Into the Alps

November 2017

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November 2017

Crossing the Hopkins River, en route to the valley headwaters. Photo: Tomas Sobek
Upper Hopkins Valley, Ruataniwha Conservation Park Ranger: Kevin Donoghue, Te Manahuna/Twizel With glaciated peaks, beech forest, a braided river and a variety of huts and tracks, biodiversity ranger Kevin Donoghue says the Hopkins Valley offers a week’s worth of alpine exploration. The valley, which extends from the head of Lake Ohau, has six huts leading […]
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