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  • On the way to Siberia airstrip, we fly in a small airplane over Mount Alba (2360 meters elevation) in the Southern Alps, South Island, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • Aerial view of Mount Alba (2360 meters elevation) and the ice filled bowl of Crucible Lake in the Southern Alps, South Island, New Zealand. A terminal moraine dams the cirque which was carved by glaciers. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • From a small airplane we see Siberia Valley enclosed by snowy peaks in Mount Aspiring National Park in the Southern Alps, South Island, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • A small yellow Skywagon airplane drops off a hiker at Siberia Valley airstrip in Mount Aspiring National Park in the Southern Alps, South Island, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • A small yellow Skywagon airplane takes off from Siberia Valley airstrip in Mount Aspiring National Park in the Southern Alps, South Island, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • See Siberia Stream on the "Siberia Experience" hike in Mount Aspiring National Park, in the Southern Alps, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • Hikers must cross Siberia Stream to reach Siberia Hut from the airstrip in Siberia Valley, Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, South Island, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area. For licensing options, please inquire.
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  • A steep, rooty, scenic hike ascends Crucible Stream Valley through forest wilderness to alpine Crucible Lake in the Southern Alps, South Island, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area. For licensing options, please inquire.
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  • Ranunculus lyallii, also known as the Mount Cook Lily, is a flower in the Buttercup family. A steep, rooty, scenic hike ascends Crucible Stream Valley through forest wilderness to alpine Crucible Lake in the Southern Alps, South Island, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • Hikers are rewarded with a spectacular ice bowl at Crucible Lake (1172 meters or 3844 feet elevation). Crucible Lake still floats big ice bergs in late summer, in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, South Island, New Zealand. Hiking to Crucible Lake takes at least 8 hours round trip (10 hours with my photography), from Siberia Hut, on a very steep and rooty trail (2300 feet or 700 meters vertical gain). In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010. Panorama stitched from 2 overlapping photos.
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  • Rainbow, blue sky, and clouds over Lake Hawea. Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Regarding the "NO FREEDOM CAMPING ZONE" sign: Freedom camping in New Zealand is when you camp on public land that isn't a recognized camping ground. You can only camp in designated Freedom Camping Zones if you are certified self-contained. From Makarora, Wilkin River Jets carried us 3km via jetboat up the Makarora River to Young River confluence to begin tramping the Gillespie Pass Circuit, in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. After 4 days, they picked us up at Kerin Forks on Wilkin River.
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  • From Makarora, Wilkin River Jets takes us 3km via jetboat up the Makarora River to Young River confluence to begin tramping the Gillespie Pass Circuit, in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand.
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  • The Gillespie Pass Circuit follows the Young and Wilkin Rivers in Mount Aspiring National Park, in the Southern Alps. Makarora, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand.
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  • From Makarora, Wilkin River Jets takes us 3km via jetboat up the Makarora River to Young River confluence to begin tramping the Gillespie Pass Circuit, in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand.
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  • From Makarora, Wilkin River Jets takes us 3km via jetboat up the Makarora River to Young River confluence to begin tramping the Gillespie Pass Circuit, in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand.
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  • The violet pouch fungus (Cortinarius porphyroideus) is a truffle-like fungus found in the leaf litter of beech forests. Its spore-producing tissue is enclosed within its purple cap. Spores are released when the cap begins to disintegrate, or when insects and other small animals eat the tissue within the cap. Commonly known as purple pouch fungus, it is a secotioid species of fungus found in Australia and in beech forests of New Zealand. Photographed on the Young River Track on the Gillespie Pass Circuit in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand.
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  • Our hikers ascend the Young River on the Gillespie Pass Track, in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • A yellow slime mold (maybe a common yellow Physarum polycephalum). Photographed on the Gillespie Pass Track on the Young River, in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area.
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  • Looking downstream at the confluence of North and South Branches of Young River, on Gillespie Pass Circuit, in Mount Aspiring National Park, in the Southern Alps. Makarora, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand.
