Travers - Sabine Walk

Day 3 - Upper Travers Hut to Sabine Hut via Travers Saddle

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Above - Dawn. Early morning sun on Mt Travers













Above - a small creek near the hut (the very upper Travers River)



Above - Mt Travers



Above - glacial erratics? or rolled boulders? on the plain near Upper Travers Hut



Above - close up of the flower head of a spaniard. The green leaves also have very spiky tips



Above - looking up to near Travers Saddle



Above - Albert on the way up



Above - rununculus



Above - a beautiful small tarn near Travers Saddle with Mt Travers behind



Above - Albert at Travers Saddle



Above - Bruce, Tracy and Tony arrive at the saddle



Above - Albert and Tracy admiring the view of Mt Franklin



Above - Mt Travers



Above - Albert leaving the saddle



Above - starting down



Above - Mt Franklin



Above - Peaks at the head of the Sabine Valley



Above - the track sidles to the long scree then follows it down



Above - on the scree



Above - daisies



Above - the East Sabine River



Above - a little bit downstream - the shole river goes through a slit gorge. The track spans the gorge with this small bridge. The river is at least 50m below.



Above - Looking down at the river below







Above - the West Sabine River near the hut



Above - Albert taking it easy in West Sabine Hut



Above - Peaks above the river

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