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2023-02-16 Canada < Trips > 2023-08-05 Whakapapa Skiing
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Sat: fly to Christchurch, drive (5.5 hrs 400 km) to Fox Glacier via Arthurs Pass
Sun: drive (1 hr, 80 km) to the Mowraki River at the northern end of the Haast Paringa Cattle Track
tramp up the Moeraki Valley to
Horseshoe Flat Hut (6 bunks, 4.5 hours) and on to
Middle Head Hut (6 bunks, 1.5 hours)
Mon: visit rock biv, return from Middle Head Hut to
Blue River Hut (8 bunks)
Thu: to Blue River Hut via tops – 5 to 6 hours to car,
drive (30 min, 30 km) to Waita River at the south end of the Haast-Paringa Cattle Track,
tramp 2 hr to
Coppermine Creek Hut 8 bunks
Fri: visit
Joe's Hut, to car (1.5 hours), drive to Fox (2 hr 130 km) for the night, motel
Sat: drive from Franz (5.5 hr 400 km) back to Christchurch, fly to Wellington
Wellington to Fox Glacier
Us all at Kura Tāwhiti
📷 Philip
Hilip - Kura Tāwhiti view
Arthurs Pass Viaduct Philip and Brian
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Hilip - Hokitika River mouth
Hilip - Brian and Simon at Hokitika River mouth
Hilip - Hokitika beach driftwood
Hilip - Te Kopikopiko o Te Waka
Te Kopikopiko o Te Waka
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Te Kopikopiko o Te Waka
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Hilip - Te Kopikopiko o Te Waka
Hilip - Te Kopikopiko o Te Waka
Hilip - Te Kopikopiko o Te Waka Simon and Brian
Wellington to Fox Glacier
Moeraki River to Middle Head hut
Driving onto Fox River bridge
📷 Philip
Mountain view after crossing Fox River
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Moeraki River Bridge
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On Moeraki River track
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Moeraki River lunch spot
📷 Simon
Simon at lunch
📷 Brian
Crossing The Flats After Lunch
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Simon and Brian heading up river
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Philip and Simon at Horseshoe Flat Hut
📷 Brian
Halfway to Middle Head hut Brian crossing the Moeraki
📷 Simon
With Brian at Middle Head Hut
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Middle Head Hut
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Moeraki River to Middle Head hut
Moeraki River, Middle Head Hut to Blue River Hut
Brian and Philip at Middle Head Hut
📷 Simon
Simon in the rock biv
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Brian at Rock Biv
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Brian through the rock biv
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Brian and Rock Wall of Biv
📷 Philip
Moeraki River cascade
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Philip and Brian at rest stop halfway
📷 Simon
Simon and Brian walking down the Moeraki
📷 Philip
Mossy Creek
📷 Brian
View down the Moeraki from swingbridge
📷 Philip
View up the Moeraki from swingbridge
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Moeraki River, Middle Head Hut to Blue River Hut
Blue River Hut to Māori Saddle Hut on the Haast Paringa Cattle track
Leaving Blue River Hut in the rain
📷 Philip
On the Cattle Track in the rain
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In the rain close to Blue River Hut
📷 Simon
Rest In The Rain
📷 Philip
Crossing Wrong Creek
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Brian and small side creek on track
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Brian and small side creek on track
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Fuchsia on the track
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Brian and Simon crossing side creek
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Brian and Simon crossing another side creek
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Brian and Simon crossing another side creek
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Brian and Simon crossing last side creek
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Blue River Hut to Māori Saddle Hut on the Haast Paringa Cattle track
Māori Saddle Hut to Mataketake Hut
Māori Saddle Hut in the morning
📷 Simon
Brian and Simon starting up the track to the Mataketake range
📷 Philip
View south over Waita River to Haast and Okahu
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First view of Mataketake hut
📷 Philip
Lake Dime
📷 Brian
Lake Dime
📷 Simon
Mataketake hut and tarns
📷 Brian
Hilip - Simon and Brian taking photos of Lake Dime
Mataketake hut, tarns, and Moeraki river beyond
📷 Brian
Mataketake hut
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Simon and Philip having lunch in the hut
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Hilip - view north to Mataketake hut
Māori Saddle Hut to Mataketake Hut
Mataketake Hut to Blue River Hut via tops, drive to Waita River at the south end of Haast-Paringa Cattle Track, tramp to Coppermine Creek Hut
Morning packing in Mataketake hut
📷 Simon
Leaving Mataketake hut in the cloud
📷 Philip
Bian and Simon taking the track from Mataketake hut in the cloud
📷 Philip
Brian at the point the route leaves to tops, looking north to the Moeraki
📷 Philip
View off the Mataketake tops to the Moeraki
📷 Simon
Philip and Brian at rest stop before leaving the Mataketake tops
📷 Simon
Simon and Brian leaving Blue River hut
📷 Philip
Brian and Simon heading up the Waitaha river
📷 Philip
First view of Coppermine Creek Hut
📷 Simon
Simon arriving at Coppermine Creek Hut
📷 Brian
Coppermine Creek Hut
📷 Brian
Inside Coppermine Creek Hut
📷 Philip
Mataketake Hut to Blue River Hut via tops, drive to Waita River at the south end of Haast-Paringa Cattle Track, tramp to Coppermine Creek Hut
visit Joe's Hut, tramp to car, drive to Fox for the night
Brian arriving at Joes Hut
📷 Simon
Simon at Joes Hut
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Brian at Joes Hut
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Joes Hut
📷 Philip
Gate At The Start Of The Pack Track
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Brian heading back to Joes Hut
📷 Simon
Brian heading down the Waitaha
📷 Philip
Arriving Back At The Car
📷 Philip
Hilip - Waiatoto River
Hilip - Arawata River
Hilip - on the Jackson Bay wharf
visit Joe's Hut, tramp to car, drive to Fox for the night