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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
📷 Philip
Hilip - Hokitika River mouth
Hilip - Hokitika River mouth and Aorangi
Hilip - Te Kopikopiko o Te Waka
Hilip - Te Kopikopiko o Te Waka
Hilip - Te Kopikopiko o Te Waka
Hilip - Te Kopikopiko o Te Waka
Hilip - Te Kopikopiko o Te Waka Simon and Brian
Hilip - our cabin at Fox Top 10
Hilip - our cabin at Fox Top 10
Wellington to Fox Glacier
Moeraki River to Middle Head hut
View up Fox River
📷 Philip
View up Fox River
📷 Philip
Philip, Simon, and Brian at North Haast Paringa Cattle Track carpark
📷 Philip
Moeraki River
📷 Philip
Simon at lunch
📷 Brian
Up River From Lunch Spot
📷 Philip
Simon and Brian heading up river
📷 Philip
Horseshoe Flat Hut
📷 Simon
Horseshoe Flat Hut
📷 Simon
Halfway to Middle Head hut Brian crossing the Moeraki
📷 Simon
Middle Head Hut
📷 Simon
In Middle Head Hut
📷 Philip
Moeraki River to Middle Head hut
Moeraki River, Middle Head Hut to Blue River Hut
Brian and Philip at Middle Head Hut
📷 Simon
View up the Moeraki
📷 Philip
Philip jumping the Moeraki
📷 Simon
Simon in the rock biv
📷 Brian
Brian through the rock biv
📷 Simon
Brian and Rock Wall of Biv
📷 Philip
Rock Biv
📷 Simon
Brian and Philip in the rock biv
📷 Simon
Moeraki River cascade
📷 Philip
Moeraki river crossing at halfway
📷 Philip
Philip and Brian at rest stop halfway
📷 Simon
Brian by Moeraki pool
📷 Philip
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
📷 Philip
In the rain close to Blue River Hut
📷 Simon
Rest In The Rain
📷 Philip
Crossing Wrong Creek
📷 Philip
Brian and small side creek on track
📷 Philip
Fuchsia on the track
📷 Philip
Brian and Simon crossing side creek
📷 Philip
Brian and Simon crossing another side creek
📷 Philip
Philip outside Māori Saddle hut
📷 Brian
The three of us outside Māori Saddle hut
📷 Philip
Māori Saddle hut
📷 Simon
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
Māori Saddle Hut in the morning
📷 Simon
Māori Saddle Hut in the morning
📷 Simon
Heading from Hut turnoff to the saddle
📷 Philip
View back along pack track from Māori Saddle Hut turnoff
📷 Philip
View south over Waita River to Haast and Okahu
📷 Philip
Brian and Philip at the bushline
📷 Simon
Simon and Philip at the Mataketake range bushline
📷 Brian
Mataketake hut over tarn
📷 Simon
View North From Hut
📷 Philip
Desk And View West From The Hut
📷 Philip
View north along Mataketake tops
📷 Philip
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
Philip and Brian at rest stop before leaving the Mataketake tops
📷 Simon
Simon leaving the Mataketake tops
📷 Philip
Rest Stop In The Bush
📷 Philip
Simon and Brian leaving Blue River hut
📷 Philip
Simon crossing Māori River
📷 Brian
Brian and Simon heading up the Waitaha river
📷 Philip
Brian following the Waiata river route
📷 Philip
First view of Coppermine Creek Hut
📷 Simon
Coppermine Creek Hut
📷 Simon
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
📷 Brian
Brian at Joes Hut
📷 Simon
Gate At The Start Of The Pack Track
📷 Philip
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 - Brian on the Jackson Bay wharf
Hilip - on the Jackson Bay wharf
visit Joe's Hut, tramp to car, drive to Fox for the night