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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

📷 Simon

South Branch South Temple Stream
Brief stop in Temple Stream South Branch
📷 Philip
South Branch South Temple Stream
Start of the Temple Stream South Branch track
📷 Brian
South Branch South Temple Stream
In South Branch of Temple Stream
📷 Simon
South Branch South Temple Stream
Heading up Temple Stream South Branch
📷 Philip
South Branch South Temple Stream
Simon heading up south branch of Temple Stream
📷 Bruce
South Branch South Temple Stream
Looking up eroded side creek in Temple Stream South Branch
📷 Philip
South Branch South Temple Stream
In view up South Temple
📷 Simon
South Branch South Temple Stream
In Temple Stream South Branch
📷 Philip
South Branch South Temple Stream
Arriving at South Temple hut
📷 Simon
South Branch South Temple Stream
Arriving at South Temple Hut
📷 Philip
South Branch South Temple Stream
Arriving at South Temple Hut
📷 Philip


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

📷 Simon

Southern South Branch Temple Stream
South Temple hut occupants
📷 Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Crossing Southern South Branch Temple Stream
📷 Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Rocky travel, Brian and Bruce
📷 Simon
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Side Waterfall
📷 Simon
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Brian and Bruce waiting at gorge
📷 Simon
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Moving Up The Stream
📷 Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
In Upper Stream
📷 Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
View down slope to Maitland Tributary
📷 Simon
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Lower Tarn
📷 Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Bruce and Simon looking down into the Maitland
📷 Brian
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
View showing sidle rout into the Maitland
📷 Philip


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

Maitland Stream
Speargrass

📷 Brian

Maitland Stream
Bruce and Philip leaving lower Maitland tarn
📷 Simon
Maitland Stream
Last view of tarns and South Branch Temple Stream
📷 Brian
Maitland Stream
Bruce starting down scren slope
📷 Simon
Maitland Stream
Bruce powering down the scree slope
📷 Brian
Maitland Stream
Looking back at cirque, Philip and Brian
📷 Simon
Maitland Stream
First Rest Stop, Scree Slope Behind
📷 Philip
Maitland Stream
Sidling Out Of The Creek
📷 Philip
Maitland Stream
Lower Maitland Stream
📷 Simon
Maitland Stream
View From Top Of Spur
📷 Philip
Maitland Stream
Maitland Hut
📷 Philip
Maitland Stream
Maitland Hut
📷 Simon


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

Snowy Gorge Creek
Maitland Hut

📷 Simon

Snowy Gorge Creek
Heading through Beech forest up from Maitland Hut
📷 Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Bush Edge Marker
📷 Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Leaving the bushline in Maitland Stream
📷 Bruce
Snowy Gorge Creek
Simon, Brian, and Maitland Stream in tussock
📷 Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Onwards and upwards in the Maitland
📷 Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Resting just over the saddle into Snowy Gorge Creek
📷 Brian
Snowy Gorge Creek
Philip, Brian, Simon, view down Snowy Gorge stream to hut
📷 Bruce
Snowy Gorge Creek
Brian and Philip arriving at Snowy Gorge Hut, looking back
📷 Simon
Snowy Gorge Creek
Bruce and Snowy Gorge Hut
📷 Simon
Snowy Gorge Creek
Philip outside Hideaway Biv
📷 Brian
Snowy Gorge Creek
Dinner at Hideaway Hut
📷 Bruce


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

Ahuriri
Bruce cooking breakfast

📷 Philip

Ahuriri
Departing Hideaway Biv
📷 Simon
Ahuriri
Hideaway Biv tucked into the hillside
📷 Philip
Ahuriri
Heading for unnamed Lake
📷 Simon
Ahuriri
Brian Philip and Simon view down the Ahuriri
📷 Bruce
Ahuriri
View up the Ahuriri
📷 Bruce
Ahuriri
Rest stop over the Ahuriri
📷 Philip
Ahuriri
Simon and Philitp at top of Dingleburn route, Watson Stream and Ahuriri below
📷 Brian
Ahuriri
Resting on top with upper Dingle Burn view
📷 Philip
Ahuriri
Starting down into the Dingle Burn
📷 Philip
Ahuriri
Track Through The Beech Forest
📷 Philip
Ahuriri
Simon entering Top Dingle Hut
📷 Brian


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

Dingle Burn
Philip viewing a Top Dingle Hut morning

📷 Brian

Dingle Burn
Top Dingle Hut morning
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Heading down the slope from Top Dingle Hut
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Bruce Simon and Philip half an hour from the hut
📷 Brian
Dingle Burn
Rest Stop And View Upstream
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Bruce and Simon outside historic Ben Avon Hut
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Bruce and Philip inside Ben Avon Hut
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Looking Back Up Valley
📷 Simon
Dingle Burn
Simon and Bruce and view downstream
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Brian crossing the Dingle Burn
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Trampers And Slip
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
At Bush Hut
📷 Philip


Sat Jan 9 day 7 - Side trip to Mae West Biv

Mae West day trip
Slip opposite Bush Hut

📷 Bruce

Mae West day trip
Heading Downstream
📷 Philip
Mae West day trip
Simon and Bruce off down the Dingle Burn
📷 Brian
Mae West day trip
Bruce striding down the Dingle Burn
📷 Brian
Mae West day trip
View from spur down Dingle Burn to Lake Hawea
📷 Brian
Mae West day trip
View down Dingle Burn to Lake Hawea
📷 Bruce
Mae West day trip
Slips And Slumping Across The Valley
📷 Philip
Mae West day trip
View back up to Ahuriri pass
📷 Philip
Mae West day trip
Simon climbing spur, upstream Dingle Burn beyond
📷 Philip
Mae West day trip
Brian and Mae West Hut
📷 Philip
Mae West day trip
Brian looking at tomorrows route
📷 Philip
Mae West day trip
Ridge Panorama
📷 Brian


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

Lake Hāwea
Heading Downstream

📷 Philip

Lake Hāwea
Dingle Burn near The Peninsula
📷 Brian
Lake Hāwea
In Short Gorge
📷 Philip
Lake Hāwea
Though Farmland
📷 Philip
Lake Hāwea
Dingle Burn through farmland
📷 Philip
Lake Hāwea
At the bottom of the Dingle Burn, last view upstream
📷 Bruce
Lake Hāwea
Brian and Bruce on the Dingle Burn delta
📷 Philip
Lake Hāwea
View of Peninsula track
📷 Philip
Lake Hāwea
Lake Hawea from Peninsula track
📷 Brian
Lake Hāwea
View across lake to Aspiring
📷 Philip
Lake Hāwea
View up Lake Hawea
📷 Philip
Lake Hāwea
Philip at road end
📷 Brian

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