Mount Iron Hike Above Wanaka

This was another day with lots of options. Many in the group hoped to get a flight to Milford Sound, but the winds weren’t favorable for the flight over the mountains. There was a bike ride option as well, but we opted to hike to the locals’ favorite mountaintop view point.

Mount Iron is shaped like a wedge, carved by a glacier on its steep, river-facing side (our climbing up side), with a more gradual descent on the farmland side.

We stopped for lunch at the top and admired the view for awhile. Back at lake level, we wandered the cute town and enjoyed an ice cream.

Back at the hotel Backroads hosted a blind NZ wine tasting with cheese and crackers. The Riesling fooled us all as it was not sweet at all.

Having been wined and dined for days with Backroads, we opted for a food cart wood-fired pizza sitting by the lakeshore.Read more