Mt Riley is a monster!
Are you thinking of tackling Riley? Read these tips first! My Dad and I completed the Mt Sunday and Mt Riley loop track in Marlborough in May, and boy was it a mission! Of course it was our own fault, because we naïvely didn't train for it beforehand. If I had known it was such hard yakka I would have! What the Department Of Conservation sign estimated as a 8-10 hour hike, took us 12 hours. We left the carpark at just after 6 AM and got back about 6.30 PM. We chose to walk the track clockwise which meant climbing Mt Sunday first. It was straight up for a solid few hours before we reached the ridgetop. We had a few quick breaks on the way to fuel up on water, boiled eggs, apples and nuts. We were absolutely exhausted as we reached the top! The view from the summit of Mt Sunday was spectacular. We got some awesome photos there which I'm thankful for because the weather turned nasty by the time we got to the bivvy in between Sunda...