Today, we took the way of the river and the ridge - a 14km loop from Thredbo to Dead Horse Gap following the Thredbo River to Dead Horse Gap and then up into the Ramshead Range to heights of 2000 metres, before plunging back down to Thredbo.
It was a stunning day, sunny and still, and from start to finish this path is beautiful.
I can imagine how Dead Horse Gap got its name but in this case, I think these are the bones of feral deer,
At Dead Horse Gap, the path turned up the hill, ascending through snow gum woodland and beautiful alpine meadow.
We picnicked with a view towards Ramshead, under a tree which turned out to be home to a large number of these beetles - like Christmas beetles, but paler.
The path continued its ascent through the snow gum woodland - older trees dead from the fires in 2003 but regenerating with younger trees growing up around them.
The higher we went, the more granite we saw - amazing boulders perched on rock platforms.
Granite citadels.
Granite, granite ... and a remnant patch of snow.
We're just before the full flowering of the wild flowers, but these caught our eye.
At Thredbo top station, we had our afternoon tea - fortifying for the descent.
And descend we did - along the same path as yesterday, the Merritt's Nature Track from the top of the chairlift down to the village - knees and toes creaking slightly (at least on Sarah's part), but delighted at yet another wonderful day in the mountain landscape on the roof of the country. El camino del rio y la cresta - the way of the river and the ridge.
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