routeburn track
Alpine Great Walk through forested valleys and over a high saddle, linking Glenorchy to Fiordland.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Routeburn Track, which starts near Glenorchy outside Queenstown, is about weather rather than scenery. It follows the storm that settled over Fiordland in early February 2020 and the thirty-one trampers sheltering in Lake Howden Hut at the far end of the track, cut off as the rain kept coming. Best heard at the trailhead, before you walk into the forest.
This audio guide was created using AI.
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