fresh water pool

our route

The St. John Explorers Club met at the entrance to the Fish Bay Gut. There had been some light rain so the rocks were slippery. Because of this the going was slow as extra care had to be taken with just about every step.

See Google Map of Fish Bay Valley

Advice to anyone attempting this hike: do it on a sunny day.

The gut environment is simply beautiful. What more can I say?

explorers begin the hike	Robin swings over freshwater pool	fallen tree across the gut
	handholds and footholds	emergency repair

In order to avoid a particularly difficult section of the Fish Bay Gut, when we arrived at the junction of the Fish Bay and Battery Guts, we headed up the Battery Gut for a while and then bush whacked overland back to the Fish Bay Gut. We did something similar further up the Fish Bay Gut above the big pool, heading up into the bush and coming back down after we passed the pool and the steep rocks.

Not easy, very challenging, but exiting and fun.

Near the top of the gut we found a trail that took us to the Seiban ruins and then it was down the Great Seiben to Fish Bay and back to our vehicles.