend Mel. We headed north to the Ahuriri and avioded the rain that hit Queenstown so it was perfect!
We stayed in a hut on the road end Friday night then Walked/ Scrambled to Mt St Mary via an alpine lake, down to snowy Gorge hut in the river valley, over 10-11 hours. The next morning it was only about 3 hours out but had a river crossing waist deep just before the car.

Map of where we went (stolen from Danilo Heggs site, as was the trip idea.)

Setting out. Melanie


At a lake about 1880m Mel is pointingto Mt st Mary( the pointy bit in the middle)
The scree slopes/ gully up to the summit were pretty chossy and loose.
The team at the summit.
Me, Mel, Catherine and Yossi

Pretty stones in the river valley

Our hut!
Massive grubber as a toilet only.
Me being silly

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