Wye Creek tops, Oct 2021
Dawn view west across Lake Wakatipu, near the carpark entrance to the Wye Creek trail
The bush basher (Dan Clearwater) enjoying 'type one' vertical scrub at about 700m
View west across Lake Wakatipu, from about 1,000m
Looking up the Wye Creek South Branch valley, from about 1,200m
View north, up Wye Creek, to Double and Single Cones (centre left), from about 1,400m
At about 1,750m, sidling beneath the 2,103m high point. Our high point for the day will be the peak right of centre - 2,090m
Climbing to our high point. The head of Wye Creek South Branch is left and the 2103m high point right of centre. Ben Nevis (2,234m) is on the left skyline
Looking east across Lake Hope to Mt Tuwhakaroria (2,307m, left)
Looking east across Lake Hope to Mt Tuwhakaroria (2,307m, centre)
The view west and north from our highpoint (2,090). Lake Wakatipu left and Double and Single Cones (2,319m) right
Descending north off our high point, with Double and Single Cones centre
At about 2,000m on our northward sidling descent to Wye Creek
At about 1,950m on our northward sidling descent to Wye Creek
At about 1,800m on our northward sidling descent to Wye Creek
Mt Earnslaw shrouded in clouds
Double and Single Cones (left)
At about 1,600m we headed west down to Wye Creek
A hardy local below the snowline
Just a steep 150m downclimb between us and the valley floor (1,200m)
Looking up the eastern valley wall (true left) from Wye Creek
Descending the Wye Creek trail, here looking north
A detail of one of many impressive boulders beside the trail
Descending the Wye Creek trail, here looking southwest
A view up Wye Creek from about 1,050m
Below the treeline at about 950m
Lake Wakatipu from a viewpoint off the trail at about 900m
Near the Intake around 600m
Moody conditions on the tops across Lake Wakatipu as the fine spell passes
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