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  • Waterfall seen from the Campground Shelter at Young River North Branch. The Gillespie Pass Circuit follows the Young and Wilkin Rivers in Mount Aspiring National Park, in the Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • We paused for lunch in heavy rain at the Campground Shelter at Young River North Branch. The Gillespie Pass Circuit follows the Young and Wilkin Rivers in Mount Aspiring National Park, in the Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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  • Mount Awful (with snow, 2192 m / 7190 ft) rises at the headwaters of the Young River, on the Gillespie Pass Track, in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area.
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  • Tramping at the head of Young Valley. The Gillespie Pass Circuit follows the Young and Wilkin Rivers in Mount Aspiring National Park, in the Southern Alps. Makarora, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Panorama at the headwaters of the Young River, above Young Hut on the Gillespie Pass Track, in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Mountain daisies (Celmisia genus) bloom under Mount Awful near the headwaters of the Young River, on the Gillespie Pass Track, in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area.
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  • Mount Awful (2192 m / 7190 ft, left) at the headwaters of the Young River, on the Gillespie Pass Track, in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Mount Awful (2192 m / 7190 ft, left) at the headwaters of the Young River, on the Gillespie Pass Track, in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • The Gillespie Pass Circuit follows the Young and Wilkin Rivers in Mount Aspiring National Park, in the Southern Alps. Makarora, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Mount Awful (2192 m / 7190 ft, left) at the headwaters of the Young River, on the Track ascending Gillespie Pass, in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Raoulia (or vegetable sheep, the light green cluster of plants in background) is a genus of New Zealand plants in the pussy's-toes tribe within the daisy family. Raoulia grow in alpine areas, forming very fine and dense growths. These compact growths form large amorphous cushion-like masses with only the growing tips visible, resembling sheep from afar. The Gillespie Pass Circuit follows the Young and Wilkin Rivers in Mount Aspiring National Park, in the Southern Alps, near Makarora, in the Otago region, South Island of New Zealand.
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  • A peak seen from Gillespie Pass. The Gillespie Pass Circuit follows the Young and Wilkin Rivers in Mount Aspiring National Park, in the Southern Alps. Makarora, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand.
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  • Southern Alps seen from Gillespie Pass in Mount Aspiring National Park. Makarora, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area.
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  • A tramper at Gillespie Pass admires Mount Awful (2192 m / 7190 ft) and other peaks of the Southern Alps, above Gillespie Valley on Gillespie Pass Circuit in Mount Aspiring National Park, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • The Gillespie Pass Circuit follows the Young and Wilkin Rivers in Mount Aspiring National Park, in the Southern Alps. Makarora, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand.
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  • Distant glacier-clad Southern Alps seen southwest of Gillespie Pass in Mount Aspiring National Park, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area.
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  • A tramper descends Gillespie Valley from Gillespie Pass under Mount Awful (2192 m / 7190 ft) in the Southern Alps, on Gillespie Pass Circuit in Mount Aspiring National Park, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Orange triangular trail marker for Wilkin Track on a rooty section on the descent from Gillespie Pass to Siberia Hut in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area.
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  • Mt Alba rises above Crucible Valley which enters the flats of Siberia Valley in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. Seen from the Wilkin Track where forested Gillespie Valley meets the broader Siberia Valley. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area.
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  • Siberia Hut. The Gillespie Pass Circuit follows the Young and Wilkin Rivers in Mount Aspiring National Park, in the Southern Alps. Makarora, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Sunset above Siberia Hut. The Gillespie Pass Circuit follows the Young and Wilkin Rivers in Mount Aspiring National Park, in the Southern Alps. Makarora, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area.
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  • Sunset above Siberia Hut. The Gillespie Pass Circuit follows the Young and Wilkin Rivers in Mount Aspiring National Park, in the Southern Alps. Makarora, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area.
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  • Crucible Lake Track side trip from the Gillespie Pass Circuit in Mount Aspiring National Park, in the Southern Alps. Makarora, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area.
