The spectacular sidle on the Lyell Range. Photo: Shaun Barnett

The Ghosts of winters past

May 2024

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In walking the Old Ghost Road, Wilderness contemplates which of Kahurangi’s three great traverses takes the top prize.

Winter. Frost. Snow. Ghosts. Well, one anyway: Ghost Lake, which lies below, frozen and glistening, as we wait at Ghost Lake Hut for the sun to appear. We had left the warmth of the hut early, set up cameras and watched the sun slink – seemingly reluctantly – over the eastern horizon. Numb fingers on […]
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