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Back to Aotearoa and the Cascade Saddle trip last month. I hope I can write a trip report one of these days.

The itinerary that we'd had in mind for a while was from Raspberry Creek carpark through to Aspiring Hut, over Cascade Saddle, through to Dart Hut, and then to Shelter Rock and out at Muddy Creek.

We finally managed to do it in February, with lots of itinerary changes to not be on the saddle on a rainy day.

Here are pictures from Queenstown through to Aspiring Hut, so not yet the saddle.

#tramping

Day 11: Brewster Glacier - Lakes

Will it beat my all-time record of likes on a post, already held by Brewster: https://pixelfed.social/p/MattMarcha/646192066143961223 ?

#mountain #glacier #lake #nature #snow #hiking #tramping #Aotearoa #NewZealand #nz

"Bell says it reflects the Māori concept of kaitiakitanga, where, as guardians of the environment, we must protect it for future generations"

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/05/new-zealand-hiking-trails-cleaning-remote-huts

#Outdoorsy #Hiking #Tramping #NewZealand

‘Leave things better than you find them’: the volunteer army cleaning New Zealand’s remote hiking huts

Armed with rubber gloves and cleaning supplies, helpers trek through the wilderness to spruce up remote huts dotted across the country

The Guardian
Here's a couple of the "nice scenery" pics, not so dramatic, on Angelus. You can't see the wind. #tramping
Moving along the West Coast, here are some pictures from the Old Ghost Road, another multi-day tramp / mountain bike ride, with well-equipped huts along the way. #tramping #hiking #HutLife
Driving away from Wānaka, one can go towards Raspberry Creek and then Aspiring Hut in the Matukituki Valley. There are also a bunch of crags this way (not pictured). #tramping #hiking