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  • Steep rooty Crucible Lake Track side trip from the Gillespie Pass Circuit in Mount Aspiring National Park, in the Southern Alps. Makarora, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area.
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  • Crucible Stream below Mt Alba in Mount Aspiring National Park, in the Southern Alps. Makarora, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area.
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  • The Gillespie Pass Circuit follows the Young and Wilkin Rivers in Mount Aspiring National Park, in the Southern Alps. Makarora, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Gloves on toes at ice-filled Crucible Lake in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. Beginning in the Siberia Valley, the Crucible Lake Track departs from the Gillespie Pass Circuit about an hour above the Siberia Hut. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area.
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  • Ice-filled Crucible Lake in summer in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. Beginning in the Siberia Valley, the Crucible Lake Track departs from the Gillespie Pass Circuit about an hour above the Siberia Hut. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area.
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  • Ice-filled Crucible Lake in summer in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. Beginning in the Siberia Valley, the Crucible Lake Track departs from the Gillespie Pass Circuit about an hour above the Siberia Hut. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area.
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  • The Gillespie Pass Circuit follows the Young and Wilkin Rivers in Mount Aspiring National Park, in the Southern Alps. Makarora, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • The Gillespie Pass Circuit follows the Young and Wilkin Rivers in Mount Aspiring National Park, in the Southern Alps. Makarora, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Stoat & rat trap beside ice-filled Crucible Lake in summer in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. Beginning in the Siberia Valley, the Crucible Lake Track departs from the Gillespie Pass Circuit about an hour above the Siberia Hut. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area.
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  • Ice-filled Crucible Lake in summer in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. Beginning in the Siberia Valley, the Crucible Lake Track departs from the Gillespie Pass Circuit about an hour above the Siberia Hut. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area.
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  • Ice-filled Crucible Lake in summer in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. Beginning in the Siberia Valley, the Crucible Lake Track departs from the Gillespie Pass Circuit about an hour above the Siberia Hut. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area.
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  • Descending from the moraine lip of Crucible Lake, a side trip from the Gillespie Pass Circuit in Mount Aspiring National Park, in the Southern Alps. Makarora, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area.
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  • Ice-filled Crucible Lake in summer in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. Beginning in the Siberia Valley, the Crucible Lake Track departs from the Gillespie Pass Circuit about an hour above the Siberia Hut. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area.
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  • Ice-filled Crucible Lake in summer in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. Beginning in the Siberia Valley, the Crucible Lake Track departs from the Gillespie Pass Circuit about an hour above the Siberia Hut. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Ice-filled Crucible Lake in summer in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. Beginning in the Siberia Valley, the Crucible Lake Track departs from the Gillespie Pass Circuit about an hour above the Siberia Hut. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Yellow flowers blooming at ice-filled Crucible Lake in summer in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. Beginning in the Siberia Valley, the Crucible Lake Track departs from the Gillespie Pass Circuit about an hour above the Siberia Hut. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Ice-filled Crucible Lake in summer in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. Beginning in the Siberia Valley, the Crucible Lake Track departs from the Gillespie Pass Circuit about an hour above the Siberia Hut. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Ice-filled Crucible Lake in summer in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. Beginning in the Siberia Valley, the Crucible Lake Track departs from the Gillespie Pass Circuit about an hour above the Siberia Hut. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area.
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  • Orange and white lichen pattern on rock. Crucible Lake Track side trip from the Gillespie Pass Circuit in Mount Aspiring National Park, in the Southern Alps. Makarora, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area.
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  • We rock hop across Crucible Stream shown here, then must wade through Siberia Stream and Gillespie Stream to return to Siberia Hut, on the Crucible Lake Track side trip from the Gillespie Pass Circuit in Mount Aspiring National Park, in the Southern Alps. Makarora, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area.
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  • Rock patterns from Siberia Valley side streams. The Gillespie Pass Circuit follows the Young and Wilkin Rivers in Mount Aspiring National Park, in the Southern Alps. Makarora, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area.
