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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
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Kura Tāwhiti view
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Arthurs Pass Viaduct
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Arthurs Pass Viaduct Philip and Brian
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Hokitika River mouth
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Hokitika River mouth and Aorangi
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Brian and Simon at Hokitika River mouth
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Hokitika beach driftwood
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Te Kopikopiko o Te Waka
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Te Kopikopiko o Te Waka
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Te Kopikopiko o Te Waka memorial
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Te Kopikopiko o Te Waka
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Wellington to Fox Glacier
Moeraki River to Middle Head hut
View up Fox River
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Driving onto Fox River bridge
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View up Fox River
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Moeraki River Bridge
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On Moeraki River track
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Brian and Philip at Moeraki River rest stop above Blue River hut
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Simon at Moeraki River rest stop above Blue River hut
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Moeraki River
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View of Moeraki river
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View of Moeraki river
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Simon at Horseshoe Flat Hut
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Middle Head Hut
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Moeraki River to Middle Head hut
Moeraki River, Middle Head Hut to Blue River Hut
Brian and Philip at Middle Head Hut
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View up the Moeraki
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Brian and Rock Wall of Biv
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Moeraki River cascade
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Philip and Brian at rest stop halfway
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Philip and Brian at rest stop halfway
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Simon by Moeraki pool
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View down the Moeraki from swingbridge
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Brian in Blue River hut
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Philip and Brian at Blue River hut
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Philip and Simon at Blue River hut
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Moeraki River, Middle Head Hut to Blue River Hut
Blue River Hut to Māori Saddle Hut on the Haast Paringa Cattle track
Leaving Blue River Hut in the rain
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On the Cattle Track in the rain
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In the rain close to Blue River Hut
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Brian and small side creek on track
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Fuchsia on the track
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Brian and Simon crossing side creek
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Brian and Simon crossing another side creek
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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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Philip outside Māori Saddle hut
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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
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View south over Waita River to Haast and Okahu
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Simon and Philip at the Mataketake range bushline
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Simon and Philip at the track sign on the Mataketake tops
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Philip and Haast Beach
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Mataketake hut, Aoraki, Sefton, Hooker
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Mataketake tops, hut, north to Moeraki river
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Mataketake hut, tarns, and Moeraki river beyond
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Mataketake hut over tarn
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Simon and Philip having lunch in the hut
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Simon looking into the head of the Thomas river
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Mataketake hut
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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
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Bian and Simon taking the track from Mataketake hut in the cloud
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Simon and Brian on the Mataketake tops route in the cloud
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Brian at the point the route leaves to tops, looking north to the Moeraki
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View off the Mataketake tops to the Moeraki
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Simon leaving the Mataketake tops
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Philip checking the mud depth on the track
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Simon and Brian crossing Māori river
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Brian and Philip crossing Māori river
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Brian following the Waiata river route
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Brian and Simon arriving at Coppermine Hut
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Coppermine Creek Hut
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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
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Brian at Joes Hut
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Joes Hut
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Brian heading back to Joes Hut
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Brian heading down the Waitaha
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Arriving Back At The Car
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Waiatoto River
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Arawata River
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Philip, Simon and Brian outside the fish and chip shop
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Brian on the Jackson Bay wharf
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Jackson Bay from the wharf
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visit Joe's Hut, tramp to car, drive to Fox for the night