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Routeburn and Greenstone Track

James took 5 days walk for Routeburn and Greenstone Track. It's an easy walk. However, it's a little bit hard with carrying weight. The Routeburn Track (purple marking) is one of New Zealand's most highly anticipated walks. It passes through the Humboldt Mountains and provides incredibly diverse scenery and views. Beautiful forest valleys and cascading waterfalls along with rivers, fascinating lakes, elegant tarns and majestic mountains make up the scenery this walk is famous for. It was featured by National Geographic Adventure magazine as one of the world's top 11 hikes. Compared with Routeburn Track, Greenstone Track (green marking) is not so attractive. 

Routeburn Track是一非常優美的步道 精彩連連 眾多瀑布湍流 迷人湖泊 優雅小池塘 雄偉高山峽谷 以及鮮明高山植被 被厚厚苔蘚覆蓋的森林...
Greenstone Track則略顯得平淡

Day 1 - Routeburn Shelter to Routeburn Falls Hut (purple marking), side walk to a peak (1224m) (blue marking)

Routeburn Shelter 蠻現代化的Shelter 造價近百萬紐元

crossing the swingbridge across the Route Burn (burn = river)

easily graded track through beech forest

after crossing Sugar Loaf Stream...

... the track is a remnant of bridle path built over 130 years ago

bridge across Bridal Veil Stream

beautiful water flow of Bridal Veil Stream - viewing from the bridge

impressive Routebrun Gorge

more fantastic scenes near the Sapper's Pass

After crossing swingbridge back to the true right bank of the Route Brun

Route Burn river scenes

Routeburn Flats Hut

superb outlook viewing from the Routeburn Flats Hut

Mt Somnus (2293m) in the distance

footbridge crosses Emily Creek

Emily Creek scenes

track scenes

the track crosses a massive slip dating from January 1994

good clear views from here down onto the flats

Routeburn Falls Hut (1st night)

side walk to a peak (1224m)

majestic mountains

lots of elegant tarns

beautiful valley

group photo

retruning from the peak(1224m)

the most highlight of Day 1's walk - the impressive Route Burn Falls cascade (176m)

Route Burn Falls 分成兩股 這是主要的一股 最為壯觀優美 是今天最精彩的景觀

viewing in different angle

the bottom porion

另一股Route Burn Falls 也很壯觀

viewing from the river bed

由河床觀看 更為優美

lots of rapids and cascades nearby the Route Burn Falls

the falls become much more turbulent after a heavy rain overnight

昨夜大雨 瀑布更為洶湧澎湃 但少了些優雃

Ronan Keating - If Tomorrow Never Comes