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  • Rock patterns from Siberia Valley side streams. The Gillespie Pass Circuit follows the Young and Wilkin Rivers in Mount Aspiring National Park, in the Southern Alps. Makarora, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area.
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  • Rock patterns from Siberia Valley side streams. The Gillespie Pass Circuit follows the Young and Wilkin Rivers in Mount Aspiring National Park, in the Southern Alps. Makarora, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area.
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  • Rock patterns from Siberia Valley side streams. The Gillespie Pass Circuit follows the Young and Wilkin Rivers in Mount Aspiring National Park, in the Southern Alps. Makarora, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area.
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  • Waterfall at Siberia Hut. The Gillespie Pass Circuit follows the Young and Wilkin Rivers in Mount Aspiring National Park, in the Southern Alps. Makarora, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area.
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  • Dramatic clouds swirl over Siberia Valley. The Gillespie Pass Circuit follows the Young and Wilkin Rivers in Mount Aspiring National Park, in the Southern Alps. Makarora, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand.
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  • Dramatic clouds swirl over Siberia Valley. The Gillespie Pass Circuit follows the Young and Wilkin Rivers in Mount Aspiring National Park, in the Southern Alps. Makarora, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand.
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  • Dramatic clouds swirl over Siberia Valley. The Gillespie Pass Circuit follows the Young and Wilkin Rivers in Mount Aspiring National Park, in the Southern Alps. Makarora, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand.
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  • After we finished tramping the Gillespie Pass Circuit, by prearrangement, Wilkin River Jets picked us up at Kerin Forks on Wilkin River in Mount Aspiring National Park, in the Southern Alps. We jetboated back to Makarora, in the Otago region, South Island of New Zealand.  UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area.
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  • The rifleman, New Zealand's smallest bird, is one of only two surviving species within the ancient endemic New Zealand wren family. Blue Pools Track, Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, near Makarora, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area.
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  • Blue Pools on a green day, in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, near Makarora, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. Blue Pools Track is an easy short walk through mature beech and podocarp forest to a swing bridge over the glacier-fed Blue River, whose water color depends upon flood & gravel cycles. From Blue Pools parking lot, Young River Mouth can be reached after 7 km on the Gillespie Pass Track (which can be shortened from Makarora Village via jetboat or Makarora River crossing). UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Blue Pools on a green day, in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, near Makarora, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. Blue Pools Track is an easy short walk through mature beech and podocarp forest to a swing bridge over the glacier-fed Blue River, whose water color depends upon flood & gravel cycles. From Blue Pools parking lot, Young River Mouth can be reached after 7 km on the Gillespie Pass Track (which can be shortened from Makarora Village via jetboat or Makarora River crossing). UNESCO lists Mount Aspiring as part of Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Haast Pass Lookout (walk 4km round trip steeply with 130 meters gain) in the Southern Alps, Mount Aspiring National Park, South Island of New Zealand. Haast Pass  was named from Julius von Haast, a 19th-century explorer who also served as Provincial Geologist for the Provincial government of Canterbury. The road through Haast Pass (State Highway 6) was converted from a rough track to a formed road in 1966 and finally received a complete tarmac surface by 1995. At 562 metres elevation, Haast Pass is the saddle between the valleys of the Haast and Makarora Rivers. The pass forms part of the boundary between Otago and the West Coast. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • New Zealand ferns and lichen growing from rock. Photographed at Haast Pass Lookout (walk 4km round trip steeply with 130 meters gain) in the Southern Alps, Mount Aspiring National Park, South Island of New Zealand. Haast Pass  is named from Julius von Haast, a 19th-century explorer who also served as Provincial Geologist for the Provincial government of Canterbury. The road through Haast Pass (State Highway 6) was converted from a rough track to a formed road in 1966 and finally received a complete tarmac surface by 1995. At 562 metres elevation, Haast Pass is the saddle between the valleys of the Haast and Makarora Rivers. The pass forms part of the boundary between Otago and the West Coast.
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