Copland Pass, Xmas 1947

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"ith Conlend Pass toical news le 1€ t thet the Club would be interested in a brif account of E trin mrle in that area ast Christnas by three of our le ibers, Trev r alshe, Phil Roswell and Peter Telillan. The party arrived at the Hernitage on Christas Day and snent a fer days at Bal Hut sightaeeing. They returned to the Hermitage to see the Nev Yonr in and eft for the Hookor Hut on the 1st. at about 4.3a. The tracl soes up the Hooker Valley, very clear y defined over grassy fats on to the west wall of moraine, hewn out of rock, crossing a swing bridge to a grass covered area on the other side where there is a delapidated hut. From here it follows the terminal moraine on the east bank with the Hooker Glacier about 100 to 200 feet below although this height increases as the track winds up and up to the Hooker Hut. It is a very L pod track, cuite inpossible to lose, fina ly crossing over some huge scree slides, that atmostreach the Glacier, before couing to the Hut. Prom here there is a sood view of the low peak of Cook and it. Dampier anon others I typical tuss sock country with the Cook range easily seen. The usual tine froi the Hernitage to the dut is three hours. Next nornin the party set out for the Cooland Pass 6,9501 and the Douglas Rock iut on the est Coast. The track to the Pass is un a huge spur and riage, over scree, very rotten rock - holds are precarious ior the unvary - and snow srass. At about 1,000' below the too of the Pass trey net hard snow and had to ope un. Part of the snow trail 'ies over a thairy' col with 300' and 6,C001 (approx. - arops for sides, and u an avalanche shutun n top the party hed a snlended view - ust imort sone of thathere - and so down to the est Coast. The trail hre spes steenly for a ome 30 feet then travels over a - d snov basin ending in a zi-28 on tussock t - the Dougles ick aut I reached about 5n. The trip time thus ran into ten hours but this vas easy o pin. Pron the Douglas nut the narty went to Welcone Flats Ithree hours easy - to larangerua Track - losquitos are bad here to Scott's farnh ouse and 3 b; texi to the Fox G acier. Trevor is very enthusiastic abou* the be autiful bush country on this side, the solendel views of Conk, "as an, a Perouse and the scene frm the aiho Church wind ow at the Tranz. Altogether it wes a vcry interesting trip over the very beautiful if broken Gouthern Range.