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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

📷 Simon

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


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

Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Simon and Brian - South Temple hut morning

📷 Philip

Southern South Branch Temple Stream
South Temple hut occupants
📷 Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Side Waterfall
📷 Simon
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Waterfalls Blocking Route
📷 Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Simon checking route
📷 Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Resting On Waterfall Sidle
📷 Simon
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Above the South Temple bushline
📷 Simon
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Paragliders
📷 Simon
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
View back into Southern South Branch Temple Stream
📷 Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Tarn and view into South Branch Temple Stream
📷 Brian
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Bruce, Mt Maitland and upper tarn
📷 Brian
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Waiting For Dinner To Cook
📷 Brian


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

Maitland Stream
Speargrass

📷 Brian

Maitland Stream
Rocky view into the Maitland
📷 Brian
Maitland Stream
Bruce starting down scren slope
📷 Simon
Maitland Stream
Heading down the scree slope into the Maitland
📷 Philip
Maitland Stream
Bruce powering down the scree slope
📷 Brian
Maitland Stream
Looking back at cirque, Philip and Brian
📷 Simon
Maitland Stream
First Rest Stop, Scree Slope Behind
📷 Philip
Maitland Stream
View From Top Of Spur
📷 Philip
Maitland Stream
View from spur to Hopkins
📷 Philip
Maitland Stream
Rest stop in Maitland Stream
📷 Simon
Maitland Stream
First view of Maitland Hut
📷 Simon
Maitland Stream
Bruce arriving at Maitland Hut
📷 Brian


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

Snowy Gorge Creek
Maitland Hut

📷 Simon

Snowy Gorge Creek
Simon outside Maitland hut
📷 Brian
Snowy Gorge Creek
Heading through Beech forest up from Maitland Hut
📷 Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Leaving the bushline in Maitland Stream
📷 Bruce
Snowy Gorge Creek
Upper Maitland Stream to saddle
📷 Simon
Snowy Gorge Creek
Onwards and upwards in the Maitland
📷 Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
On the Maitland Snowy Gorge saddle
📷 Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Resting just over the saddle into Snowy Gorge Creek
📷 Brian
Snowy Gorge Creek
Starting down Snowy Gorge
📷 Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Upper Snowy Gorge Creek
📷 Brian
Snowy Gorge Creek
Philip and Brian leaving Snowy Gorge Hut
📷 Simon
Snowy Gorge Creek
Dinner at Hideaway Hut
📷 Bruce


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

Ahuriri
Bruce cooking breakfast

📷 Philip

Ahuriri
Departing Hideaway Biv
📷 Simon
Ahuriri
Hideaway Biv tucked into the hillside
📷 Philip
Ahuriri
Bruce and Simon resting in the Ahuriri, view downstream
📷 Philip
Ahuriri
Heading up the Ahuriri
📷 Philip
Ahuriri
Crossing the Ahuriri
📷 Philip
Ahuriri
Joining the Ahuriri road and looking upstream
📷 Philip
Ahuriri
Bruce outside Ahuriri Base Hut
📷 Brian
Ahuriri
Above the bush on the Dingleburn route
📷 Philip
Ahuriri
Top of Dingleburn route and view down Ahuriri
📷 Brian
Ahuriri
Starting down into the Dingle Burn
📷 Philip
Ahuriri
Dingle Burn panorama
📷 Brian


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

Dingle Burn
Philip viewing a Top Dingle Hut morning

📷 Brian

Dingle Burn
Morning view up the Dingle Burn
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Ready to leave Top Dingle Hut
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Crossing The Broad Grassy Fans
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Dingle Burn travel
📷 Simon
Dingle Burn
Rest Stop And View Upstream
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Bruce outside Ben Avon Hut
📷 Brian
Dingle Burn
Bruce and Simon outside historic Ben Avon Hut
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Bruce and Philip inside Ben Avon Hut
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Simon and Bruce and view downstream
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
In the Dingle Burn
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Bruce checking dinner
📷 Brian


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

Mae West day trip
Slip opposite Bush Hut

📷 Bruce

Mae West day trip
Simon and Bruce off down the Dingle Burn
📷 Brian
Mae West day trip
Bruce striding down the Dingle Burn
📷 Brian
Mae West day trip
Rest stop on Dingle Burn before starting climb
📷 Simon
Mae West day trip
View from spur down Dingle Burn to Lake Hawea
📷 Brian
Mae West day trip
View down Dingle Burn to Lake Hawea
📷 Bruce
Mae West day trip
View back up to Ahuriri pass
📷 Philip
Mae West day trip
Bruce and Brian on spur, lake behind
📷 Philip
Mae West day trip
View into head of Mae West stream
📷 Bruce
Mae West day trip
The Boys Resting
📷 Bruce
Mae West day trip
Bruce and Philip looking at Lake Hawea
📷 Brian
Mae West day trip
Ridge Panorama
📷 Brian


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

Lake Hāwea
Heading Downstream

📷 Philip

Lake Hāwea
In Short Gorge
📷 Philip
Lake Hāwea
In Short Gorge
📷 Philip
Lake Hāwea
Though Farmland
📷 Philip
Lake Hāwea
Dingle Burn through farmland
📷 Philip
Lake Hāwea
At the bottom of the Dingle Burn, last view upstream
📷 Bruce
Lake Hāwea
View of Peninsula track
📷 Philip
Lake Hāwea
Lake Hawea from Peninsula track
📷 Brian
Lake Hāwea
On the Peninsula track
📷 Philip
Lake Hāwea
Simon on track down to lake shore
📷 Brian
Lake Hāwea
View up Lake Hawea
📷 Philip
Lake Hāwea
Philip at road end
📷 Brian

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