SNOW FELL IN NIGHT.

North Otago Times, Volume CVII, Issue 17748, 21 March 1927, Page 5

SNOW FELL IN NIGHT.

AN ENCHANTING SCENE. . PEMBROKE, Last Night, A qufet Sunday was spent at Pembroke. There was heavy rain during the night and an unusually early fall of snow, As the morning dawned the scene was enchanting. The lesser mountains were crowned with snow and the higher peaks hid their sumpiits' in a mass . of heavy clouds through which at rare intervals came gleams of sunshine. The visitors were taken motor drives ,the most popular being up ' the Matukituki Valley through Hell's Gate past the twin waterfalls, and on to the Cattle Flats station. Glimpses of the great snow clad buttresses of Mt. Aspiring, the moni arch of the southern ranges, were seen at intervals, but the higher precipices, glaciers, and snow clad .summits were hidden in the clouds which rolled up from the northwest. The barometer is low, and if there is much more rain on the lower levels it may be impossible for the Duke to make the crossing over the Crown range, and the i-oute may be diverted back to Cromwell and up. the Kaiwarau Valley which is much longer. If there is a heavy snowfalT during the night *and the weather improves by morning the Crown range crossing may be practicable, in which case a glorious view should be obtained from the summit. ,