George Sound
George Sound

Ok, there are some exposure problems with this photo.  It was tricky light this morning for taking a panorama as some parts are in the shade and others are in the bright sun...hey, I tried.  You can see the hut and an old boathouse in the trees.  On the very left is a slip that had to be crossed on the track to Lake Alice.  Notice the heap of trees at the bottom of the slip.

There is a dip in the hills at the very right and below it is a cleft in the rocks.  This is the large crack in the rocks that had to be traversed by going all the way up around the top of it.  If you look carefully, to the right of the crack is another small slip.  Between the terribly overexposed mountain on the right and the knob to the left of the cleft lies Lake Alice.  Once you reach the crack, it's only ten more minutes before you reach the lake waters.  Oh, if you look down the sound, you can additional slips.  Fiordlands is far from an unchanging landscape.  There is another panorama that doesn't wrap around quite as much as this one, but it has much better color.