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2016-01-03 Lake Ōhau to Lake Hāwea

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Day From To Distance

Gear

  • two tents
  • ice axes
  • primus and 2 litres fuel
  • two billys
  • two PLBs, maps, GPS

Menu

  • Party food: 7 breakfasts, 7 dinners and 2 puds
  • Own food: 7 lunches, brews, scroggin/snacks

Breakfasts:

  • 3 x pogs - rolled oats, dehy fruit, sugar, milkpowder
  • 2 x rice flakes - rice flakes, dehy apple, sugar, milkpowder, cinnamon
  • 2 x bircher muesli - plus milkpowder and sugar

Dinners:

  • 3 x mac cheese - mac, cheese, salami, dehy veges, dehy pineapple, soup, herbs
  • 2 x rice & tuna - rice, tuna, cashews, dehy veges, soup, herbs
  • 1 x curried sausages and dehy spud - sausages, dehy spud, dehy veges, onion, curry
  • 1 x Backcountry dehy dinner and dehy spud

Puds:

  • 1 x mousse and flaked almonds
  • 1 x Backcountry dessert
2 Jan Queenstown Gondola(approve sites) Ben Lomond(approve sites) return 11.2km(approve sites)
3 Jan Temple campsite(approve sites) South Temple Hut(approve sites) 7.8km(approve sites) Temple Stream South Branch(approve sites)
4 Jan South Temple Hut Mt Maitland Tarns(approve sites) 5.8km(approve sites) Ruataniwha Conservation Park(approve sites)
5 Jan Mt Maitland Tarns Maitland Hut(approve sites) 8.1km(approve sites)
6 Jan Maitland Hut Hideaway Hut(approve sites) 18.3km(approve sites) route(approve sites) via Snowy Gorge Hut(approve sites)
7 Jan Hideaway Hut(approve sites) Top Dingle Hut(approve sites) 18.0km(approve sites) Ahuriri Conservation Park(approve sites)
8 Jan Top Dingle Hut Bush Hut(approve sites) 20.2km(approve sites) Hawea Conservation Park(approve sites)
9 Jan Bush Hut Mae West Biv (return) 12.9km(approve sites) (partial)
10 Jan Bush Hut Dingle Burn Station Road 21.5km(approve sites) Dingle Burn Track(approve sites)
excluding side trips 100km(approve sites)

Sun Jan 3 day 1 - South Branch South Temple Stream

South Branch South Temple Stream
Brian, Philip, Simon, and Bruce ready to depart

Photo: Simon

South Branch South Temple Stream
Brief stop in Temple Stream South Branch
Photo: Philip
South Branch South Temple Stream
Start of the Temple Stream South Branch track
Photo: Brian
South Branch South Temple Stream
In South Branch of Temple Stream
Photo: Simon
South Branch South Temple Stream
Heading up Temple Stream South Branch
Photo: Philip
South Branch South Temple Stream
Simon heading up south branch of Temple Stream
Photo: Bruce
South Branch South Temple Stream
Looking up eroded side creek in Temple Stream South Branch
Photo: Philip
South Branch South Temple Stream
In view up South Temple
Photo: Simon
South Branch South Temple Stream
In Temple Stream South Branch
Photo: Philip
South Branch South Temple Stream
Arriving at South Temple hut
Photo: Simon
South Branch South Temple Stream
Arriving at South Temple Hut
Photo: Philip
South Branch South Temple Stream
Arriving at South Temple Hut
Photo: Philip


Mon Jan 4 day 2 - Southern tributary South Branch South Temple Stream to Maitland Tarns

Southern South Branch Temple Stream
South Temple Hut in morning sun

Photo: Simon

Southern South Branch Temple Stream
At South Temple Hut looking upstream
Photo: Simon
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Moving Up The Stream
Photo: Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Gorgey Stream
Photo: Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Simon and Philip in gorge with waterfall
Photo: Brian
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Resting On Waterfall Sidle
Photo: Simon
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Above the South Temple bushline
Photo: Simon
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Leaving Bush Line
Photo: Brian
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Simon in the hot sun
Photo: Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Paraglider
Photo: Brian
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Campsite At Lower Tarn
Photo: Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Rocky Ridge
Photo: Philip


Tue Jan 5 day 3 Maitland Tarns to Maitland Stream and Hut

Maitland Stream
Speargrass

Photo: Brian

Maitland Stream
Rocky view into the Maitland
Photo: Brian
Maitland Stream
Heading down the scree slope into the Maitland
Photo: Philip
Maitland Stream
Looking Back Up Scree Slope
Photo: Simon
Maitland Stream
First Rest Stop, Scree Slope Behind
Photo: Philip
Maitland Stream
Sidling Out Of Sid Valley
Photo: Simon
Maitland Stream
View from lunch spot to lower Maitland
Photo: Simon
Maitland Stream
Lower Maitland Stream
Photo: Simon
Maitland Stream
On the spur and looking up the Maitland
Photo: Brian
Maitland Stream
Rest stop in Maitland Stream
Photo: Simon
Maitland Stream
Maitland Hut
Photo: Philip
Maitland Stream
Mailand Hut
Photo: Brian


