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2023-02-16 Canada < Trips > 2023-08-05 Whakapapa Skiing
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Sat: fly to Christchurch, drive (5.5 hrs 400 km) to Fox Glacier via Arthurs Pass
Sun: drive (1 hr, 80 km) to the Mowraki River at the northern end of the Haast Paringa Cattle Track 
 tramp up the Moeraki Valley to 
Horseshoe Flat Hut (6 bunks, 4.5 hours) and on to 
Middle Head Hut (6 bunks, 1.5 hours)
 Mon: visit rock biv, return from Middle Head Hut to 
Blue River Hut (8 bunks)
 Thu: to Blue River Hut via tops – 5 to 6 hours to car, 
drive (30 min, 30 km) to Waita River at the south end of the Haast-Paringa Cattle Track, 
tramp 2 hr to 
Coppermine Creek Hut 8 bunks
 Fri: visit 
Joe's Hut, to car (1.5 hours), drive to Fox (2 hr 130 km) for the night, motel
 Sat: drive from Franz (5.5 hr 400 km) back to Christchurch, fly to Wellington
Wellington to Fox Glacier
 Us all at Kura Tāwhiti
Photo: Philip
 Kura Tāwhiti view
Photo: Philip
 Arthurs Pass Viaduct Philip and Brian
Photo: Philip
 Hokitika River mouth
Photo: Philip
 Hokitika beach driftwood
Photo: Philip
 Te Kopikopiko o Te Waka
Photo: Philip
 Te Kopikopiko o Te Waka
Photo: Brian
 Te Kopikopiko o Te Waka
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 Te Kopikopiko o Te Waka
Photo: Philip
 Te Kopikopiko o Te Waka
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 Te Kopikopiko o Te Waka
Photo: Simon
 Our cabin at Fox Top  10
Photo: Philip
 
Wellington to Fox Glacier
Moeraki River to Middle Head hut
 View up Fox River
Photo: Philip
 Mountain view after crossing Fox River
Photo: Philip
 Philip and Brian at North Haast Paringa Cattle Track carpark
Photo: Simon
 Philip, Simon, and Brian at North Haast Paringa Cattle Track carpark
Photo: Philip
 Brian and Philip at Moeraki River rest stop above Blue River hut
Photo: Simon
 Moeraki River from rest stop
Photo: Philip
 View of Moeraki river
Photo: Brian
 View of Moeraki river
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 View of Moeraki River
Photo: Philip
 Vuiew of Moeraki River
Photo: Philip
 Moeraki River lunch spot
Photo: Simon
 Brian and Simon on grass flats
Photo: Philip
 
Moeraki River to Middle Head hut
Moeraki River, Middle Head Hut to Blue River Hut
 Middle Head Hut
Photo: Simon
 View up the Moeraki
Photo: Philip
 Simon in the rock biv
Photo: Brian
 Brian at Rock Biv
Photo: Philip
 Brian through the rock biv
Photo: Simon
 Brian and Philip in the rock biv
Photo: Simon
 Moeraki River cascade
Photo: Philip
 Simon tramping alongside river
Photo: Brian
 Simon by Moeraki pool
Photo: Brian
 Mossy Creek
Photo: Brian
 Brian arriving at Blue River hut
Photo: Simon
 Simon and Brian arriving at Blue River hut
Photo: Philip
 
Moeraki River, Middle Head Hut to Blue River Hut
Blue River Hut to Māori Saddle Hut on the Haast Paringa Cattle track
 On the Cattle Track in the rain
Photo: Philip
 In the rain close to Blue River Hut
Photo: Simon
 Rest In The Rain
Photo: Philip
 Crossing Wrong Creek
Photo: Philip
 Brian and small side creek on track
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 Fuchsia on the track
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 Brian and Simon crossing another side creek
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 Brian and Simon crossing last side creek
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 Brian and Simon crossing last side creek
Photo: Philip
 Philip outside Māori Saddle hut
Photo: Simon
 Brian and Philip outside Māori Saddle hut
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 The three of us outside Māori Saddle hut
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Blue River Hut to Māori Saddle Hut on the Haast Paringa Cattle track
Māori Saddle Hut to Mataketake Hut
 Māori Saddle Hut in the morning
Photo: Simon
 View back along pack track from Māori Saddle Hut turnoff
Photo: Philip
 Brian and Simon starting up the track to the Mataketake range
Photo: Philip
 View south over Waita River to Haast and Okahu
Photo: Philip
 Simon and Philip at the Mataketake range bushline
Photo: Brian
 Brian and Simon climbing the spur to the Mataketake tops
Photo: Philip
 First view of Mataketake hut
Photo: Philip
 Mataketake tops SW panorama
Photo: Simon
 Lake Dime
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 Mataketake tops and hut
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 Brian heading to Matetake hut
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 View north to Mc Cullaugh and Hooker
Photo: Brian
 
Māori Saddle Hut to Mataketake Hut
Mataketake Hut to Blue River Hut via tops, drive to Waita River at the south end of Haast-Paringa Cattle Track, tramp to Coppermine Creek Hut
 Morning packing in Mataketake hut
Photo: Simon
 Leaving Mataketake hut in the cloud
Photo: Philip
 Simon and Brian on the Mataketake tops route in the cloud
Photo: Philip
 Brian and Philip on the Mataketake tops route in the cloud
Photo: Simon
 Simon at the point the route leaves to tops, looking north to the Moeraki
Photo: Brian
 Philip and Brian at rest stop before leaving the Mataketake tops
Photo: Simon
 Simon leaving the Mataketake tops
Photo: Philip
 Rest Stop In The Bush
Photo: Philip
 Philip checking the mud depth on the track
Photo: Simon
 Brian and Philip crossing Māori river
Photo: Simon
 Looking up Māori River
Photo: Philip
 First view of Coppermine Creek Hut
Photo: Simon
 
Mataketake Hut to Blue River Hut via tops, drive to Waita River at the south end of Haast-Paringa Cattle Track, tramp to Coppermine Creek Hut
 visit Joe's Hut, tramp to car, drive to Fox for the night
 Simon at Joes Hut
Photo: Brian
 Gate At The Start Of The Pack Track
Photo: Philip
 Brian heading back to Joes Hut
Photo: Simon
 Brian heading down the Waitaha
Photo: Philip
 Arriving Back At The Car
Photo: Philip
 Arawata River
Photo: Philip
 Jackson Bay Wharf
Photo: Philip
 Philip, Simon and Brian outside the fish and chip shop
Photo: Simon
 Brian on the Jackson Bay wharf
Photo: Philip
 Jackson Bay from the wharf
Photo: Philip
 Jackson Bay wharf
Photo: Simon
 
 visit Joe's Hut, tramp to car, drive to Fox for the night