Game: Where-is-it? (international)

[MountainMadness]

I was surprised you didn't pick up on this earlier eggs (I think you have picked most of my other posts of or on this mountain - fairly sure you can tell it is a personal favorite..... )

Fire away eggs

[eggs]

Staying in NZ

Name the hut... if you can see it

Luxmore Hut on the Kepler Track seen from a boat trip to some Glow Worm caves on the shores of Lake Te Anau

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[MountainMadness]

Never been to the hut but the bald mountain in the background looks like Mt Luxmore (so Luxmore hut?)

[eggs]

That will be it - Luxmore Hut on the Kepler Track - from a boat trip to some Glow Worm caves on the shores of Lake Te Anau

[MountainMadness]

I was going to ask where the photo was taken from - I thought it looked like an odd perspective (from a boat of course!)

Lets continue with the theme - name the hut (Europe)

[MountainMadness]

Ok theoretically its not a hut, more a 'hotel'. Saying this there was not a soul about when I went past (in fact I didn't see anyone all day in the mountains)

Here is a photo taken a lot higher up but nearby

[eggs]

Berggasthaus Trift?

[Were you climbing Platthorn?]

[MountainMadness]

Yep that's it - an odd little place perched just above Zermatt.

Well I hadn't intended to climb Platthorn but that was the way it turned out due to heavy snowfall the day before making the traverse to Mettelhorn a little sketchy (doing this solo in runners and crampons wasn't ideal!)

[eggs]

A bit different
Aerial view of a major fall in Europe

Rhine Falls - largest flow in Europe - seen from flight into Zurich

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[johnw]

The Rhine Falls, next to the town of Schaffhausen in northern Switzerland. I assume you're in an aircraft eggs?

[eggs]

Correct - seen while flying into Zurich John

[johnw]

Thanks eggs, next is another from the ever popular New Zealand. What is this place I'm at?

On Queenstown Hill - Queenstown, Otago New Zealand

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[Walk_fat boy_walk]

Queenstown Hill?

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[johnw]

Queenstown Hill?

That's the one wfbw. After hiking up there from town I thought about exploring further, until I came to a sign saying you can't walk on those trails - bikes only.

[Walk_fat boy_walk]

Thanks. Where is this track in NZ?

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[Walk_fat boy_walk]

North Island (should narrow it down a bit)

[eggs]

That big pointy column of basalt jutting up does most of the work in pinning this down

[eggs]

So maybe the Holly Hut Track on the Razorback at Mt Taranaki?

[Walk_fat boy_walk]

So maybe the Holly Hut Track on the Razorback at Mt Taranaki?

Yes it is. The slip a bit further up was fun in the snow

[eggs]

Afraid this will break the rules again
But should not be too hard - in Europe

Venice in its lagoon - seen from a flight out of Milan

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[johnw]

I've been there but only seen it at water level, Venezia (to practise my limited Italian) - Venice

[eggs]

Yes John. It was nice to get a good view of it on the flight out of Milan
We had wandered around it over a few days before that, but not exactly a place for bushwalking...

[johnw]

Thanks eggs. That's true, a lot of historical interest though. And the gondola ride was a bit of fun.

Over to the USA, hope this is not too hard:

Lava fields at La Perouse Bay, Maui Hawaii USA

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[Orion]

Ahihi-Kinau?

[johnw]

Ahihi-Kinau?

No, but you're very close Mon ami.

[Tyreless]

La Perouse Bay?

[johnw]

La Perouse Bay?

That's it Tyreless, the lava fields at La Perouse Bay, Maui.

[Tyreless]

Cool - we stayed a bit north of there but I never got down to La Perouse Bay.

This is also in USA:

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[johnw]

Looks like the climb up Lēʻahi (Diamond Head).

[Tyreless]

That's it.