The trail to Halfway hut was a nice trail for the first ten minutes. After that, and until about eight days later it turned into a tramp. Basically there were markers on trees and a direction to follow. A light path was worn in but for the most part the path consisted of roots, rocks, mud, roots, mud, three-wire crossings, streams, roots, rocks and mud.The first day to Halfway hut was not too bad, a good warm up for things to come. The huts were a nice thing to come to after a hard days' tramp. They were somewhat sealed, had bunk beds, potable water and an outhouse. I say somewhat sealed for it was here thst we first encountered our archnemesis-- the sandfly.
Sandflys are God's way of keeping humans from settling the Fiordlands. They are tiny mosquito/gnat type meanies that were everywhere since there was a lot of standing water. We had to cover all our exposed areas and stay in the huts at night.
The next day we headed towards Lake Roe. The trail was flat for the first half and then it climbed about 500 meters.
The views from Lake Roe were amazing! We were at a higher elevation so it was colder meaning very few sandflys.
This view was from a bench right by our hut.
On the way out of Lake Roe hut in the morning. Headed toward Loch Maree
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