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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

Photo: Simon

South Branch South Temple Stream
Brief stop in Temple Stream South Branch
Photo: Philip
South Branch South Temple Stream
Start of the Temple Stream South Branch track
Photo: Brian
South Branch South Temple Stream
In South Branch of Temple Stream
Photo: Simon
South Branch South Temple Stream
Heading up Temple Stream South Branch
Photo: Philip
South Branch South Temple Stream
Simon heading up south branch of Temple Stream
Photo: Bruce
South Branch South Temple Stream
Looking up eroded side creek in Temple Stream South Branch
Photo: Philip
South Branch South Temple Stream
In view up South Temple
Photo: Simon
South Branch South Temple Stream
In Temple Stream South Branch
Photo: Philip
South Branch South Temple Stream
Arriving at South Temple hut
Photo: Simon
South Branch South Temple Stream
Arriving at South Temple Hut
Photo: Philip
South Branch South Temple Stream
Arriving at South Temple Hut
Photo: Brian


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

Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Simon and Brian - South Temple hut morning

Photo: Philip

Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Gorgey Stream
Photo: Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Simon and Philip in gorge with waterfall
Photo: Brian
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Resting On Waterfall Sidle
Photo: Simon
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Leaving Bush Line
Photo: Brian
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Climbing Out Of Valley
Photo: Brian
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Paragliders
Photo: Simon
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Tarn and view into South Branch Temple Stream
Photo: Brian
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Upper tarn and Mt Maitland
Photo: Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
View showing sidle rout into the Maitland
Photo: Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Waiting For Dinner To Cook
Photo: Brian
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Brian looking back from Watson Saddle
Photo: Bruce


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

Maitland Stream
Speargrass

Photo: Brian

Maitland Stream
Bruce and Philip leaving lower Maitland tarn
Photo: Simon
Maitland Stream
Last view of tarns and South Branch Temple Stream
Photo: Brian
Maitland Stream
Bruce starting down scren slope
Photo: Simon
Maitland Stream
Looking Back Up Scree Slope
Photo: Simon
Maitland Stream
Looking back at cirque, Philip and Brian
Photo: Simon
Maitland Stream
First Rest Stop, Scree Slope Behind
Photo: Philip
Maitland Stream
Sidling Out Of The Creek
Photo: Philip
Maitland Stream
View from lunch spot to lower Maitland
Photo: Simon
Maitland Stream
View from spur to Hopkins
Photo: Philip
Maitland Stream
Maitland Hut
Photo: Philip
Maitland Stream
Maitland Hut
Photo: Simon


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

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

Photo: Bruce

Snowy Gorge Creek
Bush Edge Marker
Photo: Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Leaving the bushline in Maitland Stream
Photo: Bruce
Snowy Gorge Creek
Simon, Brian, and Maitland Stream in tussock
Photo: Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Looking back down the Maitland to the bush edge
Photo: Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Onwards and upwards in the Maitland
Photo: Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Starting down Snowy Gorge
Photo: Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Snowy Gorge Hut in distant sight
Photo: Brian
Snowy Gorge Creek
Photos arriving at Snowy Gorge Creek hut
Photo: Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Philip and Brian leaving Snowy Gorge Hut
Photo: Simon
Snowy Gorge Creek
View to Ahuriri
Photo: Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Philip and Bruce arriving at Hideaway Biv
Photo: Brian


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

Ahuriri
Hideaway Biv tucked into the hillside

Photo: Philip

Ahuriri
Heading for unnamed Lake
Photo: Simon
Ahuriri
Rest stop on the Ahuriri
Photo: Simon
Ahuriri
Brian Philip and Simon view down the Ahuriri
Photo: Bruce
Ahuriri
Crossing the Ahuriri
Photo: Philip
Ahuriri
Joining the Ahuriri road and looking upstream
Photo: Philip
Ahuriri
Bruce outside Ahuriri Base Hut
Photo: Brian
Ahuriri
Rest stop over the Ahuriri
Photo: Philip
Ahuriri
Bruce looking into the head of the Dingle Burn
Photo: Brian
Ahuriri
Starting down into the Dingle Burn
Photo: Philip
Ahuriri
Simon and Brian view down upper Dingle Burn
Photo: Bruce
Ahuriri
Simon entering Top Dingle Hut
Photo: Brian


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

Dingle Burn
Philip viewing a Top Dingle Hut morning

Photo: Brian

Dingle Burn
Looking up the Dingle Burn
Photo: Simon
Dingle Burn
Heading down the slope from Top Dingle Hut
Photo: Philip
Dingle Burn
Crossing The Broad Grassy Fans
Photo: Philip
Dingle Burn
Simon Brian and Philip in upper Dingle Burn view upstream
Photo: Bruce
Dingle Burn
Dingle Burn travel
Photo: Simon
Dingle Burn
Nearing Ben Avon Hut
Photo: Philip
Dingle Burn
Bruce and Philip inside Ben Avon Hut
Photo: Philip
Dingle Burn
Trampers And Slip
Photo: Philip
Dingle Burn
At Bush Hut
Photo: Philip
Dingle Burn
Simon reading in Bush Hut
Photo: Brian
Dingle Burn
Bruce checking dinner
Photo: Brian


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

Mae West day trip
Slip opposite Bush Hut

Photo: Bruce

Mae West day trip
Heading Downstream
Photo: Philip
Mae West day trip
Simon and Bruce off down the Dingle Burn
Photo: Brian
Mae West day trip
View from spur down Dingle Burn to Lake Hawea
Photo: Brian
Mae West day trip
View down Dingle Burn to Lake Hawea
Photo: Bruce
Mae West day trip
Slips And Slumping Across The Valley
Photo: Philip
Mae West day trip
Philip viewing Lake Hawea
Photo: Brian
Mae West day trip
Bruce and Brian on spur, lake behind
Photo: Philip
Mae West day trip
Simon climbing out of the Dingle Burn
Photo: Brian
Mae West day trip
The Boys Resting
Photo: Bruce
Mae West day trip
Ridge Panorama
Photo: Brian
Mae West day trip
Brian on Mae West spur
Photo: Philip


Sat Jan 10 day 8 - Bush Hut to Dingle Burn Station Road end

Lake Hāwea
Heading Downstream

Photo: Philip

Lake Hāwea
Dingle Burn near The Peninsula
Photo: Brian
Lake Hāwea
In Short Gorge
Photo: Philip
Lake Hāwea
Though Farmland
Photo: Philip
Lake Hāwea
Dingle Burn through farmland
Photo: Philip
Lake Hāwea
At the bottom of the Dingle Burn, last view upstream
Photo: Bruce
Lake Hāwea
Brian and Bruce on the Dingle Burn delta
Photo: Philip
Lake Hāwea
View of Peninsula track
Photo: Philip
Lake Hāwea
Lake Hawea from Peninsula track
Photo: Brian
Lake Hāwea
Simon on track down to lake shore
Photo: Brian
Lake Hāwea
View up Lake Hawea
Photo: Philip
Lake Hāwea
Waiting At The Road End
Photo: Philip

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