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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 return 11.2km
3 Jan Temple campsite(approve sites) South Temple Hut(approve sites) 7.8km Temple Stream South Branch
4 Jan South Temple Hut Mt Maitland Tarns 5.8km Ruataniwha Conservation Park(approve sites)
5 Jan Mt Maitland Tarns Maitland Hut(approve sites) 8.1km
6 Jan Maitland Hut Hideaway Hut(approve sites) 18.3km route(approve sites) via Snowy Gorge Hut(approve sites)
7 Jan Hideaway Hut Top Dingle Hut(approve sites) 18.0km Ahuriri Conservation Park(approve sites)
8 Jan Top Dingle Hut Bush Hut(approve sites) 20.2km Hawea Conservation Park(approve sites)
9 Jan Bush Hut Mae West Biv (return) 12.9km (partial)
10 Jan Bush Hut Dingle Burn Station Road 21.5km Dingle Burn Track(approve sites)
excluding side trips 100km

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
Moving Up The Stream
📷 Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Simon in downstream gorge
📷 Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
At Bush Edge
📷 Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Bruce at rest stop
📷 Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
View Down Valley
📷 Simon
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Lower Maitland tarn
📷 Simon
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
View down slope to Maitland Tributary
📷 Simon
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Upper tarn and Mt Maitland
📷 Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Sun Looking Up To Saddle
📷 Brian
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
View from Watson Saddle
📷 Philip


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

Maitland Stream
Speargrass

📷 Brian

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
Looking Back Up Scree Slope
📷 Simon
Maitland Stream
Bruce powering down the scree slope
📷 Brian
Maitland Stream
Looking back at cirque, Philip and Brian
📷 Simon
Maitland Stream
Sidling Out Of Sid Valley
📷 Simon
Maitland Stream
View From Top Of Spur
📷 Philip
Maitland Stream
On the spur and looking up the Maitland
📷 Brian
Maitland Stream
View off side into Maitland
📷 Philip


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

Snowy Gorge Creek
Maitland Hut

📷 Simon

Snowy Gorge Creek
Simon outside Maitland hut
📷 Brian
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
Leaving the bushline in Maitland Stream
📷 Bruce
Snowy Gorge Creek
Simon, Brian, and Maitland Stream in tussock
📷 Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Upper Maitland Stream to saddle
📷 Simon
Snowy Gorge Creek
Philip looking back at the Maitland bush edge
📷 Brian
Snowy Gorge Creek
Onwards and upwards in the Maitland
📷 Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Upper Snowy Gorge Creek
📷 Brian
Snowy Gorge Creek
Philip and Brian leaving Snowy Gorge Hut
📷 Simon
Snowy Gorge Creek
Philip and Bruce arriving at Hideaway Biv
📷 Brian


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

Ahuriri
Departing Hideaway Biv

📷 Simon

Ahuriri
Hideaway Biv tucked into the hillside
📷 Philip
Ahuriri
Bruce and Simon resting in the Ahuriri, view downstream
📷 Philip
Ahuriri
View up the Ahuriri
📷 Bruce
Ahuriri
Bruce outside Ahuriri Base Hut
📷 Brian
Ahuriri
Simon arriving at Ahuriri Base Hut
📷 Philip
Ahuriri
Above the bush on the Dingleburn route
📷 Philip
Ahuriri
View back from the Dingleburn route
📷 Brian
Ahuriri
View back from the top of the Dingleburn route
📷 Brian
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
Morning view up the Dingle Burn
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Looking up the Dingle Burn
📷 Simon
Dingle Burn
Heading down the slope from Top Dingle Hut
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Dingle Burn travel
📷 Simon
Dingle Burn
Nearing Ben Avon Hut
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Heading Down The Grassy Terraces
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Left The Sidle Track Behind
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Rocky Dingle Burn
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Crossing the Dingle Burn
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Simon swimming
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Bruce checking dinner
📷 Brian


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

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
View down Dingle Burn to Lake Hawea
📷 Bruce
Mae West day trip
Slips And Slumping Across The Valley
📷 Philip
Mae West day trip
Philip viewing Lake Hawea
📷 Brian
Mae West day trip
Bruce and Brian on spur, lake behind
📷 Philip
Mae West day trip
Bruce and Philip looking at Lake Hawea
📷 Brian
Mae West day trip
Brian and Mae West Hut
📷 Philip
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 returning along 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
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
On the Peninsula track
📷 Philip
Lake Hāwea
Philip at road end
📷 Brian
Lake Hāwea
End Of Trip Photo
📷 Philip

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