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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: Brian


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
Photo: Simon
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
At South Temple Hut looking upstream
Photo: Simon
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Simon and Brian - South Temple hut morning
Photo: Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Brian and Bruce waiting at gorge
Photo: Simon
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Moving Up The Stream
Photo: Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Waterfalls Blocking Route
Photo: Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Leaving Bush Line
Photo: Brian
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
View back into Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Photo: Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Lower tarn and ridge to Maitland Stream
Photo: Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
View down slope to Maitland Tributary
Photo: Simon
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
View from Watson Saddle
Photo: Philip


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

Maitland Stream
Speargrass

Photo: Brian

Maitland Stream
Last view of tarns and South Branch Temple Stream
Photo: Brian
Maitland Stream
Rocky view into the Maitland
Photo: Brian
Maitland Stream
Bruce starting down scren slope
Photo: Simon
Maitland Stream
Heading down the scree slope into the Maitland
Photo: Philip
Maitland Stream
Looking Back Up Scree Slope
Photo: Simon
Maitland Stream
Bruce powering down the scree slope
Photo: Brian
Maitland Stream
Looking back at cirque, Philip and Brian
Photo: Simon
Maitland Stream
First Rest Stop, Scree Slope Behind
Photo: Philip
Maitland Stream
Sidling Out Of The Creek
Photo: Philip
Maitland Stream
View from lunch spot to lower Maitland
Photo: Simon
Maitland Stream
View off side into Maitland
Photo: Philip


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

Snowy Gorge Creek
Heading through Beech forest up from Maitland Hut

Photo: Philip

Snowy Gorge Creek
Bush Edge Marker
Photo: Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
View of upper Maitland Stream
Photo: Simon
Snowy Gorge Creek
Simon, Brian, and Maitland Stream in tussock
Photo: Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Onwards and upwards in the Maitland
Photo: Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Fresh clear upper Maitland Stream waters
Photo: Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Resting just over the saddle into Snowy Gorge Creek
Photo: Brian
Snowy Gorge Creek
Brian and Philip on Maitland Snowy Gorge saddle
Photo: Bruce
Snowy Gorge Creek
Starting down Snowy Gorge
Photo: Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Philip, Brian, Simon, view down Snowy Gorge stream to hut
Photo: Bruce
Snowy Gorge Creek
Photos arriving at Snowy Gorge Creek hut
Photo: Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Philip and Brian leaving Snowy Gorge Hut
Photo: Simon


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

Ahuriri
Hideaway Biv tucked into the hillside

Photo: Philip

Ahuriri
Heading for unnamed Lake
Photo: Simon
Ahuriri
Travelling up the Ahuriri
Photo: Brian
Ahuriri
Rest stop on the Ahuriri
Photo: Simon
Ahuriri
Heading up the Ahuriri
Photo: Philip
Ahuriri
Simon arriving at Ahuriri Base Hut
Photo: Philip
Ahuriri
View back from the Dingleburn route
Photo: Brian
Ahuriri
Simon Brain and Philip Ahuriri valley behind
Photo: Bruce
Ahuriri
Heading Into The Bush
Photo: Philip
Ahuriri
Arriving at Top Dingle Hut
Photo: Philip
Ahuriri
Simon entering Top Dingle Hut
Photo: Brian
Ahuriri
Top Dingle Hut sunset
Photo: Philip


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

Dingle Burn
Top Dingle Hut morning

Photo: Philip

Dingle Burn
Morning view up the Dingle Burn
Photo: Philip
Dingle Burn
Bruce Simon and Philip half an hour from the hut
Photo: Brian
Dingle Burn
Crossing The Broad Grassy Fans
Photo: Philip
Dingle Burn
Simon Brian and Philip in upper Dingle Burn view upstream
Photo: Bruce
Dingle Burn
Dingle Burn travel
Photo: Simon
Dingle Burn
Nearing Ben Avon Hut
Photo: Philip
Dingle Burn
Bruce outside Ben Avon Hut
Photo: Brian
Dingle Burn
At Ben Avon Hut
Photo: Brian
Dingle Burn
Looking Back Up Valley
Photo: Simon
Dingle Burn
Simon and Bruce and view downstream
Photo: Philip
Dingle Burn
Simon reading in Bush Hut
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
Bruce striding 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
Slips And Slumping Across The Valley
Photo: Philip
Mae West day trip
View back up to Ahuriri pass
Photo: Philip
Mae West day trip
Bruce and Brian on spur, lake behind
Photo: Philip
Mae West day trip
Simon climbing out of the Dingle Burn
Photo: Brian
Mae West day trip
Bruce and Philip looking at Lake Hawea
Photo: Brian
Mae West day trip
Philip at Mae West Hut
Photo: Brian


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

Lake Hāwea
Heading Downstream

Photo: Philip

Lake Hāwea
Dingle Burn near The Peninsula
Photo: Brian
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
On the Peninsula track
Photo: Philip
Lake Hāwea
View up Lake Hawea
Photo: Philip

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