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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: Philip
South Branch South Temple Stream
Arriving at South Temple Hut
Photo: Brian
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 occupants

Photo: Philip

Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Side Waterfall
Photo: Simon
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Moving Up The Stream
Photo: Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Simon checking route
Photo: Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Paragliders
Photo: Simon
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Paragliders
Photo: Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Bruce at rest stop
Photo: Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
View Down Valley
Photo: Simon
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Tarn and view into South Branch Temple Stream
Photo: Brian
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Lower Tarn
Photo: Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
View showing sidle rout into the Maitland
Photo: Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Bruce looking down from Watson saddle
Photo: Brian


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

Maitland Stream
Speargrass

Photo: Brian

Maitland Stream
Bruce and Philip leaving lower Maitland tarn
Photo: Simon
Maitland Stream
Last view of tarns and South Branch Temple Stream
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
Bruce powering down the scree slope
Photo: Brian
Maitland Stream
First Rest Stop, Scree Slope Behind
Photo: Philip
Maitland Stream
Sidling Out Of Sid Valley
Photo: Simon
Maitland Stream
Lower Maitland Stream
Photo: Simon
Maitland Stream
Rest stop in Maitland Stream
Photo: Simon
Maitland Stream
First view of Maitland Hut
Photo: Simon
Maitland Stream
Mailand Hut
Photo: Brian


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
View of upper Maitland Stream
Photo: Simon
Snowy Gorge Creek
View from the bush edge up the Maitland
Photo: Philip
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
Fresh clear upper Maitland Stream waters
Photo: Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
On the Maitland Snowy Gorge saddle
Photo: Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Resting just over the saddle into Snowy Gorge Creek
Photo: Brian
Snowy Gorge Creek
Starting down Snowy Gorge
Photo: Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Upper Snowy Gorge Creek
Photo: Brian
Snowy Gorge Creek
Closing on Hideaway Biv
Photo: Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
View from Hideaway Biv
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
Brian Philip and Simon view down the Ahuriri
Photo: Bruce
Ahuriri
Crossing the Ahuriri
Photo: Philip
Ahuriri
Bruce outside Ahuriri Base Hut
Photo: Brian
Ahuriri
Simon arriving at Ahuriri Base Hut
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
Resting on top with upper Dingle Burn view
Photo: Philip
Ahuriri
Starting down into the Dingle Burn
Photo: Philip
Ahuriri
Arriving at Top Dingle Hut
Photo: Philip
Ahuriri
Top Dingle Hut sunset
Photo: Philip


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

Dingle Burn
Top Dingle Burn Hut in the morning

Photo: Simon

Dingle Burn
Heading down the slope from Top Dingle Hut
Photo: Philip
Dingle Burn
Crossing The Broad Grassy Fans
Photo: Philip
Dingle Burn
Dingle Burn travel
Photo: Simon
Dingle Burn
Rest Stop And View Upstream
Photo: Philip
Dingle Burn
Historic Ben Avon Hut
Photo: Philip
Dingle Burn
Bruce and Philip inside Ben Avon Hut
Photo: Philip
Dingle Burn
Heading Down The Grassy Terraces
Photo: Philip
Dingle Burn
Looking Back Up Valley
Photo: Simon
Dingle Burn
Almost at Cotters Hut
Photo: Philip
Dingle Burn
Brian crossing the Dingle Burn
Photo: Philip
Dingle Burn
Simon swimming
Photo: Philip


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
Bruce striding down the Dingle Burn
Photo: Brian
Mae West day trip
Philip viewing Lake Hawea
Photo: Brian
Mae West day trip
Simon climbing spur, upstream Dingle Burn beyond
Photo: Philip
Mae West day trip
View into head of Mae West stream
Photo: Bruce
Mae West day trip
The Boys Resting
Photo: Bruce
Mae West day trip
Bruce and Philip looking at Lake Hawea
Photo: Brian
Mae West day trip
Brian and Mae West Hut
Photo: Philip
Mae West day trip
Brian looking at tomorrows route
Photo: Philip
Mae West day trip
Brian on Mae West spur
Photo: Philip


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

Lake Hāwea
Dingle Burn near The Peninsula

Photo: Brian

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
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 across lake to Aspiring
Photo: Philip
Lake Hāwea
View up Lake Hawea
Photo: Philip
Lake Hāwea
Waiting At The Road End
Photo: Philip
Lake Hāwea
End Of Trip Photo
Photo: Philip

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