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2022 “Winter” Routeburn Falls Hut

Trip Details

Dates

Friday 19th – Sunday 21st August 2022

Participants

Nick Beekhuis, Nico Beekhuis, Elsie Clarke, Jeff Coleman, Noah Coleman, Daniel Fraser, Emma Gray, Kynan Gray, Mark Henwood, William Leslie, Lindsay Martin, Mailee Stanbury, Caleb Pinto, Jayden Pinto, Nelson Pinto, Evie Wiel, Faith Wiel, Rochelle Wiel, Tim Wiel

Trip Map

Trip Report

This tramp had us heading up on another winter Routeburn Falls trip. Always great times and this time we spent two nights in the valley.

Lake Harris Outlet

On Friday night an advance crew headed in early afternoon to walk into the Routeburn Flats hut. Tim waited for Kynan and Emma to come up after work then the 3 of them tramped through in the dark arriving about 9.30pm. The night tramp something that Tim had always wanted to do.

On arrival the Routeburn Flats hut was fairly full, so some of us ended up sleeping on the floor of the hut in the dining room.

Next morning we had some breakfast before we headed up the hill to the Routeburn Falls Hut – a bit of a grunt as always.

“Snow Angels” at Lake Harris

The afternoon was spent exploring Lake Harris basin including making snow angels and skipping stones into Lake Harris.

Back at the hut we learnt to play some new games and enjoyed the sunshine streaming into the hut before it set behind Mt Xenicus and the temperature dropped.

The next morning we headed back down the valley and away home.

Tim Wiel
Tim Wiel
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