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2016-01-03 Lake Ōhau to Lake Hāwea
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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
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| 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
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| 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
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Sun Jan 3 day 1 - South Branch South Temple Stream
Brian, Philip, Simon, and Bruce ready to depart Brief stop in Temple Stream South Branch Start of the Temple Stream South Branch track In South Branch of Temple Stream Heading up Temple Stream South Branch Simon heading up south branch of Temple Stream Looking up eroded side creek in Temple Stream South Branch In view up South Temple In Temple Stream South Branch Arriving at South Temple hut Arriving at South Temple Hut South Temple Hut
Mon Jan 4 day 2 - Southern tributary South Branch South Temple Stream to Maitland Tarns
At South Temple Hut South Temple hut occupants In Upper Stream Paraglider View down slope to Maitland Tributary Mt Maitland Bruce and Simon looking down into the Maitland Upper tarn and Mt Maitland Campsite At Lower Tarn Brian, Simon, and Philip cooking at campsite Waiting For Dinner To Cook Brian looking back from Watson Saddle
Tue Jan 5 day 3 Maitland Tarns to Maitland Stream and Hut
Speargrass Looking back at cirque, Philip and Brian View from lunch spot to lower Maitland Lower Maitland Stream Sidling into Maitland Stream ed View From Top Of Spur Ed On the spur and looking up the Maitland ed View from spur to Hopkins View off side into Maitland Rest stop in Maitland Stream ed Bruce arriving at Maitland Hut Mailand Hut ed
Wed Jan 6 day 4 - Maitland Hut to Snowy Gorge Stream and Hideaway Biv
Simon outside Maitland hut Bush Edge Marker Simon, Brian, and Maitland Stream in tussock Philip looking back at the Maitland bush edge Snowy Gorge Hut Bruce and Snowy Gorge Hut Philip and Brian leaving Snowy Gorge Hut View to Ahuriri Closing on Hideaway Biv Philip outside Hideaway Biv Dinner at Hideaway Hut View from Hideaway Biv
Thu Jan 7 day 5 - Hideaway Biv to Ahuriri and Top Dingle Hut
Bruce cooking breakfast Travelling up the Ahuriri Crossing the Ahuriri View back from the top of the Dingleburn route View of the Ahuriri Bruce looking into the head of the Dingle Burn Top of Dingleburn route and view down Ahuriri Simon Brain and Philip Ahuriri valley behind Resting on top with upper Dingle Burn view Simon and Brian view down upper Dingle Burn Dingle Burn panorama Dingle Burn panorama, Bruce, Simon, and Philip
Fri Jan 8 day 6 - Top Dingle Hut to Bush Hut
Philip viewing a Top Dingle Hut morning Historic Ben Avon Hut Bruce and Simon outside historic Ben Avon Hut Bruce and Philip inside Ben Avon Hut At Ben Avon Hut Heading Down The Grassy Terraces Rocky Dingle Burn In the Dingle Burn Brian crossing the Dingle Burn Simon swimming Trampers And Slip Simon reading in Bush Hut
Sat Jan 9 day 7 - Side trip to Mae West Biv
Slip opposite Bush Hut Trampers Silouetted By The Slip Across The River Rest stop on Dingle Burn before starting climb Slips And Slumping Across The Valley Bruce and Brian on spur, lake behind Simon climbing spur, upstream Dingle Burn beyond Simon climbing out of the Dingle Burn Brian and Mae West Hut Philip at Mae West Hut Brian looking at tomorrows route Brian returning along spur Ridge Panorama
Sat Jan 10 day 8 - Bush Hut to Dingle Burn Station Road end
Dingle Burn near The Peninsula In Short Gorge Dingle Burn through farmland At the bottom of the Dingle Burn, last view upstream Brian and Bruce on the Dingle Burn delta View of Peninsula track Lake Hawea from Peninsula track On the Peninsula track Simon on track down to lake shore View up Lake Hawea Waiting At The Road End End Of Trip Photo
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