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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
📷 Brian


Mon Jan 4 day 2 - Southern tributary South Branch South Temple Stream to Maitland Tarns

Southern South Branch Temple Stream
At South Temple Hut looking upstream

📷 Simon

Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Simon and Brian - South Temple hut morning
📷 Philip
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
Stream And Side Waterfall
📷 Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Gorgey Stream
📷 Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Resting On Waterfall Sidle
📷 Simon
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
In Upper Stream
📷 Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Above the South Temple bushline
📷 Simon
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Leaving Bush Line
📷 Brian
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Bruce, Mt Maitland and upper tarn
📷 Brian
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Upper tarn and Mt 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
Rocky view into the Maitland
📷 Brian
Maitland Stream
Bruce starting down scren slope
📷 Simon
Maitland Stream
Heading down the scree slope into the Maitland
📷 Philip
Maitland Stream
Bruce powering down the scree slope
📷 Brian
Maitland Stream
Looking back at cirque, Philip and Brian
📷 Simon
Maitland Stream
Sidling Out Of The Creek
📷 Philip
Maitland Stream
View from lunch spot to lower Maitland
📷 Simon
Maitland Stream
Lower Maitland Stream
📷 Simon
Maitland Stream
Rest stop in Maitland Stream
📷 Simon


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

Snowy Gorge Creek
Maitland Hut

📷 Simon

Snowy Gorge Creek
Philip, Simon, and Brian at Maitland Hut
📷 Bruce
Snowy Gorge Creek
Heading through Beech forest up from Maitland Hut
📷 Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
View from the bush edge up the Maitland
📷 Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Leaving the bushline in Maitland Stream
📷 Bruce
Snowy Gorge Creek
Upper Maitland Stream to saddle
📷 Simon
Snowy Gorge Creek
Fresh clear upper Maitland Stream waters
📷 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
Bruce and Snowy Gorge Hut
📷 Simon
Snowy Gorge Creek
Closing on Hideaway Biv
📷 Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Philip outside Hideaway Biv
📷 Brian


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

Ahuriri
Bruce cooking breakfast

📷 Philip

Ahuriri
Hideaway Biv tucked into the hillside
📷 Philip
Ahuriri
Rest stop on the Ahuriri
📷 Simon
Ahuriri
View up the Ahuriri
📷 Bruce
Ahuriri
Crossing the Ahuriri
📷 Philip
Ahuriri
Above the bush on the Dingleburn route
📷 Philip
Ahuriri
Rest stop over the Ahuriri
📷 Philip
Ahuriri
View back from the top of the Dingleburn route
📷 Brian
Ahuriri
Resting on top with upper Dingle Burn view
📷 Philip
Ahuriri
Simon and Brian view down upper Dingle Burn
📷 Bruce
Ahuriri
Heading Into The Bush
📷 Philip
Ahuriri
Track Through The Beech Forest
📷 Philip


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

Dingle Burn
Philip viewing a Top Dingle Hut morning

📷 Brian

Dingle Burn
Ready to leave Top Dingle Hut
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Looking up the Dingle Burn
📷 Simon
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
Simon Brian and Philip in upper Dingle Burn view upstream
📷 Bruce
Dingle Burn
Bruce and Simon outside historic Ben Avon Hut
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
At Ben Avon Hut
📷 Brian
Dingle Burn
Looking Back Up Valley
📷 Simon
Dingle Burn
Simon and Bruce and view downstream
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Rocky Dingle Burn
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Simon reading in Bush Hut
📷 Brian


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

Mae West day trip
Slip opposite Bush Hut

📷 Bruce

Mae West day trip
Trampers Silouetted By The Slip Across The River
📷 Simon
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
Rest stop on Dingle Burn before starting climb
📷 Simon
Mae West day trip
Philip viewing Lake Hawea
📷 Brian
Mae West day trip
Simon climbing spur, upstream Dingle Burn beyond
📷 Philip
Mae West day trip
View into head of Mae West stream
📷 Bruce
Mae West day trip
The Boys Resting
📷 Bruce
Mae West day trip
Philip at Mae West Hut
📷 Brian
Mae West day trip
Brian looking at tomorrows route
📷 Philip
Mae West day trip
Brian on Mae West spur
📷 Philip


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
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
On the Peninsula track
📷 Philip
Lake Hāwea
Simon on track down to lake shore
📷 Brian
Lake Hāwea
View up Lake Hawea
📷 Philip

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