Key Summit pan

Here's another panorama to keep things going until I get all the individual photos prepared. This 360+ degree view is from the first day of the safari, near Key Summit along the Routeburn Track, just on the edge of Fiordland National Park at the upper end of the Hollyford Valley.(Click on the image to view a larger version. Use your browser's back button to return here.)

The view down the Hollyford Valley is at center with the Humboldt Mountains on the right, and the Alisa Mountains on the far right. Just to the left of the Hollyford Valley, above the tarn (small alpine lake), is the upper end of the Darran Mountains. What appears to be a valley there is actually a cirque and hanging valley containing Lake Marian, and the peak on the left side of it with a small cloud blowing off the top of it is Mount Christina (2502 m). To the left of Mount Christina is the Valley that leads to the Homer Tunnel and Milford Sound, where we would go the following morning. We were very fortunate to have such a fine view--more on that later.

The whole group made the hike up to where I took the picture, but are not all visible in the image. Most noticeable are Jenny, one of the other shutterbugs in the group, in the center of the image looking like a pro as she shoots back towards me, and Astrid and Anna on the right (and left).