Your next Great Walk: Southland track with creature comforts
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Affordable Great Walk with hot showers? Try the Hump Ridge Track, writes Monique Perrin
There are many pleasures of doing a Great Walk, from challenging yourself physically, to communing with nature. But, unless you re on a pricey private tour, ending the day with a well-earned beer and a hot shower usually isn t one of them. Southland s Hump Ridge Track, however, is not like most Great Walks. It fills a gap for independent walkers, offering a remote wilderness experience with some welcome creature comforts.
Read More It s pretty nice at the end of the day, especially after a day of hard hiking, says Kim Mackay-Wallace from Cromwell, who walked the track in early November. You ve just climbed this massive hill and then you get there and there s a super-king bed with a down duvet and a hot shower.
Cold beer and warm showers on NZ s Next Great Walk
6 minutes to read
Monique Perrin
There are many pleasures of doing a Great Walk, from challenging yourself physically to communing with nature. But, unless you re on a pricey private tour, ending the day with a well-earned beer and a hot shower usually isn t one of them. Southland s Hump Ridge Track, however, is not like most Great Walks. It fills a gap for independent walkers, offering a remote wilderness experience with some welcome creature comforts.
Read More It s pretty nice at the end of the day, especially after a day of hard hiking, says Kim Mackay-Wallace from Cromwell, who walked the track in early November. You ve just climbed this massive hill and then you get there and there s a super-king bed with a down duvet and a hot shower.
White Christmas: Summer snow falls in parts of South Island
10 Dec, 2020 09:32 PM
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Okaka Lodge on Southland s Hump Ridge Track this morning. Photo / Supplied
Otago Daily Times
By: Abbey Palmer and Tracey Roxburgh
Snow is falling in parts of the South this morning, in stark contrast to some high summer temperatures in recent days.
Snow has been reported around State Highway 6 between Lumsden and Kingston in Southland.
❄Snow in the South❄
Some parts of Fiordland and Southland got sprinklings of snow overnight and this morning. Those at higher altitudes may still get a further dusting today into the early hours of tomorrow https://t.co/Yjbq0jxdqz ^MM pic.twitter.com/eLzEciip4w MetService (@MetService) December 10, 2020
Snow is falling in parts of the lower south island
Snow is falling in parts of the lower south island 11 December 2020
The Met Service say parts of Fiordland and Southland got sprinklings of snow overnight and this morning.
Forecaster Talia Crabtree says another dusting is expected this afternoon and into the early hours of tomorrow.
But the winter wonderland weather is set to be short lived with temperatures in the region jumping back up to the high 20s next week.