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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(approve sites) return 11.2km(approve sites)
3 Jan Temple campsite(approve sites) South Temple Hut(approve sites) 7.8km(approve sites) Temple Stream South Branch(approve sites)
4 Jan South Temple Hut Mt Maitland Tarns(approve sites) 5.8km(approve sites) Ruataniwha Conservation Park(approve sites)
5 Jan Mt Maitland Tarns Maitland Hut(approve sites) 8.1km(approve sites)
6 Jan Maitland Hut Hideaway Hut(approve sites) 18.3km(approve sites) route(approve sites) via Snowy Gorge Hut(approve sites)
7 Jan Hideaway Hut(approve sites) Top Dingle Hut(approve sites) 18.0km(approve sites) Ahuriri Conservation Park(approve sites)
8 Jan Top Dingle Hut Bush Hut(approve sites) 20.2km(approve sites) Hawea Conservation Park(approve sites)
9 Jan Bush Hut Mae West Biv (return) 12.9km(approve sites) (partial)
10 Jan Bush Hut Dingle Burn Station Road 21.5km(approve sites) Dingle Burn Track(approve sites)
excluding side trips 100km(approve sites)

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
📷 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

📷 Philip

Southern South Branch Temple Stream
South Temple hut occupants
📷 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 in downstream gorge
📷 Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Resting On Waterfall Sidle
📷 Simon
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
In Upper Stream
📷 Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Leaving Bush Line
📷 Brian
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Simon in the hot sun
📷 Philip
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
View Down Valley
📷 Simon
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Tarn and view into South Branch Temple Stream
📷 Brian
Southern South Branch Temple Stream
Lower Tarn
📷 Philip


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

Maitland Stream
Bruce and Philip leaving lower Maitland tarn

📷 Simon

Maitland Stream
Last view of tarns and South Branch Temple Stream
📷 Brian
Maitland Stream
Bruce starting down scren slope
📷 Simon
Maitland Stream
Heading down the scree slope into the Maitland
📷 Philip
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 lunch spot to lower Maitland
📷 Simon
Maitland Stream
Lower Maitland Stream
📷 Simon
Maitland Stream
Sidling into Maitland Stream
📷 Philip
Maitland Stream
Bruce arriving at Maitland Hut
📷 Brian
Maitland Stream
Maitland Hut
📷 Simon


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

Snowy Gorge Creek
Simon outside Maitland hut

📷 Brian

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
View of upper Maitland Stream
📷 Simon
Snowy Gorge Creek
Leaving the bushline in Maitland Stream
📷 Bruce
Snowy Gorge Creek
Simon, Brian, and Maitland Stream in tussock
📷 Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Fresh clear upper Maitland Stream waters
📷 Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
On the Maitland Snowy Gorge saddle
📷 Philip
Snowy Gorge Creek
Resting just over the saddle into Snowy Gorge Creek
📷 Brian
Snowy Gorge Creek
Snowy Gorge Hut in distant sight
📷 Brian
Snowy Gorge Creek
Upper Snowy Gorge Creek
📷 Brian
Snowy Gorge Creek
Photos arriving at Snowy Gorge Creek hut
📷 Philip


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

Ahuriri
Departing Hideaway Biv

📷 Simon

Ahuriri
Bruce and Simon resting in the Ahuriri, view downstream
📷 Philip
Ahuriri
Rest stop on the Ahuriri
📷 Simon
Ahuriri
Heading up the Ahuriri
📷 Philip
Ahuriri
Joining the Ahuriri road and looking upstream
📷 Philip
Ahuriri
Bruce outside Ahuriri Base Hut
📷 Brian
Ahuriri
Above the bush on the Dingleburn route
📷 Philip
Ahuriri
View of the Ahuriri
📷 Philip
Ahuriri
Bruce looking into the head of the Dingle Burn
📷 Brian
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
Dingle Burn panorama
📷 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 Burn Hut in the morning
📷 Simon
Dingle Burn
Looking up the Dingle Burn
📷 Simon
Dingle Burn
Crossing The Broad Grassy Fans
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Simon Brian and Philip in upper Dingle Burn view upstream
📷 Bruce
Dingle Burn
Dingle Burn travel
📷 Simon
Dingle Burn
Historic Ben Avon Hut
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Simon and Bruce and view downstream
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Simon, Bruce and Brian at the tiny Cotters Hut
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Rocky Dingle Burn
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Brian crossing the Dingle Burn
📷 Philip
Dingle Burn
Bruce checking dinner
📷 Brian


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
Simon and Bruce off down the Dingle Burn
📷 Brian
Mae West day trip
View from spur down Dingle Burn to Lake Hawea
📷 Brian
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
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 and Mae West Hut
📷 Philip
Mae West day trip
Philip at Mae West Hut
📷 Brian
Mae West day trip
Brian returning along spur
📷 Philip
Mae West day trip
Ridge Panorama
📷 Brian


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
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

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