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Am on the last set of pictures from the Cascade Saddle. In order of confidence: Mount Aspiring/Tititea; Mount Avalanche; ??. All from the same viewpoint and I can see the unknown peak in the background and sort of to the right of Plunket Dome. Also close to where I had that Mount Maori picture earlier. #SouthernAlps

💧🌏 Greg Cocks Apr 9

The New Glacial Geomorphological Map From New Zealand [2021]
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https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr/2021/04/02/new-zealand-geomorphology-glaciers/ <-- shared (2021) technical article/blog, Cryospheric Sciences (CR) Division, @European Geosciences Union
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https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2021.1876777 <-- shared (2020) paper
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Flying to Queenstown and renting a car would have been super expensive when we were buying tickets, so we flew to Christchurch instead. I think that saved us $$$$. I don't love the extra driving, but we did get great views of Aoraki both ways. /fin #SouthernAlps

Some mountain landscapes from the track. There are still glaciers today, at least.

I was doing some research on glacier names. Apparently there was a proposed name change, mostly correcting spelling mistakes, which was rejected by the minister last year. Looks dumb to me, but maybe that's par for the course for Chris Penk.

https://www.linz.govt.nz/resources/oia-release/minister-land-informations-reasons-declining-proposals-penck-glacier-hess-glacier-bruckner-glacier

Here are some more views mostly from the Cascade Saddle walk, including Mount Māori (thanks for the id!), a tarn with tufts, and a silty stream. #SouthernAlps #tramping

We went from Raspberry Creek to Aspiring Hut and then over the Cascade Saddle to Dart Hut, finishing with the Rees Track and seeing takahē. There are a couple of pictures I've posted before. #SouthernAlps #BirdsNZ

I spent my copious free time in March writing a trip report for our Cascade Saddle tramp in February. It sure is scenic. #NZ #tramping #SouthernAlps

https://patricklam.ca/post/20260331-trip-report-cascade-saddle/

This worked really well last time. Let's see if it works again. Maybe this is Mount Tyndall? It's close to the other picture, on the Cascade Saddle track. #NZ #SouthernAlps

I found a wider angle pic of Mt Māori in my collection too (thanks @damianpeterson @zl2tod). #NZ #SouthernAlps

Really not managing to ID this peak from near Cascade Saddle. It shouldn't be that hard! #NZ #SouthernAlps