Young - Wilkin - East Matukituki via Gillespie and Rabbit Passes
Day 4 - Siberia Valley and Crucible Lake
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Above - early on we see this rainbow - does that mean the weather is improving? We will see.
Above - at the hut - Rob talks to Denise and Marco - who are doing the same walk as we did - and we would see again on the trip.
Above - Chuin Nee crossing a small stream near the hut. We head off
towards Crucible Lake - not sure that we will be able to cross all the
streams on the way.
Above - John
Above - the weather is not exactly encouraging either....
Above - glacial erratics in the river valley
Above - John finds a damp patch
Above - on the river flats
Above - John and Chuin Nee crossing Gillespie Stream
Above - continuing up the valley
Above - looking back towards the lower part of Gillespie Pass
Above - our route lay up the steep spur to the right (true left) of this creek
Above - Rob and Chuin Nee just about to leave the river flats
Above - strawberry fungus
Above - strawberry fungus
Above - ferns
Above - Chuin Nee climbing up the spur
Above - strawberry fungus
Above - we had to cross this stream - the outlet of Crucible Lake - it
looked quite difficult - so we looked upstream for an easier place.
Above - John watches as Chuin Nee leaps over the first part
Above - we continue on
Above - nearing the lake - which is behind the moraine wall
Above - looking back down
Above - Crucible Lake - with icebergs
Above - at the lake
Above - icebergs
Above - at the lake
Above - the source of the icebergs - this small glacier below Mt Alba
Above - crags above the lake
Above - crags above the lake
Above - Chuin Nee shelters from the rain in this small cave
Above - crags above the lake
Above - moss and lichen
Above - iceberg
Above - almost a flower
Above - crags above the lake
Above - crags above the lake
Above - Looking down
Above - I think this one is Anisotome haastii
Above - Dracophyllum menziesii - which looks a lot too me like a Richea (eg Richea dracophylla)
Above - Dracophyllum menziesii
Above - Chuin Nee and John
Above - another species of Dracophyllum
Above - Mountain Daisies (Celmisia semicordata)
Above - Mt Cook Lilies (Ranunculus lyallii)
Above - on the way back down
Above - not sure what this flower is (native?)
Above - crossing back over - Chuin Nee and John
Above - Chuin Nee
Above - one last leap!
Above - a small bird
Above - back down on the flats
Above - John and Chuin Nee crossing the Siberia Stream
Above - John crossing Gillespie Stream
Above - John on the flats
Above - John on the flats
Above- Chuin Nee crossing a stream
Above - back at the hut - looking up the valley
Above - river cobbles
Above - river cobbles
Above - Siberia Stream - lower now - but more rain was forecast for the next day....
Continue to Day 5 - where we go down to Kerin Forks and have to cross the Wilkin River
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