A stunning temperature inversion from Sefton Bivouac, Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park. Photo: Butch Peter Gamboa

Getting above the clouds

August 2020

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August 2020

Temperature inversions create dramatic conditions for tramping, but the phenomenon isn’t always easy to predict.

Imagine you’re climbing a clagged-in slope at dawn, headlight on, eyes scanning for the next track marker when all of a sudden the clouds begin to thin. Moments later, you ascend above a sea of white into clear blue skies. As the sun rises, the surrounding peaks – prominent as bald swimmers in the ocean […]
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