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    MEG HUT VIA CROWN RANGE RIDGE TRACK, PISA CONSERVATION AREA

    Feb 22, 2022 2 minutes
    BY LEE JOHNSON

    At the back of the Crown Range summit car park, a wide orange-poled track begins ascending to the ridge. It zigzags high above the Crown Range Road showcasing panoramas of the Queenstown basin and the back of The Remarkables mountain range. Views south, of the Gibbston Valley, also open up.

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