Hike To Peak Of Mount Rob Roy

Left: Is that Mt. Aspiring in the distance?


Happy summer solstice day! Longest day of the year (and it's really long at this high latitude (sunset about 9:30 p.m.; darkness around 10:30 p.m.)

Sunday dawned rather dubious weatherwise, but as the day got longer, the weather improved.

The unseasonable rainfall had brought snow to the peaks, and as we climbed the 1,342 or so meters from the valley floor to the top (roughly 4,000 feet), we entered a winter wonderland (but in summer!)

Left: Humans! Run away!
Left: Wanaka.
Left: Lake Wanaka, at the Glendhu area.
Left: Complicated geography featuring water, snow, ice, and glacial moraines.
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