Cold trip to a warm hut

August 2015

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August 2015

Icicles at Kea Basin Rock Bivouac suggest a cold night ahead. Photo: David Barnes
Earnslaw Hut, Mt Aspiring National Park Where to go for a winter weekend? We were looking for somewhere not too arduous, not affected by snow – either us wading in it or it falling on us – and we needed a hut with a fire. “Earnslaw Hut”, said Barry, who then developed a bad case […]

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