This is a pass that I have always wanted to do but had never had the opportunity. We skipped it on the way to the Olivine Ice plateau many years ago as the weather was atrocious and we wanted to avoid some river crossings. Having now done it in the rain we probably would have been alright but going up the rockburn instead that time we managed to see some blue ducks and that is the only time I have been lucky enough to see them so it was a good decision in the end. None the less it meant that it was something that was certainly outstanding on my list of things to do and since I had a day to myself even though the weather was bad it was well worth it. The
DOC website has some more information on it if you want to do the walk although I would caution that there are a lot of beach roots to scramble over on the walk. Also I would like to thank the two lovely ladies from DOC who gave me a lift up the road from the lake sylvan carpark to the routeburn carpark when I was throughly drenched after walking in the rain for 8 hours.
South Island Robin (Petroica australis australis)
The wildlife is a lot better than I remember it and certainly there were plenty of traps about to kill off any mustelids that might be about, which was great to see.
I'd missed my mossy nothofagus.
There was not a lot to see on top of the pass unless you have a fascination for wet tussock.
Pretty waterfall.
More moss and lichen.
Lake sylvan
You could just about see some mountains.
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