Shotover Saddle (Matukituki Valley West Branch)

Photographs from a weekend off-track tramping trip in Matukituki Valley West Branch area. Marked route to Shotover Saddle and side trips to Red Rock and to Rob Roy Glacier Lookout.

Music: Jaimina Johnston - Flyin' easy, Rasputin (under CC licence).
Location on topo map: here.
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Created using free-libre program Diascope.
List of photographs as they appear in the slideshow:

• 0:00 - End of public road at Raspberry Flat
• 0:06 - Morning at the Raspberry Flat shelter
• 0:12 - West Matukituki Track
• 0:18 - Lone tree in Matukituki Valley
• 0:24 - Brides Veil Waterfall
• 0:30 - Start of the climb to Shotover Saddle
• 0:36 - Tarn drying out
• 0:42 - Matukituki Valley West Branch on a cloudy day
• 0:48 - Trampers climbing along marked route to Shotover Saddle
• 0:53 - Small waterfall
• 1:00 - Short rest
• 1:05 - Spanish Speargrass
• 1:15 - Tramper and Rob Roy Glacier
• 1:21 - Photographer in front of Rob Roy Peak
• 1:27 - Tramper with Tyndall and Shotover Valley
• 1:33 - Red Rock, Shotover Saddle, and Matukituki Valley
• 1:39 - Tyndall and Shotover Valley from ridge above Red Rock
• 1:45 - Tramper high above Matukituki Valley
• 1:51 - Trampers on Red Rock
• 1:57 - Rob Roy Peak and glacier
• 2:03 - Matukituki Valley, Rob Roy Peak, Mount Aspiring, Mount Barff, and Islington Dome
• 2:09 - Trampers descending scree slope
• 2:15 - Trampers on rocks and tussock slope
• 2:21 - Tyndall Valley and peak 2308 metres
• 2:27 - Tussock and unnamed mountain range
• 2:33 - Rob Roy Peak in evening light
• 2:39 - Homestead Peak and other mountains in evening light
• 2:48 - Homestead Peak and unnamed range in evening light
• 2:53 - Camping by the tarn at Shotover Saddle
• 3:00 - Night sky with clouds
• 3:05 - Morning cloud in Tyndall Valley and sunshine on peak 2308 metres
• 3:10 - Camping spot by the tarn at Shotover Saddle
• 3:15 - Sunrise over Matukituki Valley
• 3:22 - Tussock at Shotover Saddle in morning sunlight
• 3:27 - Peaks in early morning
• 3:34 - Morning cloud at Shotover Saddle
• 3:39 - Light clouds above Matukituki Valley
• 3:44 - Matukituki Valley with puffy light clouds
• 3:49 - Nursery web spider
• 3:54 - The Spaniard and Spanish Speargrass
• 3:59 - Looking for trouble
• 4:04 - Matukituki Valley on a sunny day
• 4:10 - Cattle by the river
• 4:15 - Trampers on swing bridge over Matukituki River
• 4:20 - Rob Roy Glacier from lower lookout (credits)