Routeburn Track

This is Jos looking down the Routeburn Valley over the Routeburn Falls Hut we stayed in on night two of the three day walk. Day one was OK but a bit wet although most of the day was spent walking through rain forest which had loads of awesome moss covered trees which seemed suited to the wet conditions. Day two was a total wash out, with heavy rain and high winds as we traversed the alpine section over the Harris Saddle - the most exposed part of the route. The book said it was a 5 hour walk but we ended up doing it in just over three because we just motored through to the next hut so we could get dry. Visibility was about 100 metres so as you can imagine the views were so non existent we might as well have been in Yorkshire!
Day three was crystal clear though so we got up early and went back up the mountain to the Saddle so we could appriciate the place properly. It was worth every step. The view from the top was incredible.