We got up this morning and decided to continue on and conquer another of Queenstown's hills. Today's effort was Coronet Peak - we walked from the carpark up (and around a bit - always on the lookout for wild game!) to the summit, where there is a radio mast and radar equipment for Airways NZ. The views were stunning, even though it was a bit overcast and a tad windy. Not to mention close to freezing! There is snow forecast to low levels for the next 5 days in Queenstown so we thought we'd get in some practice walking up Coronet before the snow hits and we do it all over again carrying snowboards.
We could see a little bit of snow/ice left up the top of some of the distant peaks of the Southern Alps - hopefully by the end of the week there will be some on the closer peaks again.
Up the top we also ran into a few of the locals, who were very vocal, and seemed highly unimpressed that we left without handing over any of our lunch.
3 comments:
We woke up this morning to a dusting of fresh snow up on Coronet Peak (and the others) so it really was that cold!
Looks like you got your timing right for that walk - another week could have been too late.
I keep looking at the weather and thinking of you two looking forward to all that snow!
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