St Arnaud to Arthurs Pass

Days 98 to 114. More detail to follow later. Average travel per day in this section is in the high 20's.

New Zealand does indeed have some beautiful high alpine. Picture in mid summer, South Island, along the Te Araroa Trail.

This section of the TA (Te Araroa) is stunning and rugged terrain. My favorite. Interesting that in all these shots the one thing you can't/won't see is the trail, because it's not there! Cross country baby, and I love it!

Dark cold clouds over the mountains as viewed from St. Arnaud

dbBrad silhouette along the Te Araroa Trail.

Water, water everywhere, running in tight little streams, and cascading off the rocks.



Ascending up towards Waiau Pass from St. Arnaud

A marker in the distance, the only way to know where the Te Araroa Trail goes, mostly obscured by high alpine terrain and snow.

dbBrad near Waiau Pass

Tough country as depicted by the DoC Marker. Mid summer along the Te Araroa Trail.

dbBrad on the Te Araroa trail which, at this point, with snow runoff, is a stream.

Just a bit of a trail and a marker denotation along the Te Araroa Trail

On the edge of a cloud along the Te Araroa Trail.

This is dbBrad on the Te Araroa Trail, not much of a trail, nor much of a marker for that matter!

View from Travers Pass along the Te Araroa Trail after a recent summer snow.

The Te Araroa Trail sidles along this steep terrain. It's more of a direction to travel than a trail, but in alpine terrain like this, it's not only quite challenging, it's a lot of fun.

Snow in summer on the Te Araroa near Travers Pass.

dbBrad on the edge, just one fatal step away from falling off the Te Araroa Trail!

More dock decks by Doc (Department of Conservation) along the Te Araroa trail.

This little bog is deeper than it looks, hence the very obvious poles depicting possible passage.

Early morning fog/mist from Hope-Kiwi hut

Open river valley for 35k along the Te Araroa Trail, Boyle River