WARNING: PICTURE OVERLOAD
The Rob Roy Glacier Track: an unexpected hike that became the highlight hike of our trip and top 3 of all that we did on our southern tour. We went to the track head with just intentions of watching Brady fish the river and maybe walk a little bit up the trail. We knew this was a long hike. We had heard that it was a great hike, but we thought, "how can it be any better than all the beauty that we've already seen?" It was an 1 1/2 hour drive out here and 1 hour of that was on a terrible washboard road with 10 stream drive-throughs. When we got to the parking lot, Brady got out to look around and find the sign. We didn't even bring our big camera because we were just going to play around by the river. When Brady got back in the car he said he'd asked someone who was coming down the trail how it was and his reply was, "STUNNING"!!
How can we be all the way in NZ, all the way at the trailhead... and NOT hike this track?
DUH!! We HAD to! We rallied the troops and packed the bags. We knew we'd be high up so we'd need jackets, but that we'd also be hot. We packed water, some food, jackets, and just our iphones and took off.
The river at the bottom of the trail.
The swinging bridge at the beginning of the trail.
We started off and it got uphill pretty quickly. We got warm and sweaty fast. Luckily it was a nice day and we knew there would be plenty of shade up ahead.
Stopping for some picture breaks!!
Found a place where we could get down to the river and touch the water that was coming right of from the above glacier. It was super cold water.
A great view of where we are headed and the tall waterfall up ahead.
Keep going girls!! We're almost there!!
Look at that Glacier!!
Only a few more minutes. We are the only one up here. Last time we had passed someone was about 45 min before.
Look at all those amazing waterfalls coming off the glacier.
YAY!! We made it to the TOP!! It took us a little over 2 hours. We were so proud of the girls!!
Savannah's on top of the world!!
Indescribable beauty!!
Now for the trek back down. It's going to be getting dark soon so we've got to get down the mountain.
We're almost there. We made it to the swinging bridge again.
We got back to the car shortly after 9 pm. We were the only ones on the mountain all the way down. We were tired/exhausted, but so our nature cups runneth over. Our eyes and brains were still in amazement at what we had just seen. We were sweating and freezing at the same time. We did it!! And we were so proud of ourselves and of the girls. It was a memory we'd never forget.
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