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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
Arthurs Pass Viaduct Philip and Brian
📷 Philip
Hilip - Hokitika River mouth
Hilip - Hokitika River mouth and Aorangi
Hilip - Hokitika beach driftwood
Te Kopikopiko o Te Waka
📷 Brian
Te Kopikopiko o Te Waka
📷 Brian
Te Kopikopiko o Te Waka memorial
📷 Brian
Hilip - Te Kopikopiko o Te Waka
Hilip - Te Kopikopiko o Te Waka
Hilip - Te Kopikopiko o Te Waka
Hilip - our cabin at Fox Top 10
Wellington to Fox Glacier
Moeraki River to Middle Head hut
View up Fox River
📷 Philip
Mountain view after crossing Fox River
📷 Philip
Philip and Brian at North Haast Paringa Cattle Track carpark
📷 Simon
On Moeraki River track
📷 Philip
Brian and Philip at Moeraki River rest stop above Blue River hut
📷 Simon
Simon at Moeraki River rest stop above Blue River hut
📷 Brian
Moeraki River from rest stop
📷 Philip
Moeraki River
📷 Philip
View of Moeraki river
📷 Brian
Vuiew of Moeraki River
📷 Philip
Horseshoe Flat Hut
📷 Simon
Middle Head Hut
📷 Simon
Moeraki River to Middle Head hut
Moeraki River, Middle Head Hut to Blue River Hut
Brian and Philip at Middle Head Hut
📷 Simon
Simon and Brian crossing the Moeraki
📷 Philip
Simon in the rock biv
📷 Brian
Brian at Rock Biv
📷 Philip
Brian and Rock Wall of Biv
📷 Philip
Moeraki River cascade
📷 Philip
Moeraki river crossing at halfway
📷 Philip
View down the Moeraki from swingbridge
📷 Philip
View up the Moeraki from swingbridge
📷 Philip
Brian arriving at Blue River hut
📷 Simon
Philip and Simon at Blue River hut
📷 Brian
Moeraki River, Middle Head Hut to Blue River Hut
Blue River Hut to Māori Saddle Hut on the Haast Paringa Cattle track
On the Cattle Track in the rain
📷 Philip
Crossing Wrong Creek
📷 Philip
Brian and small side creek on track
📷 Philip
Brian and Simon crossing side creek
📷 Philip
Brian and Simon crossing last side creek
📷 Philip
Brian and Simon crossing last side creek
📷 Philip
Philip outside Māori Saddle hut
📷 Brian
Philip outside Māori Saddle hut
📷 Simon
Brian and Philip outside Māori Saddle hut
📷 Simon
Māori Saddle hut
📷 Simon
Māori Saddle hut
📷 Simon
Philip and Simon outside Māori Saddle hut
📷 Brian
Blue River Hut to Māori Saddle Hut on the Haast Paringa Cattle track
Māori Saddle Hut to Mataketake Hut
Brian and Philip at breakfast
📷 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
Brian and Philip at the bushline
📷 Simon
Simon and Philip at the Mataketake range bushline
📷 Brian
First view of Mataketake hut
📷 Philip
Mataketake tops and hut
📷 Simon
Hilip - Simon and Brian taking photos of Lake Dime
Track From Hut Route North
📷 Simon
Simon and Philip having lunch in the hut
📷 Brian
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
Simon and Brian on the Mataketake tops route in the cloud
📷 Philip
Brian and Philip on the Mataketake tops route in the cloud
📷 Simon
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 leaving the Mataketake tops
📷 Philip
Rest Stop In The Bush
📷 Philip
Simon and Brian at Moeraki river pool below Blue River Hut
📷 Philip
Simon and Brian leaving Blue River hut
📷 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
Joes Hut
📷 Philip
Gate At The Start Of The Pack Track
📷 Philip
Brian heading back to Joes Hut
📷 Simon
Arriving Back At The Car
📷 Philip
Hilip - Waiatoto River
Hilip - Arawata River
Hilip - Jackson Bay Wharf
Philip, Simon and Brian outside the fish and chip shop
📷 Simon
visit Joe's Hut, tramp to car, drive to Fox for the night