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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
South Temple hut occupants
📷 Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Rocky travel, Brian and Bruce
📷 Simon
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Side Waterfall
📷 Simon
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Stream And Side Waterfall
📷 Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Brian and Bruce waiting at gorge
📷 Simon
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Waterfalls Blocking Route
📷 Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Simon checking route
📷 Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Above the South Temple bushline
📷 Simon
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
View showing sidle rout into the Maitland
📷 Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Philip starting down Watson Saddle snow slope
📷 Simon


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

Maitland Stream
Speargrass

📷 Brian

Maitland Stream
Last view of tarns and South Branch Temple Stream
📷 Brian
Maitland Stream
Rocky view into the Maitland
📷 Brian
Maitland Stream
Bruce starting down scren slope
📷 Simon
Maitland Stream
Looking Back Up Scree Slope
📷 Simon
Maitland Stream
Bruce powering down the scree slope
📷 Brian
Maitland Stream
Looking back at cirque, Philip and Brian
📷 Simon
Maitland Stream
First Rest Stop, Scree Slope Behind
📷 Philip
Maitland Stream
Sidling into Maitland Stream
📷 Philip
Maitland Stream
Bruce arriving at Maitland Hut
📷 Brian
Maitland Stream
Maitland Hut
📷 Philip
Maitland Stream
Mailand Hut
📷 Brian


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

Snowy Gorge Creek
Maitland Hut

📷 Simon

Snowy Gorge Creek
Philip, Simon, and Brian at Maitland Hut
📷 Bruce
Snowy Gorge Creek
Heading through Beech forest up from Maitland Hut
📷 Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Bush Edge Marker
📷 Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
View of upper Maitland Stream
📷 Simon
Snowy Gorge Creek
View from the bush edge up the Maitland
📷 Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Simon, Brian, and Maitland Stream in tussock
📷 Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Upper Maitland Stream to saddle
📷 Simon
Snowy Gorge Creek
Looking back down the Maitland to the bush edge
📷 Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Onwards and upwards in the Maitland
📷 Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
On the Maitland Snowy Gorge saddle
📷 Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Snowy Gorge Hut in distant sight
📷 Brian


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

Ahuriri
Bruce cooking breakfast

📷 Philip

Ahuriri
Departing Hideaway Biv
📷 Simon
Ahuriri
Hideaway Biv tucked into the hillside
📷 Philip
Ahuriri
Heading for unnamed Lake
📷 Simon
Ahuriri
Travelling up the Ahuriri
📷 Brian
Ahuriri
Above the bush on the Dingleburn route
📷 Philip
Ahuriri
Rest stop over the Ahuriri
📷 Philip
Ahuriri
View of the Ahuriri
📷 Philip
Ahuriri
Top of Dingleburn route and view down Ahuriri
📷 Brian
Ahuriri
Simon and Philitp at top of Dingleburn route, Watson Stream and Ahuriri below
📷 Brian
Ahuriri
Simon Brain and Philip Ahuriri valley behind
📷 Bruce
Ahuriri
Dingle Burn panorama, Bruce, Simon, and Philip
📷 Brian


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

Dingle Burn
Philip viewing a Top Dingle Hut morning

📷 Brian

Dingle Burn
Top Dingle Hut morning
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Top Dingle Burn Hut in the morning
📷 Simon
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
Crossing The Broad Grassy Fans
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Simon Brian and Philip in upper Dingle Burn view upstream
📷 Bruce
Dingle Burn
Rest Stop And View Upstream
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Nearing Ben Avon Hut
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Bruce and Simon outside historic Ben Avon Hut
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Simon swimming
📷 Philip


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

Mae West day trip
Trampers Silouetted By The Slip Across The River

📷 Simon

Mae West day trip
Heading Downstream
📷 Philip
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
Bruce and Brian on spur, lake behind
📷 Philip
Mae West day trip
Bruce and Philip looking at Lake Hawea
📷 Brian
Mae West day trip
Brian looking at tomorrows route
📷 Philip
Mae West day trip
Brian on Mae West 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
Though 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
View of Peninsula track
📷 Philip
Lake Hāwea
Lake Hawea from Peninsula track
📷 Brian
Lake Hāwea
On the Peninsula track
📷 Philip
Lake Hāwea
Simon on track down to lake shore
📷 Brian
Lake Hāwea
View up Lake Hawea
📷 Philip
Lake Hāwea
Waiting At The Road End
📷 Philip

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