SOUTHERN ALPS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 16 April 1925, Page 3

SOUTHERN ALPS

SCENIC .VI I i;.UT[nXS (liy Telegraph.-- Special to The Mail.) ■ I CHIMSTCIIVKCII. April 15 j Mountain scenery. noi glaciers. forms ■ the niriin attraction to flint region among flic Southern A ins vA i ere the A uunnlci i viri Kivui has its smitr-e. according t<> member: i.t’ the f ’antei tuiry I*i ■ 'in ess I .eague A rxnrdit ion which has returned p, I'in istchti'ivh. '1 am more convinced than ever that tin- place is worthy of-dev-Ai -pmeni as a scenic rejsort said Ml N. t '.a I• i 111 vv 1 1 ut. the leader of the party. --()!' c- .arse. it is not contended that (lie glaciers constitute the chief attraction. i! ,1,, I snv that the place is an i,| ( , a i Sl int lor serious game hunters or ( hmh.it is more for the amateur from i, we who would like to spend a i n the liackhlockf. The main attraction lies in the seenery. consisting of 1, nrtilul water falls at steep mountain niths. The glaciers may he small, hut nevertheless they present climbing worthy of the attention of skilled climber--PuU from that it must not lie a sum..! that the average man will find the climb ing ini. hard for him. There are luouu tains i here t hat are very easily climbed, and from them can b- gained the most wonderful of views. To my mind one of the irreatest reasons for advocating the : development of the region is its access!- 1 bilttv. if a track were laid down it would he possible for week-end parties to reach the place and during their two days' stav they could gain a fair idea of its beauties. Not only is the camping ground itself readily accessible from the train. The surrounding country is east , ly traversed. At a meeting held in t.he.ir carriage aboard the train which conveyed the party to Chri.-leiiurch, members of the expedition unanimously agreed that the scenic beauties ot tin? region constituted the principal attraction, and it was decided to stress this fact in the otliciai report to the Canterbury Progress J.eague. The party without exception was very cnliiusia.-.tic over tile beauties of the area, and had little doubt that once it became better known and its charms more, wnlelv advertised many people would tind I neir way there over the week ends to spend their leisure time among the mountains. it was decided by the expedition to make a. recommendation to the Progress League to ask the Government to take steps to a hut. erected there to accommodate ‘twenty persons.