Back on the Milford

And then you see it. After months of anticipation, track closures, a lockdown, a flight, two shuttles and a water taxi, Glade Wharf emerges from the mist in the northernmost reaches of Lake Te Anau. It’s the fabled gateway to Aotearoa’s most famous walk, the Milford Track, and the anticipation is killing me.

It’s early December, and we are amongst the first few hundred trampers back on the track since the floods from last February