The view across Lake Harris towards Harris Saddle and the Darran Mountains on the descent of Mt Xenicus. Photo: Paul Hersey

Mt Xenicus, Mt Aspiring National Park

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Camp in the Valley of the Trolls, just off the Routeburn Track, and climb a peak that thousands pass beneath each year but few ever summit.

Fiordland and Mt Aspiring National Parks cover more than 16,000km². I love this mountainous country, its steep-walled valleys representing the slowly chiselled memories of once-huge glaciers that have long since melted to the sea.  The Routeburn Track forges a wonderful link between these two great tracts of land. It roughly follows an old trail used […]
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