{"id":649,"date":"2026-02-08T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sjs.sputs.com\/wordpress\/?p=649"},"modified":"2026-04-02T17:41:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T23:41:27","slug":"2026-day-17-milford-track-glade-house-to-pompolona-lodge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sjs.sputs.com\/wordpress\/2026\/02\/08\/2026-day-17-milford-track-glade-house-to-pompolona-lodge\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Day 17 Milford Track: Glade House to Pompolona Lodge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

February 8, 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Map: Day 17<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

It rained overnight, but by morning it had quit. It was still very cloudy outside, but the forecast looked good with the weather clearing soon. Heinrich and I had splurged for a private room and bath for this trip (many of the others were in rooms with bunk beds and a shared bath), and it was very nice. It had a view, although that morning the view was of fog and clouds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Glade House room<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The morning routine was: wake up before the generators turned back on shortly before 6 am, then go to the dining room to prepare our lunches. Fixings to make sandwiches and wraps were laid out buffet style in the dining room area. There was also a selection of snacks to choose. Afterwards we had a buffet breakfast with hot food options: on that morning we had scrambled eggs and bacon. Baked beans were available as well. Then we went back to our rooms, packed up and gathered outside the lodge to start the hike for the day. The group started hiking at 7:30, and it didn't take long for us to spread out on the trail, each of us choosing our own level of pace. The was always a guide at the front of the group and one at the rear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hikers gathering outside Glade House<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Total hiking distance for today was about 10 miles, and it was mostly on flat terrain. The first part of the hike was in a beech forest and followed the Clinton River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Clinton River, near the first suspension bridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mossy trees<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After about a mile we took a short detour on a boardwalk to view the Clinton wetlands and a small waterfall.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Waterfall at the Clinton wetlands<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Clinton wetlands view<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We returned to the main trail and continued to follow the Clinton River. By then the weather was mostly clear, revealing the beautiful mountain peaks around us. We saw many waterfalls along the way. The recent rain really helped the waterfalls!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Clinton River view<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Another waterfall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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