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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
,,, Andready 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
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: Simon
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 in morning sun
Photo: Simon
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Stream And Side Waterfall
Photo: Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Paragliders
Photo: Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
At Rest Stop
Photo: Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
View back into Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Photo: Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Lower tarn and ridge to Maitland Stream
Photo: Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
, Mt Maitland and upper tarn
Photo: Brian
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Lower Tarn
Photo: Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Andlooking down into the Maitland
Photo: Brian
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Upper tarn and Mt Maitland
Photo: Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Rocky Ridge
Photo: Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Starting down Watson Saddle snow slope
Photo: Simon


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

Maitland Stream
Speargrass
Photo: Brian
Maitland Stream
Andleaving lower Maitland tarn
Photo: Simon
Maitland Stream
Last view of tarns and South Branch Temple Stream
Photo: Brian
Maitland Stream
Sidling into Maitland Stream ed
Photo: Philip
Maitland Stream
On the spur and looking up the Maitland ed
Photo: Brian
Maitland Stream
View from spur to Hopkins
Photo: Philip
Maitland Stream
Rest stop in Maitland Stream ed
Photo: Simon
Maitland Stream
First view of Maitland Hut
Photo: Simon
Maitland Stream
Arriving at Maitland Hut
Photo: Brian
Maitland Stream
Maitland Hut ed
Photo: Philip
Maitland Stream
Maitland Hut ed
Photo: Simon
Maitland Stream
Mailand Hut ed
Photo: Brian


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

Snowy Gorge Creek
View of upper Maitland Stream
Photo: Simon
Snowy Gorge Creek
Fresh clear upper Maitland Stream waters
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
Andarriving at Snowy Gorge Hut, looking back
Photo: Simon
Snowy Gorge Creek
Photos arriving at Snowy Gorge Creek hut
Photo: Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Snowy Gorge Hut
Photo: Brian
Snowy Gorge Creek
Andleaving Snowy Gorge Hut
Photo: Simon
Snowy Gorge Creek
View to Ahuriri
Photo: Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Closing on Hideaway Biv
Photo: Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Andarriving at Hideaway Biv
Photo: Brian
Snowy Gorge Creek
View from Hideaway Biv
Photo: Simon


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

Ahuriri
Departing Hideaway Biv
Photo: Simon
Ahuriri
Rest stop on the Ahuriri
Photo: Simon
Ahuriri
Heading up the Ahuriri
Photo: Philip
Ahuriri
View back from the top of the Dingleburn route
Photo: Brian
Ahuriri
Resting on top with upper Dingle Burn view
Photo: Philip
Ahuriri
Andview down upper Dingle Burn
Photo: Bruce
Ahuriri
Dingle Burn panorama
Photo: Brian
Ahuriri
Dingle Burn panorama,,, and
Photo: Brian
Ahuriri
Heading Into The Bush
Photo: Philip
Ahuriri
Track Through The Beech Forest
Photo: Philip
Ahuriri
Entering Top Dingle Hut
Photo: Brian
Ahuriri
Top Dingle Hut sunset
Photo: Philip


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

Dingle Burn
Morning view up the Dingle Burn
Photo: Philip
Dingle Burn
Andin upper Dingle Burn view upstream
Photo: Bruce
Dingle Burn
At Ben Avon Hut
Photo: Brian
Dingle Burn
Heading Down The Grassy Terraces
Photo: Philip
Dingle Burn
Looking Back Up Valley
Photo: Simon
Dingle Burn
Andand View Downstream
Photo: Philip
Dingle Burn
,andat the tiny Cotters Hut
Photo: Philip
Dingle Burn
Left The Sidle Track Behind
Photo: Philip
Dingle Burn
Rocky Dingle Burn
Photo: Philip
Dingle Burn
Crossing the Dingle Burn
Photo: Philip
Dingle Burn
In the Dingle Burn
Photo: Philip
Dingle Burn
Reading in Bush Hut
Photo: Brian


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

Mae West day trip
Trampers Silouetted By The Slip Across The River
Photo: Simon
Mae West day trip
Striding down the Dingle Burn
Photo: Brian
Mae West day trip
View down Dingle Burn to Lake Hawea
Photo: Bruce
Mae West day trip
Slips And Slumping Across The Valley
Photo: Philip
Mae West day trip
View back up to Ahuriri pass
Photo: Philip
Mae West day trip
Viewing Lake Hawea
Photo: Brian
Mae West day trip
Andon Spur, Lake Behind
Photo: Philip
Mae West day trip
Climbing spur, upstream Dingle Burn beyond
Photo: Philip
Mae West day trip
At Mae West Hut
Photo: Brian
Mae West day trip
Looking At Tomorrows Route
Photo: Philip
Mae West day trip
Ridge Panorama
Photo: Brian
Mae West day trip
On Mae West spur
Photo: Philip


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

Lake Hāwea
Heading Downstream
Photo: Philip
Lake Hāwea
Dingle Burn near The Peninsula
Photo: Brian
Lake Hāwea
In Short Gorge
Photo: Philip
Lake Hāwea
In Short Gorge
Photo: Philip
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
On Track Down To Lake Shore
Photo: Brian
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
At Road End
Photo: Brian

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