Leonie and I scampered up to Gertrude Saddle from just below the Homer tunnel. It was a great little walk and we had an awesome view from the saddle down to Milford Sound. It would be nice to explore the hills around the saddle a bit sometime…
Above left: The plan was to head up to Gertrude Saddle. This is the view looking up the valley from the road. Above right: Another view up the valley.
Above left: Mmm green mossy rocks on the walk up the valley. Above right: Not long after the real climb began there was a nice waterfall with this rock pool at the bottom.
Above left: Cris does some typical jumping. Above right: View down the valley from the waterfall.
Above left: Leonie uses the steel rope as a climbing aid as we climbed up to the lake below the saddle. Above middle: Cris at Black Lake pretending to read his map. Above right: There were a few patches of snow on the way up.
Above left: There was an awesome view from the saddle down to Milford Sound. Above middle: The fantastic view down to Milford Sound from Gertrude Saddle. Above right: Cris with view down to Milford Sound from Gertrude Saddle.
Above: Walking back down.