Hilary and I told the hostel receptionist that we wanted to do the longest day hike in the area. She said "yeah, I guess that would be Ben Lomond." Ok. "There might be a bit of snow still, I'm not sure." Ok, whatever - we started off. The first leg of the trip was taking a gondola ride (basically like a ski lift) up the side of the first hill. This is the view of Queenstown and the lake from up at the top of the gondola ride.