2013/09/Avoca Valley, Canterbury
Ski mountaineering, Avoca Valley, Southern Alps, Canterbury, New Zealand
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Relaxing in the old Back Basins Hut on the walk out.
Tramping through beech forest country in the lower valley
Tess boulder-hopping a side creek
Riverbed travel in the upper valley - colourful but slow going!
Up on Cow Peak after an earlier visit to Mt Gizeh, upper west face visible on the left
Tess riding off Cow Peak
Looking across to Mt Greenlaw from Cow Peak
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Lower slopes of Mt Greenlaw at the base of the climb
Climbing Mt Greenlaw
Mt Greenlaw on the upper slopes
Tess riding the superb central couloir exit route from Mt Greenlaw
Tess again, making the most of it
Morainne Flat in the upper Avoca valley
Hanging out with kea around Avoca Hut
Moonscape after a fresh snowfall, Avoca valley