What a great country!

With Mount Aspiring being one of the most popular big peaks in the country, it could be a concern about overcrowding at Colin Todd Hut over the Christmas period.  Guide Aritza Monesterio and his client Deian flew in December 23rd to join the festivities at Colin Todd Hut.  What they found was an empty hut and the whole mountain to themselves.  With a Christmas Eve summit success on Aspiring, they sat out two days of bad weather and then walked out over French Ridge staying at French Ridge Hut before returning to Wanaka on day 5.  They did not see another person for the entire trip.  We had to reassure them on their return that no there had not been a nuclear holocaust or some other disaster, it's just New Zealand!