Luxmore Hut is located about 15km south-west from Te Anau on the South Island of New Zealand.  It is the first hut along the Kepler Track (a 60km tramping track circuit) in the Fiordland National Park.  The hut is roughly 1400km above sea level and is the highest point of the track.  There are incredible views from the hut of the surrounding mountains and Lake Te Anau.  At the time of our arrival there had been an unseasonable late snow drop which covered the whole mountain plain in thick (deep) snow with the very likely chance of avalanches, had we decided to tramp further (we didn't.)  This recording documents the seemingly ferocious winds that surrounded the hut in the early hours of the morning.  I couldn't sleep very well - I was pretty spooked by the jolts of wind, the creaks of the hut and the occasional short whistle.  Even more disconcerting was the silence as the wind suddenly dropped for a few seconds before starting up again.  Recorded on an Edirol HD-09 hard disk recorder with mic gain and limiter activated.


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