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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
📷 Philip


Mon Jan 4 day 2 - Southern tributary South Branch South Temple Stream to Maitland Tarns

Southern South Branch Temple Stream
South Temple Hut in morning sun

📷 Simon

Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Simon and Brian - South Temple hut morning
📷 Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Crossing Southern South Branch Temple Stream
📷 Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Rocky travel, Brian and Bruce
📷 Simon
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Simon and Philip in gorge with waterfall
📷 Brian
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
In Upper Stream
📷 Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Above the South Temple bushline
📷 Simon
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
View back into Southern South Branch Temple Stream
📷 Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Simon arriving at tarn
📷 Brian
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Bruce, Mt Maitland and upper tarn
📷 Brian
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Bruce and Simon looking down into the Maitland
📷 Brian
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Upper tarn and Mt Maitland
📷 Philip


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

Maitland Stream
Speargrass

📷 Brian

Maitland Stream
Rocky view into the Maitland
📷 Brian
Maitland Stream
Heading down the scree slope into the Maitland
📷 Philip
Maitland Stream
Looking Back Up Scree Slope
📷 Simon
Maitland Stream
Looking back at cirque, Philip and Brian
📷 Simon
Maitland Stream
First Rest Stop, Scree Slope Behind
📷 Philip
Maitland Stream
Sidling Out Of The Creek
📷 Philip
Maitland Stream
View From Top Of Spur
📷 Philip
Maitland Stream
On the spur and looking up the Maitland
📷 Brian
Maitland Stream
Rest stop in Maitland Stream
📷 Simon
Maitland Stream
First view of Maitland Hut
📷 Simon
Maitland Stream
Maitland Hut
📷 Philip


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

Snowy Gorge Creek
Philip, Simon, and Brian at Maitland Hut

📷 Bruce

Snowy Gorge Creek
Bush Edge Marker
📷 Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
View from the bush edge up the Maitland
📷 Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Looking back down the Maitland to the bush edge
📷 Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Resting just over the saddle into Snowy Gorge Creek
📷 Brian
Snowy Gorge Creek
Starting down Snowy Gorge
📷 Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Snowy Gorge Hut in distant sight
📷 Brian
Snowy Gorge Creek
Philip and Brian leaving Snowy Gorge Hut
📷 Simon
Snowy Gorge Creek
View to Ahuriri
📷 Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Closing on Hideaway Biv
📷 Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Philip and Bruce arriving at Hideaway Biv
📷 Brian
Snowy Gorge Creek
View from Hideaway Biv
📷 Simon


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

Ahuriri
Bruce cooking breakfast

📷 Philip

Ahuriri
Departing Hideaway Biv
📷 Simon
Ahuriri
Travelling up the Ahuriri
📷 Brian
Ahuriri
Rest stop on the Ahuriri
📷 Simon
Ahuriri
Brian Philip and Simon view down the Ahuriri
📷 Bruce
Ahuriri
Heading up the Ahuriri
📷 Philip
Ahuriri
Crossing the Ahuriri
📷 Philip
Ahuriri
Bruce outside Ahuriri Base Hut
📷 Brian
Ahuriri
Simon arriving at Ahuriri Base Hut
📷 Philip
Ahuriri
Simon and view down into Ahuriri
📷 Philip
Ahuriri
Top of Dingleburn route and view down Ahuriri
📷 Brian
Ahuriri
Simon and Brian view down upper Dingle Burn
📷 Bruce


Fri Jan 8 day 6 - Top Dingle Hut to Bush Hut

Dingle Burn
Top Dingle Burn Hut in the morning

📷 Simon

Dingle Burn
Ready to leave Top Dingle Hut
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Looking up the Dingle Burn
📷 Simon
Dingle Burn
Heading down the slope from Top Dingle Hut
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Bruce Simon and Philip half an hour from the hut
📷 Brian
Dingle Burn
Historic Ben Avon Hut
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Looking Back Up Valley
📷 Simon
Dingle Burn
Simon and Bruce and view downstream
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Almost at Cotters Hut
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Simon, Bruce and Brian at the tiny Cotters Hut
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Rocky Dingle Burn
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
In the Dingle Burn
📷 Philip


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

Mae West day trip
Slip opposite Bush Hut

📷 Bruce

Mae West day trip
Heading Downstream
📷 Philip
Mae West day trip
Bruce striding down the Dingle Burn
📷 Brian
Mae West day trip
Rest stop on Dingle Burn before starting climb
📷 Simon
Mae West day trip
View from spur down Dingle Burn to Lake Hawea
📷 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
View back up to Ahuriri pass
📷 Philip
Mae West day trip
Philip viewing Lake Hawea
📷 Brian
Mae West day trip
Simon climbing spur, upstream Dingle Burn beyond
📷 Philip
Mae West day trip
Simon climbing out of the Dingle Burn
📷 Brian
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
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
Lake Hawea from Peninsula track
📷 Brian
Lake Hāwea
On the Peninsula track
📷 Philip
Lake Hāwea
View across lake to Aspiring
📷 Philip
Lake Hāwea
End Of Trip Photo
📷 Philip

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