THE GRAND TRAVERSE GUIDED HIKE November 1318, 2006 The Greenstone and Routeburn Tracks Days 5 and 6

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THE GRAND TRAVERSE GUIDED HIKENovember 13-18,
2006The Greenstone and Routeburn TracksDays 5
and 6
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The Hikers and Their Guides
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Overall Route of the 6-day Grand Traverse
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Day 5Across the Hollyford Face and Harris Saddle
to Routeburn Falls Lodge
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The Morning View from Lake Mackenzie Lodge
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Walking around the Lake
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Starting Uphill
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Larry and Kath hiking up
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Lake Mackenzie on a Clear Day
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Lake MackenzieAs we saw it in the rain
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June and Kath Looking down onLake Mackenzie
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Not much to see from the HollyfordFace on a
misty day
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The Lunch Hut at Harris Saddle
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Crossing Harris SaddleThe Avalanche Zone
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Harris Lake in the Mist
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The Routeburn Valley on a Clear Day
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Looking down at Towards RouteburnFalls in the
Mist
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A panorama of Routeburn Falls
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Looking down on the Routeburn Falls Lodge
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The View from the Falls Lodge
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Enjoying the Afternoon at Routeburn Falls Lodge
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Doon Keeping Warm
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The weather Forecast
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Marks Haircut inspires art
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Dessert Pancakes
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How the pancakes were served!
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More Pancake Athletics
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End of Day 5
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Day 6Last Day Hike to Routeburn Flats,
Routeburn Road End---Bus to Glenorchy and Dinner
in Queenstown
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Settling the Beverage Bill
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Sue Leaving the Falls
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Wee Fuschia Flowers
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Larry on a Swing Bridge
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A Side Stream
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Stoat Control
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Two Keas
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Another Cheeky Kea
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And Yet Another Kea
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Approaching Routeburn Flats
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Relaxing in front of Routeburn Flats Hut
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The first good weather report---on the last day.
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The Coopers at Routeburn Flats
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The Rain-swollen Routeburn
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Hikers crossing on a swing bridge
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Crossing the Routeburn
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Looking Upstream
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Another View of the River
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Near Forge Flats
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Mark Surveying the Scenery
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The Lower Routeburn Valley
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The Routeburn Goes Underground
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View Down the Routeburn Near the End of the Hike
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A last view up the Routeburn
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Crossing the Last Swing Bridge
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Mark, Kath, Larry at the Routeburn Trailhead Sign
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Mark and Kath head for lunch on the last day
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Routeburn Hut, Lunch Stop
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The Hikers at Lunch
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The Bus to take us back to Queenstown
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Chips and Drinks in Glenorchy
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The Group Photo
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Leaving Glenorchy
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A last look across Wakatipu at the Trailheadfrom
the bus
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Back in Queenstown
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Celebratory Pre-dinner Drinks
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Placing Dinner Orders
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Sue, Margaret, and Terry
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Matt and Josie
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Our Guide Sue finally relaxes
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Doon and Rolf
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Kath and Dan
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June and Pat
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Christine and Roger
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Christine and Helen
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Chris and Christine
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Josie and Doon
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Celebrating two birthdays
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Last Fond Farewells
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The wonderful guidesSue, Mark, Dan, Kath
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THANKS TO ULTIMATE HIKESQUEENSTOWN, NZFor a
marvelous 6 days(Days 1-2 and 3-4 are on
separate files)
November 13-18, 2006