Mountain window on Travers Peak

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Travers Peak, Lewis Pass Just below the summit of the Lewis Pass Highway at Deer Valley, where the road begins to climb steeply through the remarkably beautiful red beech forests that cling to the valley sides here, a rough track disappears into the forest. This otherwise well-marked trail climbs onto the terrace above the road […]

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