{"id":30693,"date":"2015-12-31T21:32:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-31T19:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/?page_id=30693"},"modified":"2025-10-07T22:27:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T20:27:20","slug":"highlights-2015","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/summary-2\/highlights-2015-2019\/highlights-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlights 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-22096 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-new-zealand category-tramping tag-highlight tag-highlight2015 entry has-media\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/2015\/12\/tramping-ice-lake-dec-2015\/\" target=\"_self\" >Tramping Ice Lake Dec 2015<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/2015\/12\/tramping-ice-lake-dec-2015\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Chris-and-clouds-Tramping-Ice-Lake-Dec-2015_thumb-640x428.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Tramping Ice Lake Dec 2015\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Chris-and-clouds-Tramping-Ice-Lake-Dec-2015_thumb-640x428.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Chris-and-clouds-Tramping-Ice-Lake-Dec-2015_thumb-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Chris-and-clouds-Tramping-Ice-Lake-Dec-2015_thumb-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Chris-and-clouds-Tramping-Ice-Lake-Dec-2015_thumb-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Chris-and-clouds-Tramping-Ice-Lake-Dec-2015_thumb-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Chris-and-clouds-Tramping-Ice-Lake-Dec-2015_thumb-1010x675.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Chris-and-clouds-Tramping-Ice-Lake-Dec-2015_thumb.jpg 1028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Chris, Em, and Georgia showed up to collect me on boxing day evening. It looked similar to our last trip. An overflowing car and a trip out towards Arthurs Pass. Ian was missing and the car had morphed into a red one. We stopped for curry on the way out and the others described the&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2015-12-30T21:21:00+02:00\">December 30, 2015<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-8353 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-austria category-via-ferrata tag-highlight tag-highlight2015 entry has-media\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/2015\/10\/via-ferrata-routes-in-gargellen\/\" target=\"_self\" >Via ferrata routes in Gargellen<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/2015\/10\/via-ferrata-routes-in-gargellen\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1999\" height=\"2999\" src=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Heading-up-Klettersteigs-in-Gargellen.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Via ferrata routes in Gargellen\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Heading-up-Klettersteigs-in-Gargellen.jpg 1999w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Heading-up-Klettersteigs-in-Gargellen-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Heading-up-Klettersteigs-in-Gargellen-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Heading-up-Klettersteigs-in-Gargellen-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Leonie and I drove to Gargellen in Austria and did two nice via ferrata routes. The first went up the R\u00f6bi ravine just above the river. There were plenty of nice sections near the water and fun crossings. We had lunch at the Ronggalpe after completing the via ferrata in a bit under an hour.&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2015-10-10T21:13:00+02:00\">October 10, 2015<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-8275 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-hiking tag-highlight tag-highlight2015 entry has-media\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/2015\/07\/skrlatica\/\" target=\"_self\" >Summer Holiday \u2013 Day 12 \u2013 \u0160krlatica<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/2015\/07\/skrlatica\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/On-the-track-to-Skrlatica-Summer-Holidays-2015_thumb-640x428.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Summer Holiday \u2013 Day 12 \u2013 \u0160krlatica\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/On-the-track-to-Skrlatica-Summer-Holidays-2015_thumb-640x428.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/On-the-track-to-Skrlatica-Summer-Holidays-2015_thumb-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/On-the-track-to-Skrlatica-Summer-Holidays-2015_thumb-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/On-the-track-to-Skrlatica-Summer-Holidays-2015_thumb.jpg 644w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">We left the biv with one light back pack and our climbing harnesses and headed off for some scrambling. We headed towards \u0160krlatica (2740 m). Leonie decided it was a bit much scrambling and I headed alone to the top. It was fairly cloudy at the summit but still a good view in some directions.&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2015-07-01T07:36:00+02:00\">July 1, 2015<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-8271 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-hiking category-slovenia category-triglav-national-park tag-highlight2015 entry\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/2015\/06\/day-11-biv-to-biv\/\" target=\"_self\" >Summer Holidays &#8211; Day 11 &#8211; Biv to Biv<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">We woke to blue sky after a good sleep in our little red tent by the biv. We made breakfast and tried to decide where to go. We formulated a plan to skip Triglav and head up to another biv in the hills. We left and sweated with our heavy packs up, up, and up.&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2015-06-30T19:53:00+02:00\">June 30, 2015<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-8510 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-new-zealand category-tramping tag-highlight tag-highlight2015 entry has-media\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/2015\/01\/tramping-hopkins-valley-jan-2015\/\" target=\"_self\" >Tramping Hopkins Valley Jan 2015<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/2015\/01\/tramping-hopkins-valley-jan-2015\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1999\" height=\"2999\" src=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Heading-into-the-mist-Hopkins-Valley-Tramp-Jan-2015.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Tramping Hopkins Valley Jan 2015\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Heading-into-the-mist-Hopkins-Valley-Tramp-Jan-2015.jpg 1999w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Heading-into-the-mist-Hopkins-Valley-Tramp-Jan-2015-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Heading-into-the-mist-Hopkins-Valley-Tramp-Jan-2015-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Heading-into-the-mist-Hopkins-Valley-Tramp-Jan-2015-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">I spent three full days tramping with Chris, Em, and Clare in around the Hopkins and Landsborough valleys. Day 1: We walked up the Hopkins Valley from Monument Hut to Elcho Hut. From there we headed up Elcho Stream and up to Chloe Col. We descended to a tarn just above 1500 m camped the&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2015-01-20T11:11:00+02:00\">January 20, 2015<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31786,"parent":30542,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":4425,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-30693","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30693"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31787,"href":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30693\/revisions\/31787"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30542"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}