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2016-01-03 Lake Ōhau to Lake Hāwea
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2015-10-01 Leatham Wye Waihopai < Trips > 2016-02-22 Niseko, Japan
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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
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| | 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
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| | 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
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Sun Jan 3 day 1 - South Branch South Temple Stream
Brian, Philip, Simon, and Bruce ready to depart
📷 Simon Brief stop in Temple Stream South Branch
📷 Philip Start of the Temple Stream South Branch track
📷 Brian In South Branch of Temple Stream
📷 Simon Heading up Temple Stream South Branch
📷 Philip Simon heading up south branch of Temple Stream
📷 Bruce Looking up eroded side creek in Temple Stream South Branch
📷 Philip In view up South Temple
📷 Simon In Temple Stream South Branch
📷 Philip Arriving at South Temple hut
📷 Simon Arriving at South Temple Hut
📷 Philip Arriving at South Temple Hut
📷 Philip
Mon Jan 4 day 2 - Southern tributary South Branch South Temple Stream to Maitland Tarns
Rocky travel, Brian and Bruce
📷 Simon Brian and Bruce waiting at gorge
📷 Simon Waterfalls Blocking Route
📷 Philip Resting On Waterfall Sidle
📷 Simon In Upper Stream
📷 Philip Simon in the hot sun
📷 Philip Climbing Out Of Valley
📷 Brian Paragliders
📷 Philip Paraglider
📷 Brian View back into Southern South Branch Temple Stream
📷 Philip View Down Valley
📷 Simon Lower Maitland tarn
📷 Simon
Tue Jan 5 day 3 Maitland Tarns to Maitland Stream and Hut
Last view of tarns and South Branch Temple Stream
📷 Brian Bruce starting down scren slope
📷 Simon Looking Back Up Scree Slope
📷 Simon Bruce powering down the scree slope
📷 Brian Looking back at cirque, Philip and Brian
📷 Simon First Rest Stop, Scree Slope Behind
📷 Philip Sidling Out Of Sid Valley
📷 Simon Sidling Out Of The Creek
📷 Philip View off side into Maitland
📷 Philip Maitland Hut
📷 Philip Maitland Hut
📷 Simon
Wed Jan 6 day 4 - Maitland Hut to Snowy Gorge Stream and Hideaway Biv
Simon outside Maitland hut
📷 Brian Heading through Beech forest up from Maitland Hut
📷 Philip View from the bush edge up the Maitland
📷 Philip Looking back down the Maitland to the bush edge
📷 Philip Philip looking back at the Maitland bush edge
📷 Brian Starting down Snowy Gorge
📷 Philip Philip, Brian, Simon, view down Snowy Gorge stream to hut
📷 Bruce Brian and Philip arriving at Snowy Gorge Hut, looking back
📷 Simon Bruce and Snowy Gorge Hut
📷 Simon Philip and Brian leaving Snowy Gorge Hut
📷 Simon View to Ahuriri
📷 Philip Dinner at Hideaway Hut
📷 Bruce
Thu Jan 7 day 5 - Hideaway Biv to Ahuriri and Top Dingle Hut
Bruce cooking breakfast
📷 Philip Hideaway Biv tucked into the hillside
📷 Philip Heading for unnamed Lake
📷 Simon Rest stop on the Ahuriri
📷 Simon Heading up the Ahuriri
📷 Philip Joining the Ahuriri road and looking upstream
📷 Philip Bruce outside Ahuriri Base Hut
📷 Brian Simon arriving at Ahuriri Base Hut
📷 Philip Simon and view down into Ahuriri
📷 Philip Heading Into The Bush
📷 Philip Track Through The Beech Forest
📷 Philip Arriving at Top Dingle Hut
📷 Philip
Fri Jan 8 day 6 - Top Dingle Hut to Bush Hut
Top Dingle Hut morning
📷 Philip Ready to leave Top Dingle Hut
📷 Philip Looking up the Dingle Burn
📷 Simon Heading down the slope from Top Dingle Hut
📷 Philip Bruce Simon and Philip half an hour from the hut
📷 Brian Simon Brian and Philip in upper Dingle Burn view upstream
📷 Bruce Dingle Burn travel
📷 Simon Bruce and Philip inside Ben Avon Hut
📷 Philip Simon, Bruce and Brian at the tiny Cotters Hut
📷 Philip Left The Sidle Track Behind
📷 Philip Brian crossing the Dingle Burn
📷 Philip Bush Hut
📷 Brian
Sat Jan 9 day 7 - Side trip to Mae West Biv
Heading Downstream
📷 Philip Simon and Bruce off down the Dingle Burn
📷 Brian Bruce striding down the Dingle Burn
📷 Brian View down Dingle Burn to Lake Hawea
📷 Bruce Slips And Slumping Across The Valley
📷 Philip Bruce and Brian on spur, lake behind
📷 Philip View into head of Mae West stream
📷 Bruce The Boys Resting
📷 Bruce Bruce and Philip looking at Lake Hawea
📷 Brian Brian and Mae West Hut
📷 Philip Philip at Mae West Hut
📷 Brian Brian returning along spur
📷 Philip
Sat Jan 10 day 8 - Bush Hut to Dingle Burn Station Road end
Heading Downstream
📷 Philip Dingle Burn near The Peninsula
📷 Brian In Short Gorge
📷 Philip Though Farmland
📷 Philip Dingle Burn through farmland
📷 Philip At the bottom of the Dingle Burn, last view upstream
📷 Bruce Brian and Bruce on the Dingle Burn delta
📷 Philip View of Peninsula track
📷 Philip Lake Hawea from Peninsula track
📷 Brian View across lake to Aspiring
📷 Philip View up Lake Hawea
📷 Philip Waiting At The Road End
📷 Philip
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