Three saddles, August 2020
Leaving the bush at about 1,200m, tracing Summit Creek
At about 1,400m, tracing Summit Creek
On the scree at 1,600m, beside Summit Creek
At our 1,670m turn around - Mt Travers' summit remained invisible 670m above
Sheltering from the drizzle at about 1,400m
Back in the bush beside Summit Creek, about 1,150m
In the bush beside Summit Creek, about 1,100m
In the bush beside Summit Creek, about 1,100m
A waterfall on Summit Creek at about 1,000m
Travers Falls
Inside John Tait Hut (800m)
Cupola Creek, at about 900m
Cupola Hut (1,380m)
Inside Cupola Hut
Lichen above Cupola Hut
Above the treeline and Cupola Hut, looking north to Mt Hopeless (2,278m)
Above Cupola Hut, looking south to Gunsight Saddle (left) and Mt Cupola (in cloud, centre)
Above Cupola Hut, looking southeast down Cupola Creek
The flanks of Mt Cupola (2,260m)
Gunsight Saddle (1,780m)
At dawn, above Cupola Hut, heading south to Gunsight Saddle
A dawn view southeast, from above Cupola Hut
A dawn view southeast, from above Cupola Hut
A dawn view of Gunsight Saddle and the shrouded ramparts of Mt Cupola
Heading into the 100 metre dip before the climb to Gunsight Saddle
The view northeast from 1,600m, below Gunsight Saddle
The view south from 1,600m, below Gunsight Saddle
Approaching Gunsight Saddle
Approaching Gunsight Saddle
Mt Franklin (2,340m) through swirling cloud, from Gunsight Saddle (1,780m)
The view southwest, on the descent from Gunsight Saddle
Looking back up to Gunsight Saddle from about 1,600m on the southern side
Traversing scree at about 1,500m, on the eastern side of the Sabine Valley
Ascending a second 1,800m saddle, northwest of Mt Travers
Looking south to the second 1,800m saddle
Back above the snowline for the second time on the second saddle, looking back north to Gunsight Saddle - the notch on the left
Heading south, off the second saddle, down to 1,400m
Heading south, off the second saddle, down to 1,400m
Traversing a rock field at about 1,500m as we near the intersection with an old bit of the Travers Saddle track
Now on the Travers Saddle track, heading up again
Into the snow line for the third time, as we approach Travers Saddle
At about 1,700m, on the south side of Travers Saddle
On Travers Saddle (1,787m), looking south
On Travers Saddle (1,787m), looking north. Mt Travers is shrouded in cloud at left
On the descent from Travers Saddle
On the descent from Travers Saddle. Mt Travers is left
Upper Travers Hut (1,320m)
A dawn view from just below Upper Travers Hut
Upper Travers Hut (left) and Mt Travers (right). A summit day, but no time to use it
A section of the track below Upper Travers Hut
A view north on the track, at about 1,000m
In the bush at about 900m
Fungi beside the track
John Tait Hut (800m), with Mt Travers (2,338m) behind
A pool on the west bank of Travers River, at about 700m
Lakehead Hut (610m)
Coldwater Hut (600m)
Lake Rotoiti - a view to Robert Ridge from the south end of the lake
A view west across Lake Rotoiti
Looking south from the track, between Lakehead Hut and St Arnaud
Looking south down Lake Rotoiti, from St Arnaud
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