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

Sun Jan 3 day 1 - South Branch South Temple Stream

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



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

Southern South Branch Temple Stream
At South Temple Hut
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
South Temple hut occupants
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
In Upper Stream
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Paraglider
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
View down slope to Maitland Tributary
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Mt Maitland
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Bruce and Simon looking down into the Maitland
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Upper tarn and Mt Maitland
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Campsite At Lower Tarn
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Brian, Simon, and Philip cooking at campsite
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Waiting For Dinner To Cook
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Brian looking back from Watson Saddle


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

Maitland Stream
Speargrass
Maitland Stream
Looking back at cirque, Philip and Brian
Maitland Stream
View from lunch spot to lower Maitland
Maitland Stream
Lower Maitland Stream
Maitland Stream
Sidling into Maitland Stream ed
Maitland Stream
View From Top Of Spur Ed
Maitland Stream
On the spur and looking up the Maitland ed
Maitland Stream
View from spur to Hopkins
Maitland Stream
View off side into Maitland
Maitland Stream
Rest stop in Maitland Stream ed
Maitland Stream
Bruce arriving at Maitland Hut
Maitland Stream
Mailand Hut ed


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

Snowy Gorge Creek
Simon outside Maitland hut
Snowy Gorge Creek
Bush Edge Marker
Snowy Gorge Creek
Simon, Brian, and Maitland Stream in tussock
Snowy Gorge Creek
Philip looking back at the Maitland bush edge
Snowy Gorge Creek
Snowy Gorge Hut
Snowy Gorge Creek
Bruce and Snowy Gorge Hut
Snowy Gorge Creek
Philip and Brian leaving Snowy Gorge Hut
Snowy Gorge Creek
View to Ahuriri
Snowy Gorge Creek
Closing on Hideaway Biv
Snowy Gorge Creek
Philip outside Hideaway Biv
Snowy Gorge Creek
Dinner at Hideaway Hut
Snowy Gorge Creek
View from Hideaway Biv


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

Ahuriri
Bruce cooking breakfast
Ahuriri
Travelling up the Ahuriri
Ahuriri
Crossing the Ahuriri
Ahuriri
View back from the top of the Dingleburn route
Ahuriri
View of the Ahuriri
Ahuriri
Bruce looking into the head of the Dingle Burn
Ahuriri
Top of Dingleburn route and view down Ahuriri
Ahuriri
Simon Brain and Philip Ahuriri valley behind
Ahuriri
Resting on top with upper Dingle Burn view
Ahuriri
Simon and Brian view down upper Dingle Burn
Ahuriri
Dingle Burn panorama
Ahuriri
Dingle Burn panorama, Bruce, Simon, and Philip


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

Dingle Burn
Philip viewing a Top Dingle Hut morning
Dingle Burn
Historic Ben Avon Hut
Dingle Burn
Bruce and Simon outside historic Ben Avon Hut
Dingle Burn
Bruce and Philip inside Ben Avon Hut
Dingle Burn
At Ben Avon Hut
Dingle Burn
Heading Down The Grassy Terraces
Dingle Burn
Rocky Dingle Burn
Dingle Burn
In the Dingle Burn
Dingle Burn
Brian crossing the Dingle Burn
Dingle Burn
Simon swimming
Dingle Burn
Trampers And Slip
Dingle Burn
Simon reading in Bush Hut


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

Mae West day trip
Slip opposite Bush Hut
Mae West day trip
Trampers Silouetted By The Slip Across The River
Mae West day trip
Rest stop on Dingle Burn before starting climb
Mae West day trip
Slips And Slumping Across The Valley
Mae West day trip
Bruce and Brian on spur, lake behind
Mae West day trip
Simon climbing spur, upstream Dingle Burn beyond
Mae West day trip
Simon climbing out of the Dingle Burn
Mae West day trip
Brian and Mae West Hut
Mae West day trip
Philip at Mae West Hut
Mae West day trip
Brian looking at tomorrows route
Mae West day trip
Brian returning along spur
Mae West day trip
Ridge Panorama


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

Lake Hāwea
Dingle Burn near The Peninsula
Lake Hāwea
In Short Gorge
Lake Hāwea
Dingle Burn through farmland
Lake Hāwea
At the bottom of the Dingle Burn, last view upstream
Lake Hāwea
Brian and Bruce on the Dingle Burn delta
Lake Hāwea
View of Peninsula track
Lake Hāwea
Lake Hawea from Peninsula track
Lake Hāwea
On the Peninsula track
Lake Hāwea
Simon on track down to lake shore
Lake Hāwea
View up Lake Hawea
Lake Hāwea
Waiting At The Road End
Lake Hāwea
End Of Trip Photo

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