Wed Jan 6 day 4 - Maitland Hut to Snowy Gorge Stream and Hideaway Biv

Snowy Gorge Creek
Maitland Hut

Photo: Simon

Snowy Gorge Creek
Simon outside Maitland hut
Photo: Brian
Snowy Gorge Creek
Philip, Simon, and Brian at Maitland Hut
Photo: Bruce
Snowy Gorge Creek
Heading through Beech forest up from Maitland Hut
Photo: Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
View from the bush edge up the Maitland
Photo: Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Leaving the bushline in Maitland Stream
Photo: Bruce
Snowy Gorge Creek
Simon, Brian, and Maitland Stream in tussock
Photo: Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Upper Maitland Stream to saddle
Photo: Simon
Snowy Gorge Creek
Philip and Brian leaving Snowy Gorge Hut
Photo: Simon
Snowy Gorge Creek
View to Ahuriri
Photo: Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Closing on Hideaway Biv
Photo: Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Philip and Bruce arriving at Hideaway Biv
Photo: Brian


Thu Jan 7 day 5 - Hideaway Biv to Ahuriri and Top Dingle Hut

Ahuriri
Departing Hideaway Biv

Photo: Simon

Ahuriri
Rest stop on the Ahuriri
Photo: Simon
Ahuriri
Brian Philip and Simon view down the Ahuriri
Photo: Bruce
Ahuriri
View up the Ahuriri
Photo: Bruce
Ahuriri
Crossing the Ahuriri
Photo: Philip
Ahuriri
View back from the Dingleburn route
Photo: Brian
Ahuriri
Rest stop over the Ahuriri
Photo: Philip
Ahuriri
View back from the top of the Dingleburn route
Photo: Brian
Ahuriri
View of the Ahuriri
Photo: Philip
Ahuriri
Top of Dingleburn route and view down Ahuriri
Photo: Brian
Ahuriri
Track Through The Beech Forest
Photo: Philip
Ahuriri
Simon entering Top Dingle Hut
Photo: Brian


Fri Jan 8 day 6 - Top Dingle Hut to Bush Hut

Dingle Burn
Philip viewing a Top Dingle Hut morning

Photo: Brian

Dingle Burn
Top Dingle Hut morning
Photo: Philip
Dingle Burn
Morning view up the Dingle Burn
Photo: Philip
Dingle Burn
Ready to leave Top Dingle Hut
Photo: Philip
Dingle Burn
Looking up the Dingle Burn
Photo: Simon
Dingle Burn
Bruce Simon and Philip half an hour from the hut
Photo: Brian
Dingle Burn
Rest Stop And View Upstream
Photo: Philip
Dingle Burn
Bruce outside Ben Avon Hut
Photo: Brian
Dingle Burn
Rocky Dingle Burn
Photo: Philip
Dingle Burn
In the Dingle Burn
Photo: Philip
Dingle Burn
Simon swimming
Photo: Philip
Dingle Burn
Bruce checking dinner
Photo: Brian


Sat Jan 9 day 7 - Side trip to Mae West Biv

Mae West day trip
Slip opposite Bush Hut

Photo: Bruce

Mae West day trip
Trampers Silouetted By The Slip Across The River
Photo: Simon
Mae West day trip
Heading Downstream
Photo: Philip
Mae West day trip
Simon and Bruce off down the Dingle Burn
Photo: Brian
Mae West day trip
Rest stop on Dingle Burn before starting climb
Photo: Simon
Mae West day trip
View from spur down Dingle Burn to Lake Hawea
Photo: Brian
Mae West day trip
View down Dingle Burn to Lake Hawea
Photo: Bruce
Mae West day trip
Simon climbing spur, upstream Dingle Burn beyond
Photo: Philip
Mae West day trip
Simon climbing out of the Dingle Burn
Photo: Brian
Mae West day trip
View into head of Mae West stream
Photo: Bruce
Mae West day trip
Brian looking at tomorrows route
Photo: Philip
Mae West day trip
Ridge Panorama
Photo: Brian


Sat Jan 10 day 8 - Bush Hut to Dingle Burn Station Road end

Lake Hāwea
Heading Downstream

Photo: Philip

Lake Hāwea
In Short Gorge
Photo: Philip
Lake Hāwea
In Short Gorge
Photo: Philip
Lake Hāwea
Though Farmland
Photo: Philip
Lake Hāwea
Dingle Burn through farmland
Photo: Philip
Lake Hāwea
At the bottom of the Dingle Burn, last view upstream
Photo: Bruce
Lake Hāwea
Brian and Bruce on the Dingle Burn delta
Photo: Philip
Lake Hāwea
View of Peninsula track
Photo: Philip
Lake Hāwea
Lake Hawea from Peninsula track
Photo: Brian
Lake Hāwea
Simon on track down to lake shore
Photo: Brian
Lake Hāwea
View across lake to Aspiring
Photo: Philip
Lake Hāwea
Waiting At The Road End
Photo: Philip

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